According to the Merriam Webster website, music is the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity. Music has many genres to choose from and to fit to all musical tastes. Music, being part of everyone, lives independently of culture, religion or nationality, and is a universal language. Music has the power to take you to the past and make you remember past situations or someone special. Two of the biggest musical categories in today’s world are rock and pop. Those styles of music use the same instrumentation, the number of musicians on stage are similar, and so is the energy that they use to perform to their fans. However, they are different in many aspects and tendencies. How the lyrics are made, how long the music of the two styles of the bands last and how the bands appear and start their success are some differences between these two genres of music. Rock and pop have similarities that make the music confused between each other's styles. Rock and pop bands use the same amount of instrumentation on stage, which is usually two guitars, one set of drums, and one bass guitar. Another similarity is the number of musicians on stage which includes: vocals, guitar players, bass player, drum player, and back vocals. The last similarity is the way both style bands perform. Both styles perform with a strong stage presence, being very active on stage. Some examples of bands that are pop bands and are confused as rock bands are: ‘N Sync, Backstreet Boys, and Justin Bieber. While there are similarities between the two genres, there are also many differences. First major difference between rock and pop genre bands are the way they make their music. Most of the Rock bands write their songs about anything they care about with no censure. Rock songs talk about love, emotions, sex, drugs, life, death, or suicide and the songs have a