{
  "name": "Surf Music",
  "description": "Evolved from late 1950s instrumental Rock & Roll in the USA, particularly associated with the surfing culture in Southern California.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/surf-music/",
  "parent": "Rock",
  "level": "sub",
  "children_count": 5,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Hot Rod Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/hot-rod-music/",
      "description": "Features prominent lyrics about hot rods and car culture and incorporates Sound Effects and guitar textures to mimic sounds made by automobiles.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Surf Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Indie Surf",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/indie-surf/",
      "description": "Reverb-drenched, nostalgic, and often lo-fi, with influences from Surf Rock and Vocal Surf; rose to popularity around 2009.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Surf Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Surf Punk",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/surf-punk/",
      "description": "Punk Rock that incorporates elements of Surf Rock.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Surf Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Surf Rock",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/surf-rock/",
      "description": "Short instrumental songs with Rock & Roll rhythms overlaid with cheerful melodies played on reverb-drenched tremolo guitar.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Surf Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vocal Surf",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/vocal-surf/",
      "description": "Appropriates the sounds of instrumental Surf Rock, combining surfing- and car-themed lyrics with a style that draws primarily from Doo-Wop and Rock & Roll.",
      "level": "sub-2",
      "parent": "Surf Music"
    }
  ]
}