Types of Bands (Organic and Synthetic)

Types of bands (Organic and Synthetic)

Organic bands are those that play music purely for the sake of playing their music and enjoying themselves. These are bands such as Radiohead, as they thoroughly enjoy showing their music to their fans. The Beatles fall into this category because they were school friends and eventually ended up being one of the most successful bands of the 20th century.


Synthetic bands are those that are artificial-like and have been put together as a way of making money. One Direction are a band that fit very well into this category as they have been thrown together in an attempt to make money for the record label that they are contracted to. They have done a good job thus far as they are very much a successful group. However. their songs are written for them and they are an artificial group.

You can categorise them as a "boyband" whereas Radiohead are a band that are just a "band". This is because boybands try to tempt audiences into buying their music with their looks and their videos, whereas bands try to sell their records using how unique they are and how their lyrics reach their audiences.