RIO. Originally a short-lived
collective (circa 1978) of
art-rock bands, united by an anti-commercial,
anti-establishment mindset (
Henry Cow,
Zamla Mammaz Manna,
Univers Zero,
Etron Fou Leloublan...), the name can now also denote the musics&made (since then) by the musicians from those bands, or the music of latter-day bands inspired by them. RIO often does not conform to the mass audience's idea of what "
rock" is supposed to be; it rocks nonetheless.