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Group Sounds
Stylistic origins	British rock, beat music, kayōkyoku
Cultural origins	Mid 1960s Japan
Typical instruments	Guitar - Bass guitar - Drum kit
Mainstream popularity	Popular in Japan during the late 1960s
Derivative forms	J-pop

This article is about the music genre. For the Rocket from the Crypt album, see Group Sounds (album).

Group Sounds (G.S.) is a genre of Japanese rock music. Inspired by The Beatles, Group Sounds became popular in the mid to late 1960s. Group Sounds initiated fusion of Japanese kayōkyoku music and rock music.^[1] Their music production techniques were regarded as a pioneer of modern Japanese popular music.^[1]

Fōku (folk) and New Music became famous in Japan in the 1970s, but new rock bands survived as "New Rock" in Japanese underground music.^[2] The origin of modern Japanese rock music was usually regarded as New Rock. Videos of New Rock bands' concerts were very rare.^[3]