Music History — Commonly-credited Founders & Honorifics
Short, careful notes on who people often name as founders or emblematic figures for major genres. Many attributions are symbolic — read the short nuance under each name.
Lo-fi / DIY home-recording
Lo-fi (low fidelity) as a named movement is 20th-century and often tied to the cassette/DIY home-recording culture. R. Stevie Moore is frequently described as a pioneer or "godfather of home recording / lo-fi" because of his huge DIY output and home-tape approach; the 1990s indie "lo-fi" label also connected artists like Sebadoh and Beck with the aesthetic.
Sources: R. Stevie Moore biography; lo-fi history & 1990s coverage. 1
Notes on titles & "founders"
Short version: many of these labels (Godfather, Father, Queen) are useful shorthand, but genres mostly grow from scenes, technologies, cultural shifts and many artists. Where historians can point to a key moment, we show it — but we also note the larger context so your readers don't get a single-name myth.
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Key sources used in these summaries: artist biographies, Britannica and historical overviews. 8