my favorite music genre is rock.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as \"rock and roll\" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style which drew heavily on the African-American genres of blues and rhythm and blues, and from country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical styles. Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass and drums and one or more singers. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse\u2013chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. By the late 1960s \"classic rock\" period, a number of distinct rock music subgenres had emerged, including hybrids like blues rock, folk rock, country rock, raga rock, and jazz-rock, many of which contributed to the development of psychedelic rock, which was influenced by the countercultural psychedelic and hippie scene.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Do you like rock music? I love Breaking Benjamin, they sing about a lot of stuff, a good deal or romantic love but other themes as well"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I've heard of them before, I think I like their songs but I'm not sure. Can you tell me who the lead singer is?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Ben Burnley is their lead vocalist, and also guitarist, he was there at their inception in 1999"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting I don't recognize the name. Do you know any famous Breaking Benjamin songs? Maybe that will refresh my memory."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I would recommend Shallow Bay, an album with their best songs, it is a two disc deluxe version and has remasters and acoustic performances as well"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow that sounds awesome I'll check it out, when was it released?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Shallow Bay was released August 16, 2011"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It's probably really good if it's so recent, thanks for letting me know, I'll look into it right away."}]