String (Thai pop)

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String (Thai pop)
Stylistic origins	Rhythm and blues Surf rock Beat music Exotica Hollywood film scores Country and Western Garage rock Rockabilly
Cultural origins	1960s Thailand
Typical instruments	drums, bass guitar, drum machine, synthesizer, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Mainstream popularity	Early 1960s to present
Other topics
Thai rock - Wong shadow - pleng phua cheewit (songs for life)

String is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to western pop. Its origins lie in American R&B, surf rock artists like The Ventures and Dick Dale, Exotica, rockabilly and country and western brought to Thailand by American and Australian soldiers serving in Vietnam in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It also drew heavily on British invasion rock'n'roll, garage rock and Hollywood film soundtracks. The term is extremely broad, covering Thai rock, dance music, rap and western-influenced popular music in general. It normally excludes the folk rock pleng phua cheewit (songs for life). Prominent string artists include: Bird McIntyre, Big Ass, Fahrenheit, Joey Boy, Loso, Tata Young, The Impossibles, Golf and Mike and Thaitanium.