Harry Potter inspires new wizards of rock

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The Harry Potter franchise, not wanting to leave any group of hopeless nerds uninspired, is now responsible for the advent of something called “wizard rock.” According to the linked article, “what wizard bands have in common is that each chooses a character from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter stories and writes songs from that character’s perspective.” Fans believe no other book series has inspired a musical genre like this. Which means they haven’t read the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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