i keep thinking bruno mars. and thats not a dis.

i think black rock is kind of a nebulous term, it could just as easily be written as funk-rock.

i get what youre saying (little richard, chuck berry et al are sort of seen as belonging much more to the (white) rock tradition than jazz or R&B artists of the same period, so much as i dream about bilal covering little richard songs, i know it will probably never happen), but even for things like the black rock coalition, or afro punk, the remit is so wide, and could include everything from the gories to tv on the radio, so im not sure theres a precise criteria for it, even if on this board, it tends to mean post-hendrix rock n soul or funk-rock.