Rock and roll is a musical genre from the United States, popularized worldwide beginning in the 1950s. Though rock had become popular earlier, it was not until the mid-1980s breakthrough of Laibach, who are now internationally renowned, that Slovenian rock became well-known. Other famous Slovenian rock bands include Hic et Nunc , whose 1998 tour of the United States brought even more international attention to Slovenian rock.

In the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia was the center for punk rock.