I can only imagine that they do. I went to the Peking opera and my first thought was that it sounded like cats in heat. I don't think we share the same taste in music with the Chinese.
Rock and roll, the style, lasted from 1955 to some time in the early 60s. It was identified by a strong preference for saxophone, and was lost from sight as the electric guitar was developed. But the term remains a slang expression meaning "any American music".