Canonical rock n' roll in the minds of, "the initiated" might include groups like Kraftwerk and Neu! which laid the foundation for most forms of electronic music. It definitely includes the mother of all electronic music Delia Derbyshire (ask Peter Kember!) You might know her from the original Doctor Who theme music. Dig the link below for the arguably the first EDM song ever made. Keep in mind this is pre-synths-- it's all tape manipulation like The Beatles would end up copying on, "Strawberry Fields Forever."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwQIgGQLOQ8

I like all, "genres" and types of music but there's a certain high level of quality that exists in a continuum of music going back a long time. It's hard to define in a formal way. It's there in John Coltrane. It lives sophomorically in The Velvet Underground, Herman's Hermits, and the other, "Bubblegum" groups as well as the Fuzz-Psych-Garage bands that live in the Nuggets compilations like ? And The Mysterians. It's played on Rickenbacker guitars. It has a fuzz pedal and it knows how to use it. It lived on John Peel's radio program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62XRy-jFCm8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQdo8efJtSs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ToJ2mmlkiE

A special one for you the techno fan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zndpi8tNZyQ

Cheerio.

EDIT: Worth noting I'm 34 so don't give me the Grandpa treatment.