hard rock
noun
: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances
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The first concert to ever take place at the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park after dark will be an event to remember for hard rock fans.
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Apr. 2024
The company plans to begin field demonstrations this autumn, using a prototype device to drill holes in hard rock at a site in Marble Falls, Tex.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
The chart company publishes the ranking to show which tunes classified as hard rock–a subgenre of rock–actually sold the most copies in the country in each tracking period.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Alternative and hard rock joined in 2020, along with seasonal holiday rankings in 2022.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
Metallica While not the first band that pops to mind to pay homage to the John/Taupin songbook, the hard rock quartet maintains profound respect for the honorees.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
In the clip, Black and Gass strut around the red carpet, doing dance moves and jump-kicking while belting along to the D’s hard rock take on the 1998 pop smash.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
The music mix is thoroughly unpredictable -- reggae one minute, hard rock the next, synth dance tunes after that.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
Detroit has graced the world with influential hard rock, techno and, of course, the genre that etched the city into its very name: Motown.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Apr. 2024
The company plans to begin field demonstrations this autumn, using a prototype device to drill holes in hard rock at a site in Marble Falls, Tex.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
The chart company publishes the ranking to show which tunes classified as hard rock–a subgenre of rock–actually sold the most copies in the country in each tracking period.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Alternative and hard rock joined in 2020, along with seasonal holiday rankings in 2022.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
Metallica While not the first band that pops to mind to pay homage to the John/Taupin songbook, the hard rock quartet maintains profound respect for the honorees.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
In the clip, Black and Gass strut around the red carpet, doing dance moves and jump-kicking while belting along to the D’s hard rock take on the 1998 pop smash.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
The music mix is thoroughly unpredictable -- reggae one minute, hard rock the next, synth dance tunes after that.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
Detroit has graced the world with influential hard rock, techno and, of course, the genre that etched the city into its very name: Motown.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
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