Definition of hard rock
: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances
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Carolina Rebellion — the annual hard rock and metal festival at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Rock City Campgrounds — boasts 62 bands over three days.
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To see the work: http://bit.ly/2yIiAmc The Des Moines Register (Second Place) Brian Powers, staff photographer For Brian Powers' submission of the pipeline portfolio, the hard rock nerd and Cyclone proposal images.
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Strauss is among a growing number of women guitarists joining the ranks of contemporary hard rock, prog, and heavy metal shredders.
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The musicians were genre benders, stitching patches of hard rock, hip-hop, and new wave to a veil of soft, velvety pop.
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Other games use hip-hop, blues, hard rock, and other musical forms.
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Later distortion and fuzz devices such as the Mosrite Fuzzrite, the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff and the Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer have all competed for the fledging hard rock guitarist’s wallet.
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The fresh-faced Detroit band has reinvigorated a moribund hard rock scene.
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Her father was a hard rock miner from Finland and her mother was the daughter of Finnish immigrants.
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First Known Use of hard rock
1959
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: loud rock music that has a heavy regular beat
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