Definition of hard rock
: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances
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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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And what better way to start it than Houston's Venomous Maximus, whose bracing hard rock was like a cup of coffee, black.
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This year, the festival's 14th year, will also feature rock band Element 3 from Dayton, Ohio, and Cincinnati hard rock band Shut Up and Drive.
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Hints have dropped on social media since February about which bands will headline Aftershock Festival, the two-day hard rock event set for Oct. 13-14 at Discovery Park.
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The 54-year-old Keenan is a legend of hard rock, but his most famous band, the gnostic metal act Tool, hasn’t put out an album since 2006.
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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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