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Hard Rock Is A Loosely Defined Genre Of Rock Music Which Has Its Earliest Roots In Mid-1960s Garage Blues Rock And Psychedelic Rock. It Is Typified By A Heavy Use Of Distorted Electric Guitars Bass Guitar Drums Pianos And Keyboards. One Of The Major Influences Of Hard Rock Is Blues Music. American And British Rock Bands Began To Modify Rock And Roll Adding To The Standard Genre Harder Sounds Heavier Guitar Riffs Bombastic Drumming And Louder Vocals. This Sound Created The Basis For Hard Rock. Early Forms Of Hard Rock Can Be Heard In The Songs "You Really Got Me" By The Kinks 1964 "My Generation" By The Who 1965 "Helter Skelter" By The Beatles 1968 And "I Feel Free" By Cream 1966 . Hard Rock Emerged With Groups Of The Late-1960s Such As The Who Deep Purple Iron Butterfly Blue Cheer And Led Zeppelin Who Mixed The Music Of Early Rock Bands With A More Hard-Edged Form Of Blues Rock And Acid Rock. Deep Purple Helped Pioneer The Hard Rock Genre With The Albums Shades Of Deep Purple 1968 The Book Of Taliesyn 1968 And Deep Purple 1969 But They Made Their Big Break With Their Fourth And Distinctively Heavier Album In Rock 1970 . Led Zeppelin's Eponymous First Album Led Zeppelin 1969 And The Who's Live At Leeds 1970 Are Examples Of Music From The Beginning Of The Hard Rock Genre. The Blues Origins Of The Albums Are Clear And A Few Songs By Well-Known Blues Artists Are Adapted Or Covered Within Them. Led Zeppelin II 1969 Led Zeppelin's Second Album Was A Watershed Moment For The Identity Of Hard Rock Proving More Popular Than Their Third Album Led Zeppelin III 1970 . While The Heavy Aspects Of Their Music Remained Led Zeppelin III Was More Folk Rock-Oriented Than Their Second. 1971 Saw The Who Release Their Highly-Acclaimed Album Who's Next. Black Sabbath's First Two Albums Both Released In 1970 Are Considered As Important As Any In Launching Hard Rock Into The Mainstream. Deep Purple's Transformation Of Hard Rock Continued In 1972 With Their Album Machine Head Considered One Of The First Heavy Metal Albums Although Some Band Members Shunned That Label. Two Songs From Machine Head Had Great Success "Highway Star" And "Smoke On The Water." The Latter Song's Main Riff Made It For Many The "signature" Deep Purple Song. Nazareth A Band Out Of Scotland Provided A Blend Of Hard Rock Which Commercialised The Genre Further With Their Best Selling Album Hair Of The Dog Which In Turn Influenced Numerous Other Bands. Free Released Their Signature Song "All Right Now" Which Has Received Massive Radio Airplay In Both The UK And US. In 1979 The Differences Between The Hard Rock Movement And The Rising Heavy Metal Movement Were Highlighted When The Australian Hard Rock Band AC/DC Released Its Second-Biggest Album Highway To Hell. AC/DC's Music Was Based Mostly On Rhythm & Blues And Early-1970s Hard Rock With The Group Explicitly Repudiating The "heavy Metal" Tag. The Late 1980s Saw The Most Commercially Successful Time Period For Hard Rock. At This Time It Was The Most Reliable Form Of Commercial Popular Music In The United States. Numerous Hard Rock Acts Achieved Hits In The Mainstream Charts. One Of Those Hits Was The Album Slippery When Wet 1986 By Bon Jovi Which Spent A Total Of 8 Weeks At The Top Of The Billboard 200 Album Chart Sold 12 Million Copies And Became The First Hard Rock Album To Spawn Three Top 10 Singles—two Of Which Reached #1. In Addition The Anthem Rock Album The Final Countdown By Swedish Group Europe Was Released In 1986. It Reached #8 On The U.S. Charts While Hitting The Top 10 In Several Other Countries. Hard-Rock Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from Hard Rock: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.

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Hardrock - Top artists and bands:

AC/DC
AC/DC
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Scorpions
Scorpions
KISS
KISS
Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Van Halen
Van Halen
Stone Sour
Stone Sour
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Godsmack
Godsmack
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Def Leppard
Def Leppard
Greta Van Fleet
Greta Van Fleet
Halestorm
Halestorm
Rainbow
Rainbow
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Whitesnake
Whitesnake
Skid Row
Skid Row
Slash
Slash
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
Europe
Europe
The Cult
The Cult
Airbourne
Airbourne
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver
Saliva
Saliva
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister
Lordi
Lordi
Poison
Poison
Mr. Big
Mr. Big
Black Stone Cherry
Black Stone Cherry
Extreme
Extreme
UFO
UFO
The Runaways
The Runaways
Sixx:A.M.
Sixx:A.M.
Cinderella
Cinderella
Buckcherry
Buckcherry
Ratt
Ratt
Hardcore Superstar
Hardcore Superstar
Living Colour
Living Colour
Warrant
Warrant
Dokken
Dokken
Rev Theory
Rev Theory
Ten
Ten
Gotthard
Gotthard
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Tesla
Tesla
Ugly Kid Joe
Ugly Kid Joe
Luxtorpeda
Luxtorpeda
Crashdïet
Crashdïet
Crush 40
Crush 40
Budgie
Budgie
Zakk Wylde
Zakk Wylde
L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
White Lion
White Lion
Firehouse
Firehouse
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth
D-A-D
D-A-D
Dynazty
Dynazty
Night Ranger
Night Ranger
Illusion
Illusion
Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar
Winger
Winger
Great White
Great White
Reckless Love
Reckless Love
The Warning
The Warning
The Night Flight Orchestra
The Night Flight Orchestra
TNT
TNT
Magnum
Magnum
H.E.A.T
H.E.A.T
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come
Eclipse
Eclipse
Lipali
Lipali
Krokus
Krokus
Thunder
Thunder
Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot
Michael Schenker Group
Michael Schenker Group
Lita Ford
Lita Ford
Project 86
Project 86
Joseph
Joseph
Stryper
Stryper
Triumph
Triumph
Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley
Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Vixen
Vixen
The Glorious Sons
The Glorious Sons
Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit
Black Country Communion
Black Country Communion
Brother Firetribe
Brother Firetribe
The Winery Dogs
The Winery Dogs
Wig Wam
Wig Wam
Y&T
Y&T
The Answer
The Answer
Bonfire
Bonfire
All Good Things
All Good Things
Black River
Black River
Hurricane
Hurricane
Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Bach
STEELHEART
STEELHEART
DIAMANTE
DIAMANTE
Shaman's Harvest
Shaman's Harvest