hard rock
noun
: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances
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In This is Spinal Tap, which was released in 1984, Marti DiBergi captures on film what is believed to be the final tour of the once-hugely popular British hard rock group Spinal Tap.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Of course, there have been a lot of Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne covers going on at concerts in recent months — ever since hard rock titan Osbourne died in July.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
As Hollywood embraces this hard rock in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, the Canadian province has passed the $1 billion mark in production expenditures since PictureNL launched in 1997.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
The pair fused Lee’s love of classical with Moody’s taste for metal and hard rock and eventually released two EPs that earned some airplay in Little Rock.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Of course, there have been a lot of Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne covers going on at concerts in recent months — ever since hard rock titan Osbourne died in July.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
As Hollywood embraces this hard rock in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, the Canadian province has passed the $1 billion mark in production expenditures since PictureNL launched in 1997.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
The pair fused Lee’s love of classical with Moody’s taste for metal and hard rock and eventually released two EPs that earned some airplay in Little Rock.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Hard rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20rock. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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