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* Music/ZugIzland
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Kid Rock is usually called Country Rock or Rap Rock rather than Hard Rock


* Music/KidRock
** 1993 - ''Music/ThePolyfuzeMethod''
** 1996 - ''Music/EarlyMorninStonedPimp''
** 1998 - ''Music/DevilWithoutACause''
** 2001 - ''Music/{{Cocky}}''
** 2003 - ''Music/{{Kid Rock|2003}}''
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** 1975 - ''Music/ANightAtTheOpera''

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** 1975 - ''Music/ANightAtTheOpera''''Music/{{A Night at the Opera|1975}}''



** 1977 - ''Music/{{News of the World|Queen}}''

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** 1977 - ''Music/{{News of the World|Queen}}''''Music/NewsOfTheWorldQueen''



** 1986 - ''Music/AKindOfMagic''

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** 1986 - ''Music/AKindOfMagic''''Music/{{A Kind of Magic|1986}}''
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Hard rock is a sub-genre of {{rock}}, developing in the late 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic. In America, it was popularized by bands like Music/{{Steppenwolf}} and Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}}, while in Britain it grew out of the late 60s {{Blues}}. Generally, it's rooted in BluesRock and PsychedelicRock. Its main definition is that it is considerably harder than conventional rock music, which means that guitars have an edgier snarl of distortion and the drumming is louder and more emphatic. It is characterized by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars played through big speaker stacks, bass guitar, drums, pianos and other keyboards (especially Hammond organ, but also synthesizers in the 1980s and beyond), and powerful vocals, making it near-indistinguishable from some of the lighter HeavyMetal bands. Many heavy metal debates are about where the dividing line is between "hard rock" and "heavy metal". (The dividing line is difficult to draw, since a band considered to be "shockingly hard" in TheSeventies is going to sound quite normal in the 2020s, in the era of extreme metal.)

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Hard rock is a sub-genre SubGenre of {{rock}}, developing in the late 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic. In America, it was popularized by bands like Music/{{Steppenwolf}} and Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}}, while in Britain it grew out of the late 60s {{Blues}}. Generally, it's rooted in BluesRock and PsychedelicRock. Its main definition is that it is considerably harder than conventional rock music, which means that guitars have an edgier snarl of distortion and the drumming is louder and more emphatic. It is characterized by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars played through big speaker stacks, bass guitar, drums, pianos and other keyboards (especially Hammond organ, but also synthesizers in the 1980s and beyond), and powerful vocals, making it near-indistinguishable from some of the lighter HeavyMetal bands. Many heavy metal debates are about where the dividing line is between "hard rock" and "heavy metal". (The dividing line is difficult to draw, since a band considered to be "shockingly hard" in TheSeventies is going to sound quite normal in the 2020s, in the era of extreme metal.)
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* Music/BruceSpringsteen (Dipped into this genre on the album ''Darkness On The Edge Of Town'' which emphasized a stronger guitar-based sound.His pre-recording career bands such as Steel Mill also fit)
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** 1980 - ''Music/AceofSpades''
** 1991 - ''Music/Nineteen16''
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That's the only definition you need, really. Hard rock doesn't have as much of a "scene" or subculture like HeavyMetal, though it was most popular back in TheSeventies. Nowadays, hard rock is rarer, having been effectively replaced officially by [[HeavyMetal a few]] [[PostGrunge similar genres]]. Still, there are some bands, more "retro" in focus, who could still be classified as hard rock, such as Music/{{Wolfmother}} and Music/TheDarkness. The term 'hard rock' persists both as a catch-all term for hard-hitting music that isn't full-fledged metal, and as an umbrella term for all hard-edged rock music from DeathMetal to HardcorePunk to {{Grunge}} , so it still comes up a lot.

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That's the only definition you need, really. Hard rock doesn't have as much of a "scene" or subculture like HeavyMetal, though it was most popular back in TheSeventies. Nowadays, hard rock is rarer, having been effectively replaced officially by [[HeavyMetal a few]] [[PostGrunge similar genres]]. Still, there are some bands, more "retro" in focus, who could still be classified as hard rock, such as Music/{{Wolfmother}} and Music/TheDarkness. The term 'hard rock' persists both as a catch-all term for hard-hitting music that isn't full-fledged metal, and as an umbrella term for all hard-edged rock music from DeathMetal to HardcorePunk to {{Grunge}} , {{Grunge}}, so it still comes up a lot.
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** 1976 - ''Music/ADayAtTheRaces''

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** 1976 - ''Music/ADayAtTheRaces''''Music/{{A Day at the Races|Album}}''
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** 1976 - ''Music/{{Destroyer}}''

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** 1976 - ''Music/{{Destroyer}}''''Music/{{Destroyer|Album}}''
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** 1979 - ''Music/{{Dynasty}}''

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** 1979 - ''Music/{{Dynasty}}''''Music/{{Dynasty|Album}}''
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