->''"Big endings. Lots of spitting, swearing, death... eye contact and thumping"''.
-->--'''[[AllDrummersAreAnimals Roger Taylor]]''' on how Music/{{Queen}} ended their songs live

There are many ways to end a song. Perhaps you just play the final note and end it there. Perhaps your guitarist or saxophonist holds a note and the song fades out as that note plays. Or maybe your band just keeps playing and the song slowly fades out as they continue their rhythm. A Big Rock Ending is for when none of these options will do. Instead, the band drops the tempo and starts jamming out in a flurry of musical awesomeness, usually ending with a final note or riff to let everyone know it is over. Frequent features of the Big Rock Ending include the guitarist or saxophonist or keyboardist going absolutely nuts and improvising wildly, the drummer doing a roll on the cymbals and/or the toms, and if it's a metal song (especially PowerMetal), the singer might also [[MetalScream scream at a high pitch until the end]].

There are a few essential components of the Big Rock Ending that make it what it is; if these components aren't present, the ending of a song likely isn't a Big Rock Ending:

* The most important aspect of a Big Rock Ending is that the tempo goes away, and the band plays while ignoring tempo entirely. There's no beat or rhythm to Big Rock Ending at all. If the song has a steady beat until the end, it doesn't have a Big Rock Ending. A good guide is to see if you can tap your foot to the beat of the song until the song ends. If you reach a point where you can't tap your foot to the beat of the song, you may have a Big Rock Ending. Disclaimer: Tapping along to a song in UncommonTime might prove extremely difficult.
* The band plays something other than what they've been playing previously; faster or slower versions of previous riffs and beats don't count. That something is usually an inconsistent beat with little seeming rhythm or reason to it, though one or two band members may hold a note while the others play.
* Usually, the song ends with the band members playing a final note or two to let everyone know the Big Rock Ending has ended, but this isn't essential.

The ''VideoGame/RockBand'' video game series is the TropeNamer and has a special way of handling Big Rock Endings. When a Big Rock Ending comes up, players can play whatever they like and earn points, but they need to hit those notes at the end to actually get points. While most songs that have Big Rock Endings in ''Rock Band'' do actually have a Big Rock Ending, there are a few important distinctions to make.

* Not every song that has a Big Rock Ending rendered in ''Rock Band'' has a Big Rock Ending. Take Music/TheSmashingPumpkins' "Cherub Rock" from ''Music/SiameseDream'', for example. The game charts it as a Big Rock Ending, yet because the tempo doesn't change and the drum beat and guitar riff are consistent, it isn't an actual Big Rock Ending. Some songs also have Big Rock Endings added on when put in ''Rock Band'', either because they are live versions or because the original songs ended with a fade-out while the band was still playing, so Harmonix added a Big Rock Ending, rather than having the song abruptly end.
* Just because a song doesn't have a Big Rock Ending in ''Rock Band'' doesn't mean it doesn't actually has a Big Rock Ending. Take Music/JethroTull's ''[[Music/AqualungJethroTullAlbum Aqualung]]'' as an example; it has all of the components of a Big Rock Ending yet isn't charted as such.

The take-away message is that whether or not a song has a Big Rock Ending in Rock Band doesn't necessarily mean it does/doesn't actually have a Big Rock Ending.

A sub-trope and/or sister trope to EpicRocking. Often the GrandFinale of a song. Frequently lead into by a LastChorusSlowDown and sometimes accompanied (especially in metal songs) by a MetalScream. Not to be confused with RocksFallEveryoneDies or a DancePartyEnding.

It's not uncommon for a band to add a Big Rock Ending to a song that didn't have one originally while they are playing that song live, especially when it's the last song they play during a show, so only add songs to the list that include a Big Rock Ending when they were first recorded. The one exception to this rule is if the song was only performed by the band during live performances.

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!!Songs with a Big Rock Ending:

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[[folder:AlternativeRock / {{Grunge}}]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTLdTCEgZac Stay Away]] from ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}'' (Music/{{Nirvana}})
* [[https://youtu.be/kMOeTLLeaDU Miserable]] (Music/{{Lit}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGiTPgvKktM Alive]] from ''[[Music/TenPearlJamAlbum Ten]]'' (Music/PearlJam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn5OIo4FuPc Jesus Christ Pose]] (Music/{{Soundgarden}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTsrfh436cg Spy]] (Music/TheyMightBeGiants)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzZQSIRYloA Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered]] (Chiodos)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV26Byx60eE Party Poison]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMUdfJoks30 Vampire Money]] (Music/MyChemicalRomance)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9-qyG-RIl0 Oh My God]] (Ida Maria)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAJTeCJ7NG0 It's Gonna Be a Long Night]] (Music/{{Ween}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyHQaU8RImI Time Honoured Tradition]] (Music/KaiserChiefs)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ldSm2qVAA Make Way For The Passenger]] (Music/DeStaat)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLb9zFNEC-M I Didn't Build It for Me]] (Music/DanielAmos, from ''{{Music/Doppelganger}}'')
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI-95cTMeLM Lazaretto]] (Jack White)
* [[https://youtu.be/N7xdHY8HK9Y Acquiesce]] (Music/{{Oasis}})
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[[folder:{{Funk}}]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDeBcpLITQ I Got You (I Feel Good)]] (Music/JamesBrown)
* "Film/PurpleRain" (Music/{{Prince}} and the Revolution)
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[[folder:Jazz]]
* [[http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Country+Roads/2y0UcJ Country Roads]] (as covered by The W's)
* "Tank!" (Music/YokoKanno and the Seatbelts)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLG66ER0UUM Murder By Numbers]] (Music/ThePolice[[note]]we know it's not a jazz band, but this song draws heavily from lounge jazz, so it fits better here[[/note]])
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Heavy Metal]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ6Zd9w War Pigs]] from ''Music/ParanoidAlbum'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq5Ejw42Yog Never Say Die]] (Music/BlackSabbath)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjCBV6o_DSE Stand Up and Shout]] ([[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrs_9tUmDE& Where The Rain Grows]] (Music/{{Helloween}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6-vI70oc0 Painkiller]] (Music/JudasPriest)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv16KRlNJgA Metal Bucetation]] by Music/{{Massacration}} (the song itself ends at 3:32 - after that there are a few seconds of silence, followed by a bonus track form their debut album)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRjvzQHPZk Battle Hymn]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgSMuRsjNg Black Wind, Fire and Steel]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6TkI5waA0 Hail to England]] (Music/{{Manowar}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TEsq4ZvoyY No Bone Movies]] (Music/OzzyOsbourne)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYttsMKXfRs The Conjuring]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcLXOTwZ5tA Metal Thrashing Mad]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPNzH6LGOmc Phantom Lord]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peENJe_ORdI Welcome Home (Sanitarium)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rJUtJM3aM The Day That Never Comes]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNUyjRRjxM Overkill]], most of the first album (from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxQUPni5BwU White Line Fever]] onward) (Music/{{Motorhead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd-GXkMrJs Run to the Hills]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxLR2_wSsc Powerslave]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51LPlP-s9o Hallowed Be Thy Name]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0M6mOk6oR4 El Dorado]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq9ntSgEI78 Only the Good Die Young]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ICKPKEh9c Sun and Steel]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJh_0flD9-8 Where Eagles Dare]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwGuR711cwM From Here to Eternity]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F7A24f6gNc Speed of Light]] (Music/IronMaiden)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9_6Q_r8-eE Black Magic]] (Music/{{Slayer}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=460urDbhdeY Strong Arm of the Law]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49noOAFsG8 Princess of the Night]] (Music/{{Saxon}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p42AlwNXb4A Red Devil]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOjLjKhY4As Damnation Game]] (Music/YngwieMalmsteen's Rising Force)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STXFFYcuhuw Endless Sacrifice]], In the Presence of Enemies Part 2, Erotomania (Music/DreamTheater)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTGLtkJNWtE Not of This World]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VohN-IemIHs Am I Demon]] (Music/{{Danzig}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZtyP0fhNww Creepshow]] (Music/SkidRow)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AbIYkXiy7E Panzer Division Marduk]] (Music/{{Marduk}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLHXoqFxwc Set This World on Fire]] (Music/RageBand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boptcdvX27E The Great Misconceptions of Me]] (Music/{{WASP|Band}}) to the point of overkill. The track runs 9m44s and the last fifty seconds or so are this.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8O674Nn1rw Blow]] (Music/{{Atreyu}})
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[[folder:ProgressiveRock / PostRock]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw7OsMkqqiM Aqualung]] from ''[[Music/AqualungJethroTullAlbum Aqualung]]'' (Music/JethroTull)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7h4qT6OrdQ 21st Century Schizoid Man]] from ''Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing'' (Music/KingCrimson). Notable in that is has '''two''' of these endings, with the second starting up a second or two after the first.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqLxfFEzw5I Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two]] (More Music/KingCrimson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRuj2_czzw Limelight]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIGKlicb8n0 Working Man]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3s2T0VBug Xanadu]] (Music/RushBand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZ_uwDlmPY Providence]] (Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor)
* [[http://bullofheaven.com/music/143.mp3 The Hollow Booming of Pieces of Ordnance]] (Music/BullOfHeaven)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcyySVEKMAw Space Dementia]] (Music/{{Muse}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D0t111WKFY Sparks]] (Music/TransSiberianOrchestra)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGGO9nPO0Po In the Flesh]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QA30qkRYy8 Dogs]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvCNJdUExts Biding My Time]] (Music/PinkFloyd)
* [[https://vyletpony.bandcamp.com/track/flair-for-the-dramatic Flair for the Dramatic]] from ''Music/CarouselAnExaminationOfTheShadowCreekflow'' (Music/VyletPony)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:HardRock / Rock and Roll]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWW2SzoAXMo Helter Skelter]] (Music/TheBeatles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVGTGW0cCw8 Layla]] (Music/EricClapton via his project Music/DerekAndTheDominos)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF5gBT06FQ0 Rock and Roll]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKw9JA66H-A When The Music's Over]] (Music/TheDoors)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgSt_QiumVc T.N.T.]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbImaMM3qT4 Let There Be Rock]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8iKgIOwV2c Whole Lotta Rosie]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOCQWLSwNSI Can I Sit Next to You Girl]]... Music/{{ACDC}} just loves this trope. Especially when playing live (speaking of which, in regards to the TropeNamer, in the ''AC/DC Live'' Track Pack, only "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks" do NOT have [=BRE=]s. All other '''16''' songs have them).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9bsasfyESs Hell or Hallelujah]] (Music/{{KISS}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP5ikQpTR3c Rock Bottom]] (Music/{{UFO|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3d7QgZr7g Stranglehold]] (Music/TedNugent)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU5LMG3WFBw Hammer to Fall]] (Music/{{Queen}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjseUt1is-o Push Push (Lady Lightning)]] (Bang Camaro)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VKCLohLM48 Warriors of Time]] (Music/BlackTide)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_4MHzCXWKQ Dead]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl1tmfloXug Ridin']] (Music/{{Buckcherry}})
* [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nrlsUvbKTs Take Me Down]] (Music/ThePrettyReckless)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WFLUhSym80 Highway Star]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCnebZnysmI Burn]], and [[https://youtu.be/PfAWReBmxEs Child in Time]] (Music/DeepPurple)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9a_-KlVzxs Now!]] (Music/{{Scorpions|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0 Hot for Teacher]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzkXGIRaxcI I'm the One]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkJOZOOXJWk Somebody Get Me a Doctor]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mk1uifmAEw Stay Frosty]] and so on (Music/VanHalen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU I Believe in a Thing Called Love]] (Music/TheDarkness)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f2eD9YjzfQ I Come Tumblin']] (Music/GrandFunkRailroad)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmqE-hqISmI Flirtin' With Disaster]] (Molly Hatchet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIosHNpGjTE Heartbreaker]] (Music/PatBenatar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g Baba O'Riley]] and [[https://youtu.be/bNmwItw7BxI Young Man Blues]] (Music/TheWho)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdyVnW86SY Bodhisattva]] (Music/SteelyDan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UplOF-GtoS8 Guilty By Association]] (Music/SteveTaylor)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH6UnvSlahc Eight Miles High]] (Music/TheByrds)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBRoI0sG8Jg For The Love of God]] (Steve Vai)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk Green Grass and High Tides]] (The Outlaws)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAlbqTSOFgM Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze]] (Sambomaster)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zElqlip0fc Bad Fun]] (Music/TheCult)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konUjNnCy14 A Lil' Ain't Enough]] (Music/DavidLeeRoth)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j14rCai9LY4 Breaking All the Rules]] (Music/PeterFrampton)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzdup5KY7-g Ending]] from Desert Sessions 7 which is [[Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge Josh Homme]] and friends jamming. The entire song is a Big Rock Ending.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXwxI8-dVdw Talk Dirty to Me]] (Music/{{Poison}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qD72NCJSkk Remedy]] (Music/TheBlackCrowes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM6nasmkg7A Kick Out the Jams]] (Music/{{MC5}}), from ''Music/KickOutTheJams''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmACXeO3Qb4 Joan Crawford]] (Music/BlueOysterCult)- the live version ends on a long drawn out sung/screamed note followed by a reprise of the introductory piano line.
** [[http://youtu.be/q8VhFooPsfA The live version of "Don't Fear The Reaper]]" continues for another two or three minutes after the last vocal, in the form of duelling guitar solos and riffs around the main theme which build to a climax followed by several afteshock notes.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE37e1eK2mY Albuquerque]] (Music/WeirdAlYankovic)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7UvbwCjXUk Walkie Talkie Man]] (Steriogram)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deM14SdTqNE Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo]] (Rick Derringer)
* [[https://youtu.be/-eQQOfkXxoA "I Love You #19"]] (Music/DanielAmos, from ''Music/HorrendousDisc'')
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 Slow Ride]] (Foghat)
* [[https://youtu.be/I_2D8Eo15wE Black Betty]] (Ram Jam)
* [[https://youtu.be/yRDivUb5EeA Jessica]] (Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x6chChxzV0 Inside Looking Out]] (Music/GrandFunkRailroad)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxEZ5NUJ1V4 Shut Up and Kiss Me]] (Music/{{Whitesnake}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOJSmXSFCWk When the Music's Over]] (Music/TheDoors)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXHmWXPwol0 Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib9Jz9iydeQ Sex Farm]] ([[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spın̈al Tap]])
* [[https://youtu.be/65XSHM3jlAY Frankenstein]] (The Edgar Winter Group)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Media]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiakDGfSXo If I Don't get Video Games for Decemberween]] by Brainkrieg, a FakeBand in the WebAnimation/HomestarRunner universe.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AsJzZz0Fv0 World is Mine]] by Miku Hatsune, a Music/{{vocaloid}} song.
* [[https://youtu.be/32ERaR9sPXc Jazzy Note Blocks]] by Aaron Grooves
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHVA2zwnQhA Stutter]] by Mama Umbridge from Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical
* [[VideoGame/RavingRabbids Rayman Raving Rabbids 2's]] version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXqNyKuIoks Smoke on The Water]] from Music/DeepPurple has a Big Rock Ending in the end.
* Used by Music/{{Chicago|Band}} at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vXVoHXMaKg Hard Habit to Break]]
* The Webanimation/ZeroPunctuation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NQu_NZVjUI Theme]] by Ian Dorsch has one, which the show uses in its end credits.

[[/folder]]

!!{{Subver|tedTrope}}sions[=/=]{{Double Subver|ted}}sions:
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOpafs_mwpo Problem Child]], from ''Music/DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheap'' by Music/{{ACDC}}, ends with this...then finishes by cycling back to the beginning of the song before fading out.
* Music/{{Pavement}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF7wInjEGuc Elevate Me Later]]" ''seems'' to go into one about two minutes in, but then the band abruptly starts playing the main riff again for another 30 seconds and the song actually ends on a more subdued note.
* Music/{{Prince}} & the Revolution's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJhDltzYVQ Let's Go Crazy]]" ends with a big rock ending... before Prince breaks into an unaccompanied guitar solo. The band plays a blues turnaround, which gives way to another big rock ending that closes the song.
* Music/RageAgainstTheMachine's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNzIKoAy2pk Killing In the Name]]" seems to go into one about four minutes in, before cutting back to the chorus and the outro.
** Also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JukTvlrh-Wk Know Your Enemy]]", which has one right before the last minute of music kicks in.
* Music/GunsNRoses' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw Paradise City]]" has a Big Rock Ending... which is then followed by a good few more minutes of the song... [[DoubleSubverted which ends in another]] Big Rock Ending.
* Music/TheWho's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgR4SDxBJAo Young Man Blues (Live At Leeds)]]" has about three or four Big Rock Endings before its actual one, most of which are marked by Keith Moon's monster drum fills.
* Music/TheWho's "My Generation" from ''Music/MyGeneration'', which gave birth to RockersSmashGuitars.
* Music/IronMaiden's "El Dorado", mentioned above, not only has a Big Rock Ending, it also has a Big Rock ''Beginning''. The two are [[BookEnds perfectly identical]].
** Also from Iron Maiden, and also mentioned before, "Only the Good Die Young", with a ''double'' BRE... Which is then followed by an acoustic reprise of "Moonchild".
* Music/{{Weezer}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHQqqM5sr7g Undone - The Sweater Song]]" actually ends with a complete instrumental trainwreck, which only fits the trope in concept.
* Music/{{Wilco}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLChzM6v7rA I Got You (At the End of the Century)]]" ends with a short BRE, before the guitar comes back in and the band continues playing for another 45 seconds.
* When played live, ''all three'' of "[[Music/{{Motorhead}} Overkill]]"'s endings become [=BREs=].
* [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment "Everything Else" by]] Music/EverythingElse [[RuleOfThree from the album ''Everything Else'']] has four of them.
* Music/{{Melvins}}' "Pick It N' Flick It" is essentially a minute and a half big rock ending without an actual song attached to it.
* "Big Rock Finish" by Music/AndyPrieboy specifically invokes this trope in its name, but the song is largely an aversion. (It is the last song on the album, though.)
* Niechęć's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGGv46qy8kU After You]]" has '''NINE TOTAL''' Big Rock Endings, 8 of which are at the beginning, and the remaining one actually ends the track.
* Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmOvYzSeaQ Amazing]]" has a big rock ending, then at the end of that, cuts to a 40's-style BigBand epilogue:
-->'''Steven Tyler:''' So from all of us at Aerosmith to all of you out there wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Good night.
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