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424 relations: "The Spaghetti Incident?", A Night at the Opera (Queen album), AC/DC, Acid rock, Adrenalize, Adult contemporary music, Aerosmith, Aerosmith (album), Afterburner (ZZ Top album), Agents of Fortune, Airbourne (band), Alfred Music, Alice Cooper (band), Alice in Chains, Alive! (Kiss album), All Right Now, Allied Forces (album), AllMusic, Alternative rock, Always (Bon Jovi song), Amanda (Boston song), Andrew W.K., Animalize, Anthrax (American band), Appetite for Destruction, Arena rock, Argent (band), Audio feedback, Audioslave, Axl Rose, Back Door Man, Back in Black, Bad Company, Bad Company (album), Balance (Van Halen album), Ballbreaker, Beat (music), Beautiful Creatures (band), Bed of Roses (Bon Jovi song), Billboard (magazine), Billion Dollar Babies, Black and Blue, Black Ice (album), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Rose: A Rock Legend, Black Sabbath, Blizzard of Ozz, Blue Öyster Cult, Blue Cheer, Blues rock, ... Expand index (374 more) »
"The Spaghetti Incident?"
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A Night at the Opera (Queen album)
A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 November 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States.
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AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973.
Acid rock
Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music that evolved out of the mid-1960s garage punk movement and helped launch the psychedelic subculture. Hard rock and Acid rock are rock music genres.
Adrenalize
Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records.
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970.
Aerosmith (album)
Aerosmith is the debut studio album by the American rock band Aerosmith, released on January 5, 1973, by Columbia Records.
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Afterburner (ZZ Top album)
Afterburner is the ninth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985.
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Agents of Fortune
Agents of Fortune is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on May 21, 1976 by Columbia Records.
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Airbourne (band)
Airbourne are an Australian hard rock band formed in Warrnambool, Victoria, in late 2001.
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Alfred Music
Alfred Music is an American music publishing company.
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Alice Cooper (band)
Alice Cooper, also known as the Alice Cooper Group or the Alice Cooper Band, was an American rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1968.
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Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987.
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Alive! (Kiss album)
Alive! is the fourth album overall, and the first live album, by American hard rock band Kiss, released on September 10, 1975.
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All Right Now
"All Right Now" is a song by English rock band Free, released on their third studio album, Fire and Water (1970).
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Allied Forces (album)
Allied Forces is the fifth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1981.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Hard rock and alternative rock are rock music genres.
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Always (Bon Jovi song)
"Always" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi.
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Amanda (Boston song)
"Amanda" is a power ballad by American rock band Boston written by Tom Scholz.
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Andrew W.K.
Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier (born May 9, 1979), known professionally as Andrew W.K., is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and motivational speaker.
Animalize
Animalize is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Kiss.
Anthrax (American band)
Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker.
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Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records.
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Arena rock
Arena rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock, pomp rock, stadium rock, corporate rock or dad rock) is a style of rock music that became mainstream in the 1970s. Hard rock and Arena rock are rock music genres.
Argent (band)
Argent were an English rock band formed in 1969 by former Zombies keyboardist Rod Argent.
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Audio feedback
Audio feedback (also known as acoustic feedback, simply as feedback) is a positive feedback situation that may occur when an acoustic path exists between an audio output (for example, a loudspeaker) and its audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup).
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Audioslave
Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Glendale, California, in 2001.
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Back Door Man
"Back Door Man" is a blues song written by American musician Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960.
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Back in Black
Back in Black is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC, released on 25 July 1980, by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records.
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Bad Company
Bad Company was an English rock supergroup that was formed in London in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers, drummer Simon Kirke (both ex-Free), guitarist Mick Ralphs (ex-Mott the Hoople) and bassist Boz Burrell (ex-King Crimson).
Bad Company (album)
Bad Company is the debut studio album by Bad Company, a 1970s hard rock English supergroup.
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Balance (Van Halen album)
Balance is the tenth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on January 24, 1995, by Warner Bros. Records.
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Ballbreaker
Ballbreaker is the thirteenth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
Beat (music)
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level).
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Beautiful Creatures (band)
Beautiful Creatures (sometimes abbreviated as BC) is an American hard rock band formed in 1999 by guitarist DJ Ashba and singer Joe Lesté of Bang Tango.
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Bed of Roses (Bon Jovi song)
"Bed of Roses" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, first appearing on their fifth studio album, Keep the Faith (1992), then released as a single on January 11, 1993 by Mercury and Jambco.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billion Dollar Babies
Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in March 1973 by Warner Bros. Records.
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Black and Blue
Black and Blue is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 23 April 1976 by Rolling Stones Records.
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Black Ice (album)
Black Ice is the fifteenth studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC.
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated to BRMC) is an American rock band from San Francisco, California.
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Black Rose: A Rock Legend
Black Rose: A Rock Legend is the ninth studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.
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Blizzard of Ozz
Blizzard of Ozz is the debut studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 12 September 1980 in the UK and on 27 March 1981 in the US.
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Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult (sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American hard rock band formed on Long Island in Stony Brook, New York, in 1967.
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Blue Cheer
Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009.
Blues rock
Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues. Hard rock and blues rock are 1960s in music and rock music genres.
Blues scale
The term blues scale refers to several different scales with differing numbers of pitches and related characteristics.
Bohemian Rhapsody
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera (1975).
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey.
Bon Scott
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer and songwriter.
Born to Be Wild
"Born to Be Wild" is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first performed by the band Steppenwolf.
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Boston (album)
Boston is the debut studio album by American rock band Boston, released on August 25, 1976, by Epic Records.
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Boston (band)
Boston is an American rock band formed in 1975 by Tom Scholz in Boston, Massachusetts, that experienced significant commercial success during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Brian Johnson
Brian Francis Johnson De Luca (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter.
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British blues
British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s, and reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s.
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British Invasion
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Hard rock and British Invasion are 1960s in music.
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Britpop
Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. Hard rock and Britpop are rock music genres.
Buckcherry
Buckcherry is an American hard rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1995.
Bush (British band)
Bush are a British rock band formed in London in 1992.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Can't Fight This Feeling
"Can't Fight This Feeling" is a power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon.
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Candlebox
Candlebox is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington.
Caress of Steel
Caress of Steel is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on September 24, 1975, by Mercury Records.
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Chicago blues
Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chinese Democracy
Chinese Democracy is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 23, 2008, by Black Frog and Geffen Records.
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Cinderella (band)
Cinderella was an American rock band formed in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1983.
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Collective Soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge, Georgia.
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Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. Hard rock and country music are 1960s in music.
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Crashdïet
Crashdïet (often stylised as CRASHDÏET) is a Swedish sleaze rock/glam metal band formed in Stockholm in 2000.
Crazy Horses
"Crazy Horses" is a song by the Osmonds, the title track from the album of the same name.
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Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Kiss, recorded from March to June 1987 and released on September 21, 1987, by Mercury worldwide and Vertigo in the UK.
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Cream (band)
Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966.
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Creed (band)
Creed is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida formed in 1994.
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Crush (Bon Jovi album)
Crush is the seventh studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi.
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Dave Davies
David Russell Gordon Davies (born 3 February 1947) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter.
David Coverdale
David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the founder and lead singer of the hard rock band Whitesnake.
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David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1954) is an American rock singer.
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Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
Deep Purple in Rock
Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 June 1970.
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.
Dick Dale
Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist.
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.
Distortion (music)
Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone.
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Diver Down
Diver Down is the fifth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on April 19, 1982.
Don't Stop Believin'
"Don't Stop Believin" is a song by American rock band Journey.
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Double Live Gonzo!
Double Live Gonzo! is a live album by the American hard rock guitarist Ted Nugent, released as a double LP in 1978.
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Dr. Feelgood (album)
Dr.
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Dreamboat Annie
Dreamboat Annie is the debut studio album by American rock band Heart.
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Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician.
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Easy Rider
Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper.
Eddie Cochran
Ray Edward Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician.
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Eddie Van Halen
Edward Lodewijk Van Halen (January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician.
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Electric blues
Electric blues is blues music distinguished by the use of electric amplification for musical instruments.
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Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.
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Eliminator (album)
Eliminator is the eighth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top.
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Elmore James
Elmore James (Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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Eruption (instrumental)
"Eruption" is a guitar solo performed by Eddie Van Halen and the second track from Van Halen's self-titled 1978 debut album.
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Europe (band)
Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979, by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno.
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Exile on Main St.
Exile on Main St. is the tenth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 12 May 1972 by Rolling Stones Records.
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Extreme (band)
Extreme is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual transgression". The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style associated with the speed metal, thrash metal, black metal, death metal, and doom metal genres.K.
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Fair Warning (Van Halen album)
Fair Warning is the fourth studio album by American rock band Van Halen.
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Falsetto
Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.
Feeder (band)
Feeder is a Welsh-Japanese rock band formed in Newport, South Wales in 1994.
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Female performers in hard rock music
The relationships between female performers in hard rock music versus amateur and professional critics as well as the general public and specific groups of fans who listen to those songs have been a topic of intellectual analysis over multiple decades.
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FireHouse
FireHouse (also Firehouse) is an American hard rock band that formed in 1984 in Richmond, Virginia, and then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they were signed to Epic Records in 1989.
Fly by Night (album)
Fly by Night is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 14, 1975, by Mercury Records.
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Foghat
Foghat are an English rock band formed in London in 1971.
Folk rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. Hard rock and folk rock are rock music genres.
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994.
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Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 single by English heavy metal band Def Leppard from their diamond album Pyromania.
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (often abbreviated as F.U.C.K.) is the ninth studio album by American rock band Van Halen.
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Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones, vocalist Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, the last of whom was also a founding member of King Crimson.
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Free (band)
Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968 by Paul Rodgers (vocals), Paul Kossoff (guitar), Andy Fraser (bass, piano) and Simon Kirke (drums, percussion).
Garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. Hard rock and garage rock are rock music genres.
Gary Cherone
Gary Francis Caine Cherone (born July 26, 1961) is an American rock singer and songwriter.
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Get a Grip
Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in April 1993 by Geffen Records.
Gimme All Your Lovin'
"Gimme All Your Lovin'" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator.
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Girls, Girls, Girls (Mötley Crüe album)
Girls, Girls, Girls is the fourth studio album by American rock band Mötley Crüe, released on May 20, 1987.
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Glam metal
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads.
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing. Hard rock and Glam rock are rock music genres.
Golden Earring
Golden Earring was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Tornados.
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Goodbye to Love
"Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis.
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Gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Hard rock and Gothic rock are rock music genres.
Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. Hard rock and Grunge are rock music genres.
Guitar solo
A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar.
Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in March 1985 when local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged.
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Hair of the Dog (album)
Hair of the Dog is the sixth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released on 3 April 1975.
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Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s.
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Hardcore Superstar
Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish rock band from Gothenburg, formed in 1997.
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Hate mail
Hate mail (as electronic, posted, or otherwise) is a form of harassment, usually consisting of invective and potentially intimidating or threatening comments towards the recipient.
Heart (band)
Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)
Heaven and Hell is the ninth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 18 April 1980.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. Hard rock and Heavy metal music are rock music genres.
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Helter Skelter (song)
"Helter Skelter" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles (also known as the "White Album").
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Here I Go Again
"Here I Go Again" is a song by the British rock band Whitesnake.
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High 'n' Dry
High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on 6 July 1981.
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High on Fire
High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1998.
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Highway Star (song)
"Highway Star" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple.
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Highway to Hell
Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 27 July 1979.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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Honkin' on Bobo
Honkin' on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on March 30, 2004, by Columbia Records.
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Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist.
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Hysteria (Def Leppard album)
Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987, by Phonogram Records.
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I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song recorded by American hard rock band Aerosmith as the theme song for the 1998 science fiction disaster film Armageddon, in which lead singer Steven Tyler's daughter Liv starred.
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I Feel Free
"I Feel Free" is a song first recorded by the British rock band Cream.
I Want to Know What Love Is
"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner.
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Ian MacDonald
Ian MacCormick (known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was an English music critic, journalist and author, best known for both Revolution in the Head, his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians, and The New Shostakovich, a study of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
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In Your Honor
In Your Honor is the fifth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 14, 2005, through Roswell and RCA Records.
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly, written by band member Doug Ingle and released on their 1968 album of the same name.
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (album)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the second studio album by the American rock band Iron Butterfly, released in June 1968.
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Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly is an American rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1966.
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
It's My Life (Bon Jovi song)
"It's My Life" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi.
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It's Only Rock 'n Roll
It's Only Rock 'n Roll is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 18 October 1974 by Rolling Stones Records.
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ITunes
iTunes was a media player, media library, mobile device management utility developed by Apple.
Izzy Stradlin
Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born April 8, 1962), best known as Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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Jaded (Aerosmith song)
"Jaded" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith.
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Jailbreak (album)
Jailbreak is the sixth studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy.
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James Cotton
James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 194410 January 2023) was an English guitarist.
Jet (band)
Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001.
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer.
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Joe Hill Louis
Lester Hill (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957), known professionally as Joe Hill Louis, was an American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band.
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John Bonham
John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 194427 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band the Who.
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John Paul Jones (musician)
John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin; 3 January 1946), is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who was the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Led Zeppelin.
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Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch.
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Journey (Journey album)
Journey is the debut studio album by American rock band Journey.
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Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969.
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Just a Game (album)
Just a Game is the third studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1979.
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Just Push Play
Just Push Play is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, co-produced by song collaborators Marti Frederiksen and Mark Hudson and was released on March 5, 2001.
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Kansas (band)
Kansas is an American rock band that formed in 1973 in Topeka, Kansas, and became popular during the decade initially on album-oriented rock charts and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind".
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Keep On Loving You (song)
"Keep On Loving You" is a ballad written by Kevin Cronin and performed by American rock band REO Speedwagon.
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Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi song)
"Keep the Faith" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi.
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Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician who was the drummer for the rock band the Who.
Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones.
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Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band formed in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, in 1999.
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Kiss (band)
Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).
Lead guitar
Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure.
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
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Led Zeppelin (album)
Led Zeppelin (sometimes referred to as Led Zeppelin I) is the debut studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin.
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records.
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin III is the third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 5 October 1970.
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Led Zeppelin IV
The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records.
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Let There Be Rock
Let There Be Rock is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC.
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Let's Go Trippin'
"Let's Go Trippin'" is an instrumental by Dick Dale and The Del-Tones.
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Lick It Up
Lick It Up is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Kiss.
Link Wray
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s.
List of Cambridge Companions to Music
The Cambridge Companions to Music form a book series published by Cambridge University Press.
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List of hard rock bands (A–M)
This is a list of notable hard rock bands and musicians.
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List of hard rock bands (N–Z)
This is a list of notable hard rock bands and musicians.
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Live (band)
Live, often typeset as, LĪVE, or +LĪVE+, is an American rock band formed in York, Pennsylvania, in 1984 by Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals, guitars), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass), Chad Gracey (drums), and Chad Taylor (guitars).
Live at Leeds
Live at Leeds is the first live album by English rock band the Who.
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Load (album)
Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996, by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally.
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Long Cold Winter
Long Cold Winter is the second studio album by American glam metal band Cinderella.
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Lost Highway (Bon Jovi album)
Lost Highway is the tenth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on June 19, 2007, in the US through Island Records.
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Louie Louie
"Louie Louie" is a rhythm and blues song written and composed by American musician Richard Berry in 1955, recorded in 1956, and released in 1957.
Love Hurts
"Love Hurts" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Machine Head (album)
Machine Head is the sixth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple.
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Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers, also known simply as the Manics, are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986.
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Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.
MC5
MC5 was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963.
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine.
Memphis blues
The Memphis blues is a style of blues music created from the 1910s to the 1930s by musicians in the Memphis area, such as Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Memphis Minnie.
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Metal Health
Metal Health is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released on February 28, 1983.
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Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
Michael Schenker Group
The Michael Schenker Group (often abbreviated as MSG) is an English hard rock band, formed in London in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker.
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Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.
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Misirlou
"Misirlou" (Μισιρλού < Mısırlı 'Egyptian' < مصر Miṣr 'Egypt') is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Montrose (album)
Montrose is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Montrose, released in October 1973 by Warner Bros.
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Montrose (band)
Montrose was an American hard rock band formed in 1973 and named after guitarist and founder Ronnie Montrose.
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Motörhead
Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.
Mother Love Bone
Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988.
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Moving Pictures (Rush album)
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981, by Anthem Records.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".
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My Generation
"My Generation" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend.
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Nazareth (album)
Nazareth is the debut album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1971.
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Nazareth (band)
Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had many hit singles and albums in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a number of other European countries beginning in the early 1970s.
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Nevermind
Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records.
New Jersey (album)
New Jersey is the fourth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on September 19, 1988, by Mercury Records.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. Hard rock and New wave music are rock music genres.
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New wave of British heavy metal
The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1971.
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Nickelback
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta.
Nine Lives (Aerosmith album)
Nine Lives is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on March 18, 1997.
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Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.
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No More Tears
No More Tears is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne.
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Not in This Lifetime... Tour
The Not in This Lifetime...
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Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
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On Your Feet or on Your Knees
On Your Feet or on Your Knees is the first live album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on February 27, 1975 by Columbia Records.
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One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
One Way Ticket to Hell...
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Open Arms (Journey song)
"Open Arms" is a song by American rock band Journey.
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Open Up and Say... Ahh!
Open Up and Say...
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Opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
OU812
OU812 (pronounced "Oh You Ate One Too") is the eighth studio album by American rock band Van Halen.
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English musician and media personality.
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Paranoid (album)
Paranoid is the second studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 18 September 1970 by Vertigo Records in the United Kingdom and on 7 January 1971 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.
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Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Giraldo (Andrzejewski; formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter.
Pat Hare
Auburn "Pat" Hare (December 20, 1930 – September 26, 1980) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.
Paul Rodgers
Paul Bernard Rodgers (born 17 December 1949) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.
Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
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Perfect Strangers (album)
Perfect Strangers is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 29 October 1984.
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Permanent Vacation (Aerosmith album)
Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released by Geffen Records on August 25, 1987.
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Permission to Land
Permission to Land is the debut studio album by the British glam rock band The Darkness, released on 7 July 2003 in the UK and 16 September 2003 in the US.
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Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician.
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Phaser (effect)
A phaser is an electronic sound processor used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum.
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Photograph (Def Leppard song)
"Photograph" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
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Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band formed in 1983 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music. Hard rock and pop rock are 1960s in music and rock music genres.
Popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
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Post-Britpop
Post-Britpop is an alternative rock subgenre and is the period in the late 1990s and early 2000s, following Britpop, when the media were identifying a "new generation" or "second wave" of guitar bands influenced by acts like Oasis and Blur, but with less overt British concerns in their lyrics and making more use of American rock and indie influences, as well as experimental music. Hard rock and Post-Britpop are rock music genres.
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Post-grunge
Post-grunge is an offshoot of grunge that has a less abrasive or intense tone than traditional grunge. Hard rock and Post-grunge are rock music genres.
Post-punk revival
Post-punk revival (also known as indie rock revival) is a genre or movement of indie rock that emerged in the early 2000s as musicians started to play a stripped down and back-to-basics version of guitar rock inspired by the original sounds and aesthetics of post-punk, new wave and garage rock.
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Power chord
A power chord, also called a fifth chord, is a colloquial name for a chord on guitar, especially on electric guitar, that consists of the root note and the fifth, as well as possibly octaves of those notes.
Power pop
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a subgenre of rock music and form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. Hard rock and power pop are 1960s in music and rock music genres.
Pride (White Lion album)
Pride is the second studio album by the American-Danish glam-metal band White Lion, released on June 22, 1987, by Atlantic Records.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Hard rock and Progressive rock are rock music genres.
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Proto-punk
Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement. Hard rock and proto-punk are rock music genres.
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. Hard rock and psychedelic rock are rock music genres.
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Puddle of Mudd
Puddle of Mudd is an American post-grunge band formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1991.
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Pump (album)
Pump is the tenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Hard rock and punk rock are rock music genres.
Pyromania (album)
Pyromania is the third studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983 through Vertigo Records in UK and Europe and through Mercury Records in the US.
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Quadrophenia
Quadrophenia is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released as a double album on 26 October 1973 by Track Records.
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated as QOTSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Seattle, Washington. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout multiple lineup changes.
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Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni.
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage) was an American rock band formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California.
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Rainbow (rock band)
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) are a British-American rock band formed in London and Los Angeles in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.
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Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974.
Randy Rhoads
Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist.
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Ratt
Ratt (stylized as RATT) was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum, and multi-platinum by the RIAA.
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.
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Red Velvet Car
Red Velvet Car is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on August 31, 2010, by Legacy Recordings.
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Reload (Metallica album)
Reload is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on November 18, 1997, via Elektra Records.
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REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon), or simply REO, is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Riff
A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist.
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Robert Palmer (American writer)
Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Hard rock and rock and roll are rock music genres.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. Hard rock and Rock music are rock music genres.
Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song)
"Rock of Ages" is a song by Def Leppard from their 1983 album Pyromania.
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Rocks (Aerosmith album)
Rocks is the fourth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on 3 May 1976.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Ronnie James Dio
Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer.
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Ronnie Montrose
Ronald Douglas Montrose (November 29, 1947 – March 3, 2012) was an American musician and guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma.
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Rumble (instrumental)
"Rumble" is an instrumental by American group Link Wray & His Wray Men.
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Runnin' Wild (Airbourne album)
Runnin' Wild is the debut album by the Australian hard rock band Airbourne.
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Rush (band)
Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion).
Rush (Rush album)
Rush is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Rush.
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Sammy Hagar
Sam Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Saxon (band)
Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975.
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School's Out (album)
School's Out is the fifth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in June 1972.
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Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker.
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Scott Weiland
Scott Richard Weiland (né Kline; October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter.
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Seether
Seether are a South African rock band founded in 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng.
Sentimental ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner.
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Shake Your Money Maker (album)
Shake Your Money Maker (also stylized as The Black Crowes Present: $hake Your Money Maker) is the debut studio album by American rock band the Black Crowes, released on February 13, 1990, on Def American Recordings.
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Sheer Heart Attack
Sheer Heart Attack is the third studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 8 November 1974 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States.
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Shinedown
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed by singer Brent Smith in 2001 after the dissolution of his previous band, Dreve.
Shock rock
Shock rock is the combination of rock music or heavy metal music with highly theatrical live performances emphasizing shock value. Hard rock and shock rock are rock music genres.
Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on September 23, 1983.
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Silverchair
Silverchair are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, Ben Gillies on drums, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar.
Skid Row (American band)
Skid Row is an American rock band formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey.
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Skid Row (Skid Row album)
Skid Row is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on January 24, 1989, by Atlantic Records.
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Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician who is known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and mid 1990s.
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Slaughter (band)
Slaughter is an American hard rock band that formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1988.
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Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya.
Slip of the Tongue
Slip of the Tongue is the eighth studio album by the British hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 7 November 1989 in the US by Geffen Records and 13 November 1989 in the UK by EMI.
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Slippery When Wet
Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on August 18, 1986, by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally.
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Smoke on the Water
"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their 1972 studio album Machine Head.
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Soft rock
Soft rock (also known as light rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Hard rock and Soft rock are 1960s in music and rock music genres.
Sorry (Buckcherry song)
"Sorry" is a song by American rock band Buckcherry.
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Soul Kitchen (song)
"Soul Kitchen" is a song by the Doors from their first album The Doors.
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Soundgarden
Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.
Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. Hard rock and Southern rock are rock music genres.
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Staind
Staind is an American rock band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995.
Stairway to Heaven
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band’s untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV), by Atlantic Records.
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Steel Panther
Steel Panther is an American comedic glam metal band from Los Angeles, California.
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Stephen Davis (music journalist)
Stephen Davis is an American music journalist.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database AllMusic.
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Steppenwolf (band)
Steppenwolf was a Canadian-American rock band that was prominent from 1968 to 1972.
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Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf album)
Steppenwolf is the debut studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf, released on January 29, 1968, on ABC Dunhill Records.
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Stereophonics
Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in the Cynon Valley, Wales.
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Steven Adler
Steven Adler (born Michael Coletti; January 22, 1965) is an American musician.
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Stiff Upper Lip (album)
Stiff Upper Lip is the 14th studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
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Still Loving You
"Still Loving You" is a power ballad by the German hard rock band Scorpions.
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Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots (also known as STP) is an American rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1989.
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String bending
String bending is a guitar technique where fretted strings are displaced by application of a force by the fretting fingers in a direction perpendicular to their vibrating length.
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Styx (band)
Styx is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972.
Summertime Blues
"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by American rock artist Eddie Cochran.
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Sunshine of Your Love
"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream.
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Supergroup (music)
A supergroup is a musical group formed with members who are already successful as solo artists or as members of other successful groups.
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Surf music
Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. Hard rock and surf music are rock music genres.
Sweet Child o' Mine
"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987).
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Swing music
Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Tapping
Tapping is a playing technique that can be used on any stringed instrument, but which is most commonly used on guitar.
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony Nugent (born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist.
Ted Nugent (album)
Ted Nugent is the debut studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent.
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Texture (music)
In music, texture is how the tempo, melodic, and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition, determining the overall quality of the sound in a piece.
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The Amboy Dukes (band)
The Amboy Dukes were an American rock band formed in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, and later based in Detroit, Michigan.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Beatles (album)
The Beatles, also referred to colloquially as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968.
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The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1984.
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The Boys Are Back in Town
"The Boys Are Back in Town" is a song by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy.
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The Carpenters
Carpenters, also known as The Carpenters, were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946).
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The Circle (Bon Jovi album)
The Circle is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi.
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The Darkness (band)
The Darkness is a British rock band that formed in Lowestoft, England in 2000.
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The Datsuns
The Datsuns are a hard rock band from Cambridge, New Zealand, formed in 1998.
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore.
The Doors (album)
The Doors is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on January 4, 1967, by Elektra Records.
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The Final Countdown (album)
The Final Countdown is the third studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe.
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The Jeff Beck Group
The Jeff Beck Group was a British rock band formed in London in January 1967 by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck.
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The Kingsmen
The Kingsmen are a 1960s American rock band from Portland, Oregon.
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The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
The Osmonds
The Osmonds were an American family music group who reached the height of their fame in the early to mid-1970s.
The Razors Edge (AC/DC album)
The Razors Edge is the twelfth studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Runaways
The Runaways were an American female rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979.
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The Runaways (album)
The Runaways is the debut studio album by American rock band the Runaways, was released on March 16, 1976, through Mercury Records.
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The Sword
The Sword was an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas.
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures is an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2009 with American musician Josh Homme on lead vocals and guitar, English musician John Paul Jones on bass and keyboards, and American musician Dave Grohl on drums and backing vocals.
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Them Crooked Vultures (album)
Them Crooked Vultures is the studio album by American rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures.
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These Days (Bon Jovi album)
These Days (stylized as (these Days)) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on June 27, 1995, by Mercury Records.
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Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.
Thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.
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Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band formed in Norwood, Ontario, in 1992 originally as Groundswell.
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Tony Peluso
Anthony F. Peluso (March 28, 1950 – June 5, 2010) was an American guitarist and record producer.
Too Fast for Love
Too Fast for Love is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.
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Toys in the Attic (album)
Toys in the Attic is the third studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on April 8, 1975, by Columbia Records.
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Tres Hombres
Tres Hombres is the third studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released on July 26, 1973 by London Records.
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Triumph (band)
Triumph were a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975 that was popular during the late 1970s and the 1980s, building on its reputation and success as a live band.
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Triumph (Triumph album)
Triumph is the debut studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1976.
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Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972, originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York.
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Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969.
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Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion II.
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Use Your Illusion II
Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
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Vains of Jenna
Vains of Jenna was a Swedish sleaze rock band formed in Falkenberg in 2005.
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Van Halen
Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.
Van Halen (album)
Van Halen is the debut studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on February 10, 1978, by Warner Bros. Records.
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Van Halen III
Van Halen III is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on March 17, 1998, by Warner Bros. Records.
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Vandenberg (band)
Vandenberg is a Dutch–American hard rock band from Amsterdam and Los Angeles, formed in 1981.
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Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their slow extended heavy rock arrangements of contemporary hit songs, such as their hit cover of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On".
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Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of punk band Wasted Youth, and Scott Weiland (lead vocalist) formerly of Stone Temple Pilots.
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Vengeance (band)
Vengeance is a Hard rock band from the Netherlands formed in 1983 in Waalwijk.
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Venom (band)
Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978.
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Vincebus Eruptum
Vincebus Eruptum (pseudo-Latin) is the debut album of American rock band Blue Cheer.
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Waiting for a Girl Like You
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a 1981 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner released as the second single from the album 4 (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones.
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Warrant (American band)
Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million.
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Wasted Youth (American band)
Wasted Youth (also known as LA's Wasted Youth) was an early 1980s hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, California.
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What About Love
"What About Love" is a song originally recorded by Canadian rock band Toronto in 1982.
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White Lion
White Lion was a Danish-American glam metal band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist/guitarist Mike Tramp and Italian-American guitarist Vito Bratta.
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978.
Whitesnake (album)
Whitesnake is the seventh studio album by English rock band Whitesnake, released on 23 March 1987, by Geffen Records in the US and by EMI Records in the UK one week after.
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Who Are You
Who Are You is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 21 August 1978 by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and MCA Records in the United States.
Who Says You Can't Go Home
"Who Says You Can't Go Home" is a song that was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora for American rock band Bon Jovi's ninth album, Have a Nice Day (2005).
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Who's Next
Who's Next is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 2 August 1971.
Willie Johnson (guitarist)
Willie Johnson (March 4, 1923 – February 26, 1995) was an American electric blues guitarist.
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Witchcraft (band)
Witchcraft is a Swedish doom metal band founded in 2000.
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Wolfmother
Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney.
Wolfmother (album)
Wolfmother is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Wolfmother, originally released on 31 October 2005 in Australia.
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World music
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.
You Really Got Me
"You Really Got Me" is a song by English rock band the Kinks, written by frontman Ray Davies.
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ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969.
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album Agents of Fortune. The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death.
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.
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15 (Buckcherry album)
15 is the third studio album by American rock band Buckcherry.
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1984 (Van Halen album)
1984 (stylized in Roman numerals as MCMLXXXIV) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on January 9, 1984.
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2112 (album)
2112 (pronounced "twenty-one twelve") is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in March 1976 by Mercury Records.
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5150 (album)
5150 (pronounced "fifty-one-fifty") is the seventh studio album by American rock band Van Halen.
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