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hard rock

NOUN
form of rock and roll
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Hard-rock progenitors Mountain performed at Woodstock and were best known for co-founder Leslie West’s guitar riff on its biggest hit, “Mississippi Queen.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2020

Hard-rock fans know him for his work with Manson, Gavin Rossdale and Bush, Rob Zombie and even David Hasselhoff.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2019

Hard-rock miners Larry Hoffman and Matt Krattiger wore helmets with carbide lamps, their open flames jumping and flickering in the breeze.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2017

Hard-rock band Steppenwolf had a version of Mr. Covay’s composition “Sookie Sookie” in 1968, and the J. Geils Band recorded the Covay ballad “The Usual Place” in 1971.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2015

In the informal, off-the-record atmosphere of the Hard-rock Club,* gregarious Harry Truman could let down his hair, stow away a man-sized meal of steak, asparagus, salad and scalloped potatoes, play poker until midnight.

From Time Magazine Archive




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