1. Hard Rock
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2. The Style of Music

3. What is Hard Rock?
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highly amplified rock music with a heavy beat
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subgenre of rock music
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earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock , blues rock and
psychedelic rock.
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heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars,
bass guitar, drums
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electric guitar is often emphasized

4. Instruments used
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relies on three main
instruments
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electric guitar
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bass guitar
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drums

5. Famous bands
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AC/DC
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KISS
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Metallica
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Ozzy Osbourne
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Led Zeppelin

6. Similarities
Hard Rock VS Heavy Metal
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Loud guitars
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Pounding drums
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Driving rhythms
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Often vitriolic vocals

7. Differences
Hard Rock VS Heavy Metal
• Metal has a different guitar/
drums combination than hard
rock
• The lyrics
• Heavy Metal lyrics occult,
pagan magic, anti Christianity,
deeper darker themes
• Hard Rock more phallic in
nature

8. Sample of Hard Rock

9. How to recognize
this genre
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the loud guitars
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the pounding drums
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the driving rhythm
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the vitriolic vocals

10. Fun Fact

11. in 1990 the band “Judas Priest” was sued by 2
families accusing them of inspiring their son to commit
suicide through the subliminal messages in there
music. The judge thought that the messages were not
put in intentionally and the case was dropped
Subliminal Messages

12. History of Hard Rock
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Origins (1960s)
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Expansion (1970s)
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Glam metal era (1980s)
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Grunge and Britpop (1990s)
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Survivals and revivals (2000–
present)

13. Thank You