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List Of Hard Rock Bands (A–M)
This is a list of notable hard rock bands and musicians. 0–9 *3 Doors Down A *AC/DC *Aerosmith *Ahat *Airbourne (band), Airbourne *Alcatrazz *Alice Cooper (band), Alice Cooper (the band) *Alice in Chains *Alisa (Russian band), Alisa *Alkatrazz *Amajlija *The Amboy Dukes (band), The Amboy Dukes *Ampage (band), Ampage *The Angels (Australian band), The Angels *The Answer (band), The Answer *April Wine *Argent (band), Argent *Art of Anarchy *Asterix (Asterix album), Asterix *Atomic Opera *Atomic Rooster *Atomsko Sklonište *Attila (rock band), Attila *Avenged Sevenfold B *Babe Ruth (band), Babe Ruth *Baby Animals *Sebastian Bach *Randy Bachman *Bachman–Turner Overdrive *Bad Company *Badlands (American band), Badlands *Bakery (band), Bakery *Balkan (band), Balkan *Band-Maid *Bang Tango *Barnabas (band), Barnabas *Jimmy Barnes *BB Steal *Beatrice (band), Beatrice *Beautiful Creatures (band), Beautiful Creatures *Pat Benatar *Nuno Bettencourt *Betty Blowtorch *Birth Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream (band), Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf, Grand Funk, Free (band), Free, and Deep Purple also produced hard rock. The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss (band), Kiss, Queen (band), Queen, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angels (Australian Band)
The Angels are an Australian rock band that formed in 1974 in Adelaide as the Keystone Angels with Bernard "Doc" Neeson on lead vocals and bass guitar, John Brewster on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, his brother Rick Brewster on lead guitar and backing vocals, and Peter "Charlie" King on drums. In 1976, King was replaced by Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup on drums, Chris Bailey took over bass duties so Neeson could focus solely on vocals, and they changed their name to just 'the Angels'. Their studio albums that peaked in the Australian top 10 are ''No Exit'' (1979), '' Dark Room'' (1980), '' Night Attack'' (1981), '' Two Minute Warning'' (1984), ''Howling'' (1986) and '' Beyond Salvation'' (1990). Their top 20 singles are " No Secrets" (1980), " Into the Heat" (1981), " We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (1987), " Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" (live, 1988), " Let the Night Roll On" and " Dogs Are Talking" (both 1990). To avoid legal problems with similarly named a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian-American singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and has made appearances in film and television such as ''Trailer Park Boys'', '' The Masked Singer'' and ''Gilmore Girls''. He continues his music career as a solo artist. Early years Bach was born in the Bahamas, the son of artist David Bierk and was raised in Peterborough, Ontario after the family moved there in the early 1970s for his father's teaching job. He is one of eight children. His brother Zac Bierk is a former professional ice hockey player. His father, David Bierk (d. 2002), was a noted painter. He painted the cover of Skid Row's album '' Slave to the Grind'' and inside cover art of '' Subhuman Race'', as well as the album cover of Bach's solo effort '' Angel Down'' and inside art for its follow-up, '' Give 'Em Hell''. Bach j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Animals
Baby Animals is an Australian hard rock band active from October 1989 to 1996 and reformed in 2007. The original line-up was Frank Celenza on drums; Suze DeMarchi on lead vocals and guitar; Dave Leslie on guitar and backing vocals; and Eddie Parise on bass guitar and backing vocals. They recorded two studio albums, '' Baby Animals'' (September 1991) – which peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and '' Shaved and Dangerous'' (August 1993) – which reached No. 2. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992 the group won three trophies: Album of the Year and Breakthrough Artist – Album for ''Baby Animals'' and Breakthrough - Single for "Early Warning". ''Baby Animals'' was listed in '' 100 Best Australian Albums'' (October 2010). The reunited line-up are DeMarchi, Leslie, Dario Bortolin on bass guitar and Mick Skelton on drums and percussion. Their fourth studio album, '' This Is Not the End'', was issued in May 2013, which reached the top 20. Biography Early hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe Ruth (band)
Babe Ruth are an English rock band from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. They were active in the 1970s and then reformed in 2002. History In 1971 after graduating from Royal Academy of Music, Alan Shacklock formed "Shacklock" with David Hewitt on bass, Dave Punshon on piano, Dick Powell on drums, and Jenny Haan as vocalist. Roger Dean (artist) later introduced Shacklock to Nick Mobbs, vice president of A&R to the EMI Harvest Records, who got them a show at Marquee Club before signing the band on to the EMI Harvest label. In 1972, Shacklock was renamed after Babe Ruth, the baseball player. In 1972, Rupert Perry signed Babe Ruth for the United States, and their first album, ''First Base'', was released. In 1973 Ed Spevock joined Babe Ruth, replacing Powell on drums. Babe Ruth appeared twice on BBC Two's The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973 on 2 January and 2 August. Shacklock, Haan, Punshon, Hewitt and Spevock survived a near fatal car crash on the M1 motorway coming home fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ, and drummer Brooks Wackerman. Avenged Sevenfold are known for their diverse rock sound and dramatic imagery in album covers and merchandise. The band emerged with a metalcore sound on their debut album ''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet''; they largely continued this sound through their second album ''Waking the Fallen''. The band's style had evolved by their third album and first major label release, ''City of Evil'', into a more traditional heavy metal style. The band continued to explore new sounds with its Avenged Sevenfold (album), self-titled release and enjoyed continued mainstream success before their founding drummer, The Rev, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, died in 2009. Despite his death, Aven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila (rock Band)
Attila was an American rock duo from New York City, most notable for having featured a young Billy Joel. History Billy Joel and Jon Small broke away from their band the Hassles and formed Attila in 1969. The instrumentation was organ and drums, with Joel also handling the bass lines with a keyboard, similar to the Doors' Ray Manzarek. Their creative partnership ended in 1970 when Joel ran off with Small's wife, Elizabeth, whom he later married, although this did not end their collaborations, as Small produced Joel's 1987 '' Концерт'' video and the 2011 '' Live at Shea Stadium'' performance. Small became a music video director for artists such as Run DMC, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire and Travis Tritt. ''Attila'' album Their only album, ''Attila'', was released on July 27, 1970. No singles were released from the album and it did not chart. Joel himself has described the album as "psychedelic bullshit". The track "Amplifier Fire, Part 1 (Godzilla)" would later appear o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomsko Sklonište
Atomsko Sklonište (transl. ''Fallout shelter, Atomic Shelter'') is a Croatian and SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav hard rock band, formed in Pula in 1977. Known for their early anti-war concept, as well as their later hit songs, Atomsko Sklonište were one of the most prominent acts of the Yugoslav rock scene. The formation of the band was initiated by poet Boško Obradović, who aspired to form a band which would perform songs featuring his lyrics. The band gained the attention of the public and the media with their hard rock sound combined with Obradović's anti-war lyrics and cataclysmic imagery. Their first two studio albums, ''Ne cvikaj generacijo'' and ''Infarkt'', both released in 1978, brought them nationwide popularity, although Obradović's lyrics were often described by Yugoslav music critics as unrefined. The group ended their cooperation with Obradović after the release of their fourth studio album ''Extrauterina'', released in 1981, with the group's bass guitarist Bruno Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster are a British rock band originally formed by members of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, organist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer. Their history is defined by two periods: the early-mid-1970s and the early 1980s. The band went through radical style changes, but they are best known for the hard, progressive rock sound of their hit singles, " Tomorrow Night" (UK No. 11) and "Devil's Answer" (UK No. 4), both in 1971. In 2016 Atomic Rooster reformed with permission from Crane's widow, with the new line-up featuring two members from the various 1970s incarnations of the band. History Original period (1969–1975) In the summer of 1969, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown split in the middle of a second US tour. Keyboardist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer left, returning to England to discuss a collaboration with Brian Jones, who had just been let go from the Rolling Stones. After Jones's death on 3 July 1969, they adopted the name Atomic Rooster (wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Opera
Atomic Opera is an American hard rock band from Houston, Texas. Their style blends progressive rock, art rock Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Art rock aspires to elevate rock from entertainment to an ar ..., heavy metal music, metal, Medieval music, medieval influences, and eastern music. History Formed in September 1991, the band began when founding member Frank Hart moved from Missouri and joined forces with producer/manager Sam Taylor. The lineup consisting of Frank, Jonathan Marshall, Mark Poindexter, and Len Sonnier (brother of Dane Sonnier of the Galactic Cowboys), was fleshed out with a few different Houston-area musicians over the next few years. In December 1991, Atomic Opera went into Rampart recording studio with producer Sam Taylor, and Engineer Steve Ames to record a demo consisting of the songs "For Madmen Only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
