Noun
hard rock (uncountable)
(music) A rock music genre marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances.
I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician. Geddy Lee
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. Ritchie Blackmore
Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful social construction to fragments. Havelock Ellis
The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing: there is no pain as great as being alive, no burden heavier than that of conscious life. Rubén Darío
I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom. Boris Becker
Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime. Chuck Eddy