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The music on this album is unlike the hard rock of Gasolin' more poppish and is the start of the electronic sounds that would dominate his next records such as Jungle Dreams and Midt om natten.

Another Destination

Another Destination is the third solo album by John Norum, the guitarist of the Swedish hard rock band Europe.

Anthems for the Champion – The Queen

Anthems for the Champion - The Queen is an EP by German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch, released in 2007 through AFM Records.

Be Yourself and 5 Other Cliches

"Be Yourself and 5 Other Cliches" is the second single from the Hard Rock Supergroup Rock Star Supernova and was released on the band's self-titled debut album Rock Star Supernova (album).

Blues Bureau International

Blues Bureau is a member of Mike Varney's Shrapnel Label Group, which also includes Shrapnel Records, another guitar oriented label which features shred guitar, hard rock, metal and progressive metal, and Tone Center Records, a jazz oriented label featuring "fusion guitar" as well as a number of jazz tributes.

Cadia-Ridgeway Mine

Cadia Mine is a series of large underground and open-cut gold and copper mines located in the Cadia Valley, about 20 kilometres south of the regional city of Orange, New South Wales, Australia.

Classics 3

Classics 3 is the fourth compilation album, and the eleventh album overall, by the Swedish hard rock band Jerusalem, released in 1995.

Concert etiquette

At concerts of hard rock, punk or heavy metal, a mosh pit will often form in front of the stage, in which slam-dancing and the like may be performed, usually in an atmosphere of lively camaraderie and mutual assistance.

Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert

Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert is the fifth full-length album (but only the third to receive a release) by American hard rock band Raging Slab.

Fair Warning Tour

The Fair Warning Tour (also dubbed the W.D.F.A. Tour) was a 1981 North American concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen in support of their Fair Warning album.

Fight to Survive

Fight to Survive was the first album by the American/Danish hard rock band White Lion, released by Victor Records in Japan in 1985.

Fires Under the Road

Fires Under The Road is an album and a song from the Quebec hard rock group GrimSkunk released in 2006.

Flat as a Pancake

Flat as a Pancake was the first studio release of the hard rock band Head East.

Florante

In 2006, Join the Club's hard rock revival of "Handog" was included in Hopia Mani Popcorn revival album.

Fred Bear

Bear has been immortalized in the song "Fred Bear" from the album Spirit of the Wild by hard rock musician Ted Nugent, who was Bear's friend.

Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company

Granby operated the Phoenix Mine, which comprised both an underground mine and open pit mine.

House of Broken Love

House of Broken Love is a 1989 rock song by the American hard rock band Great White.

House of Dreams

House of Dreams is the second album by the AOR/hard rock side project of former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner under the name Sunstorm.

In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra

In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra is a live DVD by British hard rock band Deep Purple, featuring a recording of the band from 25 September and 26 September 1999 at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the London Symphony Orchestra, and released on 8 February 2000 on Spitfire records.

Izrod na granici

Izrod na granici (trans. Bastard on the Border) is an EP released by former Yugoslav hard rock band Rok Mašina, released in 1983.

Kipushi Mine

Kipushi Mine (formerly Prince Léopold Mine) is an underground mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the town of Kipushi in the province of Katanga.

Last Live

Last Live is a live album released by the hard rock band Harem Scarem.

Live – På ren svenska

Live – På ren svenska is the second live album, and the fourteenth album overall, by the Swedish hard rock band Jerusalem, released in 1999.

Live at Donington 1990

Live at Donington 1990 is a live album by English hard rock band Whitesnake It was recorded at Castle Donington on 18 August 1990 during the Monsters of Rock festival.

Live from the Inside

Live From The Inside is a live DVD by the American hard rock band Shinedown, at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC released on August 23, 2005.

Love Ain't No Stranger

"Love Ain't No Stranger" is a power ballad by the English hard rock band Whitesnake, and is taken from the band's US-breakthrough album Slide It In.

Morten Skogstad

Morten Skogstad (born 26 June 1962) is the drummer in the Norwegian hard rock/glam metal band Stage Dolls.

One Way...Or Another

1 Way Or Another is the second album by American hard rock band Cactus, released in 1971 under the Atco label.

Pervez Taufiq

Pervez Taufiq (born November 27, 1974 in Lowell, Massachusetts), is both the vocalist and primary songwriter for the hard rock band, Living Syndication.

Play Yard Blues

Play Yard Blues is the seventh solo album by John Norum, the guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe.

Red Hot and Heavy

Red, Hot and Heavy is the debut album of the Danish Hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids produced by Billy Cross and released in 1984.

Ryo Okumoto

After Neal Morse left, he also played the keyboards for hard rock/heavy metal band Eric Burdon & The New Animals in 1998, before Martin Gerschwitz (now Iron Butterfly) joined them.

Shades of Deep Purple Tour

The Shades of Deep Purple Tour was a short tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple to support their debut album Shades of Deep Purple.

Share Pedersen

Sharon "Share" Pedersen (now Ross) (born: Sharon June Howe on March 21, 1963 in Glencoe, Minnesota) is a former bass player of the female hard rock band, Vixen.

Slipped into Tomorrow

Slipped into Tomorrow is the fifth solo album by John Norum, the guitarist for Swedish hard rock band Europe, released in 1999.

Soldiers and Sailors on Riverside

Soldiers and Sailors on Riverside (sometimes known by the acronym SASOR due to its long title) is the debut album from Vaughn, a hard rock band formed from the ashes of Tyketto.

Sonja Aldén

Sonja Aldén (born 20 December 1977 in St Albans, England) is a Swedish singer mostly famous for her 2006, 2007 and 2012 Melodifestivalen entries, her friendship with Shirley Clamp and her songwriting for other artists, for example the hard rock/heavy metal band The Poodles, who also participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006.

Stufstock

Day one featured alternative rock and punk rock bands such as E.M.I.L., Timpuri Noi, Kumm and Subscribe, day two featured hard rock and heavy metal bands such as Implant Pentru Refuz, Altar, Phoenix and Luna Amară, and day three featured jazz and blues bands such as Bega Blues Band, Soul Funkotopia and Al Jawala.

Suncokret

In 1978, the band members refused to perform Đorđević's song "Lutka sa naslovne strane", so Đorđević and Biljana Krstić left the band and joined Rani Mraz, Đorđević remaining in Rani Mraz shortly and in 1979 forming hard rock band Riblja Čorba which will eventually become one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene.

The Disregard of Timekeeping

The Disregard of Timekeeping is the debut album of British hard rock band Bonham, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music).

The Ducks

The Ducks (formerly known as the Jeff Blackburn Band) were a short-lived hard rock supergroup formed in the summer of 1977 by singer-songwriter Jeff Blackburn, and consisted of musicians Bob Mosley (an original member of Moby Grape), Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, and Johnny Craviotto.

Tretti

Tretti is the fifth compilation album, and the fifteenth album overall, by the Swedish hard rock band Jerusalem, released in 2006.

TruenoTierra

TruenoTierra is the seventh studio album by Argentine hard rock band La Renga, released on December 12, 2006.

UFO discography

The band became a transitional band between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Volbeat

They are inspired by classic rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, as well as modern hard rock, groove metal, alternative rock and hardcore groups.

Wagram Music

It has a catalog in various music genres such as French Pop, Rock and Hard rock, Pop, World, electronic music, Reggae, Soul, Jazz and Blues.


see also

10¢ Billionaire

10¢ Billionaire is the sixth album released by the hard rock band BulletBoys.

Avenida Revolución

The hard rock band Chickenfoot, featuring Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony (musician), and Chad Smith have also recorded a song called Avenida Revolución, which is about Latin American violence and border wars involving the drug trade.

Bandaloo Doctors

This hard rock / blues based foursome consisted of former Aerosmith guitar hero Jimmy Crespo; CSN&Y drummer Dallas Taylor; bassist/songwriter Danny Sheridan and his then wife, vocalist Bonnie Bramlett.

Bellzlleb

Bellzlleb was formed in 1985 by junior high school mates, guitarist and composer Tetsu (Genkaku Allergy, Spooky Six Mouse, E.G.O., Love House, Zeus) drummer and arranger Yuji (Scarecrow, Love House), who played as local members of hard rock band Love House in Chiba-city.

Brian Grosz

After disbanding, Brian formed the hard-rock/post-hardcore band Dogs of Winter - a group that caught attention for its cover of Chris Isaak classic, "Wicked Game."

Broadzilla

Broadzilla continued winning regularly at the Detroit Music Awards, picking up additional trophies for best hard rock/heavy metal artist in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 (they were not eligible in 2004).

Children's Heritage/D.O.A.

"Children's Heritage/D.O.A." is a 7" vinyl single by Texas hard rock band Bloodrock released under Capitol Records in early 1971. The version of "D.O.A." featured on the single is roughly half the length of the album version found on Bloodrock 2.

Chris Vitali

Most notably, he was the bassist for New York City's prolific hard rock act Orange 9mm from 1995-1999.

Christmas Eve I and II + 6

"Gratuitous Bonus Track Made By Sensible Musicians Doing Questionable Things" is an acoustic cover of "To Be with You" by hard rock band Mr. Big.

Confessions of an Effigy

Confessions Of An Effigy is the first single released by hard rock band Liberty Lies.

Crawlspace

Sevendust, an American hard rock band formerly known as Crawlspace

Eric Lévi

In 1975 Eric Lévi founded the hard rock band Shakin' Street with Fabienne Shine, which would release the two albums Vampire Rock and Solid as a Rock.

Fire and Fame

Fire And Fame is a memoir co-written by Joerg Deisinger, former bassist and founding member of the German hard rock band Bonfire, and Carl Begai, a Canadian writer and music journalist.

Flipp

Because of Rattling Bones’ limited recording success (the soundtrack of “Surf Ninjas;” New Line Cinema) and subsequent disenchantment with the hard-rock scene, Arens and Eidem returned to Minneapolis/St Paul and created what would become Flipp.

Fly Me Courageous

Fly Me Courageous is the fourth studio album by the Hard Rock/Southern Rock band Drivin' N' Cryin', released on January 8, 1991 by Island Records.

Good Girls Don't

Good Girls Don't..., a 1987 album by Finnish hard rock band Peer Günt

Hans Ziller

Hans Ziller (born May 18, 1958) is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer (with Claus Lessmann) of the German 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire.

Hard Rock Hotel Penang

Among those who had played at Hard Rock Hotel Penang are The Wailers, Mizz Nina, Ella, Zainal Abidin, Sheila Majid and Amy Search.

HRR 98.5FM

HRR 98.5FM is a hard rock/heavy metal show on radio broadcasting from the studio of 2000FM from the suburb of Burwood, Australia.

Je l'aime à mourir

"Je l'aime à mourir" was performed as a medley with the following: Kad Merad (endormie version), Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michael Jones (jazz), Gérard Jugnot (Japanese version), Mimie Mathy (hard rock version), Patrick Fiori (opera version), Jean-Baptiste Maunier (rap version) and finally Francis Cabrel, Kad Merad, Pascal Obispo and Public (original version).

Jeff Krulik

He is best known for his 1986 documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot, co-produced by John Heyn, a gently disturbing (but, for the most part, fun-loving) look into hard-rock fandom recorded at the Capital Centre parking lot in Landover, Maryland, before a Judas Priest concert.

KCFX-HD2

It played mostly newer Active rock artists/bands such as Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Metallica and more, without playing a lot of classic hard rock, most likely due to sister station KCFX playing that music.

KDRF

The format shifted to modern rock in early 2003 adding hard rock acts like System of a Down but also keeping bands like Coldplay from its old format and also playing 90s alternative bands like Green Day and Bush as well as modern bands like The White Stripes and later Modest Mouse and The Killers which were not heard on other local stations.

Kevin Churko

Kevin also produced and co-wrote the song "I Don't Wanna Stop" by Ozzy Osbourne which was nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance" at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

KEZE

From the late 1970s through the 1980s, the station enjoyed large audience appeal on the strength of playing the "classics" (e.g. Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin) as well as championing newer hard rock bands such as Night Ranger, Krokus, Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, and Def Leppard.

Kottak

Kottak, formerly known as KrunK, is a pop punk/rock group formed in Los Angeles in 1996 by James Kottak aka Jimmy Ratchitt, drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions and his ex-wife Athena Lee.

Lindsay Robins

Now, Robins has teamed up with Josh Rand, guitarist of the band Stone Sour, and together they make up the hard rock band Moonshot.

Lloyd Price

Greil Marcus, in a critical analysis of the song's history, has written that Price's was an enthusiastic hard rock version with a screaming saxophone.

Mårran

Morgan and guitarist Ludwig recruited drummer Björn "Binge" Inge (born 1952) from the legendary Swedish hard-rock band November (the Swedish Cream and the first band to sing hard-rock in Swedish in the early 70's), Hammond organ player Max Lorentz (known for his work as producer and musician for very many artists in Sweden and Denmark) and the legendary rock vocalist Göran Edman, world known for his work with amongst others Yngwie Malmsteen.

Mick White

Mick has performed with many of the biggest names in British hard rock music including Paul Samson, Don Airey, Biff Byford, Kim McAuliffe, Lea Hart, Paul Dianno, Steve Clarke, Pete Jupp, and many others.

Milan Mladenović

With schoolmate Gagi Mihajlović, Mladenović formed a band called Limunovo drvo (Lemon Tree) that dabbled in melodic hard rock.

MTV Hard Rock Live

MTV Hard Rock Live is a live album by Canadian pop punk band Simple Plan.

Music to Raise the Dead

The cassette, featuring the kind of hard rock for which Resurrection Band would eventually become known, was recorded not long after the Jesus People USA community had moved from Minneapolis to Chicago, but before they found a permanent home in Uptown.

New Addiction

New Addiction is the debut EP released by English hard rock band Liberty Lies.

No direction home

No Direction Home, a 1983 album by North Carolina hard rock band Nantucket.

Pisgah Mountain

The east end of the ridge is named Mount Pisgah and represents a hard rock knob that towers 700–900 feet above Lehigh River towns Jim Thorpe to the east, and Nesquehoning to its north.

ReverbNation

The winner of Hard Rock Rising 2012 was Cleveland-based band, Hey Monea!.

Reversed Image Unlimited

Reversed Image’s releases for 2009 include Love Kills (May 5) by THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! and Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food (August 11) by Chuck Mosley.

Rob Beckley

Robert Benjamin Beckley is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Christian rock band Pillar, which was voted Best Hard Rock Band in CCM Magazine's 2006 Reader's Choice Awards.

Seeing Red

"Seein' Red", a 2002 song by the hard rock band Unwritten Law

Shock Me

"Shock Me" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss on their 1977 album Love Gun.

Six Pack Shy of Pretty

...Six Pack Shy Of Pretty is the 2nd album released by the Florida-based hard rock music group, Crease.

Sony Music Studios

Other programs recorded or aired live from the Sony Music Studios included MTV Unplugged, Sessions at West 54th, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and VH1’s Hard Rock Live.

The Gizmos

Coffee sang and played in Thee Fourgiven and the Tommyknockers, influenced by late 1960s pre-punk hard-rock bands like the MC5 and The Doors as well as more recent acts like The Cramps, The Gun Club, and Billy Childish.

Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!

An upbeat hard rock cover of Eddie Cochran's rockabilly "Twenty Flight Rock" follows, serving as an echo of its stylistic companion Good Rockin' Tonight which appeared on the 1973 Montrose debut.

WUFM

WUFM primarily plays alternative Christian music across several genres, with the most played including pop-rock, hard rock, punk, and hip-hop, as well as occasional emo, electronica/dance, and hardcore/metal.