hard rock

¹

noun

1. the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.

hard-rock

²

[hahrd-rok]

adjective

1. (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining hard-rock mining and geology hard-rock geology.

hard rock

noun

1. music a rhythmically simple and usually highly amplified style of rock and roll

Other Word Forms

• hard rocker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard rock¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Origin of hard rock²

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

I checked into my room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino—a resort famous for exhibiting a Union Jack minidress that had once belonged to Ginger Spice—and quickly realized that, outside of a couple of perfunctory interviews with catatonic teens, I didn’t have much to do with myself.

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The following morning, I returned to the pits of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and reignited the ritual, without the same luck.

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The English guitarist co-wrote Whitesnake’s ‘Is This Love,’ one of the defining power ballads of late-’80s hard rock.

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Benante compares the band to ’70s female hard rock group the Runaways, hatched and molded by rock Svengali Kim Fowley, which marked the debuts of Joan Jett and Lita Ford.

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The song is the fastest, heaviest track on the band’s eclectic self-titled debut EP, which features music styles that soundtracked Harvey’s adolescence, including ’80s metal, hard rock, and alternative.

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