It's Hard Rock Week!

dankrsta · 04-26-2011, 09:17 AM

This is one genre that doesn't really need explaining. However, for the sake of clarity, it doesn't mean just any aggressive, loud, macho rock 'n' roll, cause that would be too broad for this weekly celebration. It means a specific kind of rock that emerged somewhere in the second part of the 60s from the psychedelic era, influenced greatly by blues rock, but also keeping some of the rawness and unpolished attitude of garage rock. It could be said that the popularity of hard rock was at its highest in the late 60s and especially early 70s, so much so that many people consider this to be the 'classic rock period'. It's also where the seed of heavy metal was conceived. But, beside being very influential for the whole heavy metal genre, hard rock had more sides than one, thus influencing a wider range of music styles, from glam rock and punk to grunge in the 90s.

For detailed description of the development of hard rock you can of course read the wiki page: Hard rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Here are some snippets:

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In the mid-1960s, American and in particular British rock bands began to modify rock and roll, adding to the standard genre greater blues influence, harder sounds, heavier guitar riffs, bombastic drumming and louder vocals.....From the late 1960s it became common to divide mainstream rock music that emerged from psychedelia into soft and hard rock. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melody and harmonies. In contrast, hard rock was most often derived from blues-rock and was played louder and with more intensity.

Blues-rock acts that pioneered the sound included Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Jeff Beck Group.....Dave Davies of The Kinks, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, Pete Townshend of The Who, Hendrix, Clapton and Beck all pioneered the use of new guitar effects like phasing, feedback and distortion. Even The Beatles attempted to produce songs in the new hard rock style, trying to create a greater level of noise than The Who, from The Beatles (1968) (known as the "White Album") onwards, beginning with "Helter Skelter".....

Groups that emerged from the American psychedelic scene about the same time included Iron Butterfly, MC5, Blue Cheer and Vanilla Fudge.....

By the end of the decade a distinct genre of hard rock was emerging with bands like Led Zeppelin, who mixed the music of early rock bands with a more hard-edged form of blues rock and acid rock on their first two albums Led Zeppelin (1969) and Led Zeppelin II (1969), and Deep Purple, who achieved their commercial breakthrough with their fourth and distinctively heavier album, In Rock (1970). Also significant was Black Sabbath's Paranoid (1970), which combined guitar riffs with dissonance and more explicit references to the occult and elements of Gothic horror. All three of these bands have been seen as pivotal in the development of heavy metal...

Heh, I used to listen a lot of this stuff when I was way younger, more the blues oriented hard rock though than heavy metal. So it's time for some time trip.
I'll start with the most obvious band, Led Zeppelin, the band for which my appreciation went through some extremes, from love to hate, and then indifference. I still like to hear them occasionally, but I tend to like more different songs of theirs now, shorter and to the point, like "Immigrant Song":

Here's one song that summarizes all the stereotypes of rock 'n' roll and fits the "Easy Rider" soundtrack like a glove
Steppenwolf - 'Born To Be Wild'

However, this is the kind of hard rock I like the most, raw, driving, garage rock, sounds more straightforward and simple than it really is
MC5 - 'Skunk'

Now you...

Mojo · 04-26-2011, 11:08 AM

Ok, I'm down...

GROUNDHOGS - CHERRY RED (1971)

PULSE - TOO MUCH LOVIN' (1969)

LEAF HOUND - FREELANCE FIEND (1971)

FRIJID PINK - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (1971)

FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - SATORI PT.2 (1971)

Dotoar · 04-26-2011, 11:19 AM

And a couple of swedish treats:

AmericanIdle · 04-26-2011, 04:13 PM

One of my favorite music genres. Happy Hard Rock week!

jackhammer · 04-26-2011, 06:10 PM

Masters Of Reality. Chris Goss - the schizz. It's like Cream with added cherries. This version is actually better than the album version but the S/T or The Blue Garden album (depending on what side of the continent you live on) is essential.

One of the best Hard Rock bands ever:

Their one and only album but well worth checking out:

A few vids posted here with band's I don't know a huge amount of so I will post back.

Mojo · 04-26-2011, 06:24 PM

Oh, I genuinely thought I had posted that exact Luv Machine track! I actually did intend to!

djchameleon · 04-26-2011, 06:37 PM

TY CSI and all of your spin offs for introducing people to The Who that normally wouldn't have listened to them or even known about them.

I knew about them thanks to my mother's bf but that's neither here or there.

TockTockTock · 04-26-2011, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

Ok, I'm down...

GROUNDHOGS - CHERRY RED (1971)

Great choice. The Groundhogs are always a fun band to listen to.

Zaqarbal · 04-26-2011, 07:31 PM

El Reloj (since 1971), an Argentine band. Two examples: Vuelve el día a reinar ("The Day Reigns Again", 1973) and Alguien más en quién confiar ("Someone Else to Trust", 1974).

Leño (Spain, 1977-1983). These songs are El tren ("The Train", 1979) and Castigo ("Punishment", 1979):

♫ "El tren......................................The train.
Sube a mi tren azul.........................Get on my blue train.
Su dulce chimenea te puede dar.........Its sweet chimney can give you
algo que hace tiempo buscas tú.........something you've been looking for.
Si controlas tu viaje serás feliz...........If you control your trip you'll be happy.
(...)" ♫

I guess the "psychotropic metaphor" is clear.

And this is an amazing live performance of Este Madrid ("This Madrid", 1979). It basically says "Madrid is a sh*t, where not even the rats can live", which was (and it is) partially (only partially) true.

Zaqarbal · 04-27-2011, 03:37 PM

Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way (homonymous album, 1993).

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Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Ok, I'm down... GROUNDHOGS - CHERRY RED (1971) PULSE - TOO MUCH LOVIN' (1969) LEAF HOUND - FREELANCE FIEND (1971) FRIJID PINK - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (1971) FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - SATORI PT.2 (1971) __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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Dotoar Supernatural anaesthetist Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Örebro, Sweden Posts: 436	And a couple of swedish treats: __________________ - More is more -

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Masters Of Reality. Chris Goss - the schizz. It's like Cream with added cherries. This version is actually better than the album version but the S/T or The Blue Garden album (depending on what side of the continent you live on) is essential. One of the best Hard Rock bands ever: Their one and only album but well worth checking out: A few vids posted here with band's I don't know a huge amount of so I will post back. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Oh, I genuinely thought I had posted that exact Luv Machine track! I actually did intend to! __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	El Reloj (since 1971), an Argentine band. Two examples: Vuelve el día a reinar ("The Day Reigns Again", 1973) and Alguien más en quién confiar ("Someone Else to Trust", 1974). Leño (Spain, 1977-1983). These songs are El tren ("The Train", 1979) and Castigo ("Punishment", 1979): ♫ "El tren......................................The train. Sube a mi tren azul.........................Get on my blue train. Su dulce chimenea te puede dar.........Its sweet chimney can give you algo que hace tiempo buscas tú.........something you've been looking for. Si controlas tu viaje serás feliz...........If you control your trip you'll be happy. (...)" ♫ I guess the "psychotropic metaphor" is clear. And this is an amazing live performance of Este Madrid ("This Madrid", 1979). It basically says "Madrid is a sht, where not even the rats can live", which was (and it is) partially (only partially) true. __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies.*"

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AmericanIdle Groupie Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 37	One of my favorite music genres. Happy Hard Rock week!

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Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way (homonymous album, 1993). __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."