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{{Infobox muisic genre
|name=Hard rock
|bgcolor=crimson
|color=white
|stylistic_origins=[[Blues rock]], [[garage rock]],<br /> [[psychedelic rock]], [[rock an roll]]<br /> an [[rhythm an blues]]
|cultural_origins=Mid 1960s, Unitit Kinrick an Unitit States
|instruments=[[Electric guitar]] – [[bass guitar]] – <br />[[vocals]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] –<br /> sometimes [[piano]]s an [[Keybuird instrument|keybuirds]]
|popularity=Heich syne the late 1960s
|derivatives=[[Hivy metal]]
|subgenrelist=Leet o rock genres
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|other_topics=[[beat (muisic)#Backbeat|Back beat]] – [[rock opera]] – [[rock baund]] – <br />[[Leet o rock an roll performers|performers]] – [[progressive rock]] – [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]<br /> – [[Social impact o rock an roll|social impact]]
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'''Haurd rock''' (or '''hivy rock''') is a loose definit [[muisic genre|subgenre]] o [[rock muisic]] that haes its earliest ruits in mid-1960s [[garage rock]], [[blues rock]] an [[psychedelic rock]]. It is typifee'd bi a hivy uise o [[Distortion (muisic)|distorted]] [[electric guitar]]s, [[bass guitar]], [[drum kit|drums]], an aft accompaniet wi [[piano]]s an [[Keybuird instrument|keybuirds]].

Haurd rock developed intae a major form o popular muisic in the 1970s, wi baunds such as [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Aerosmith]], [[AC/DC]], an [[Van Halen]], an reached a commercial peak in the mid til late 1980s. The [[glam metal]] o baunds siclik [[Bon Jovi]] an [[Def Leppard]] an the rawer soonds o [[Guns N' Roses]] follaeed up wi great success in the later pairt o that decade, afore losin popularity in the face o [[grunge]]. Despite this, mony [[post-grunge]] baunds adoptit a hard rock soond an in the 2000s there came a renewed interest in establisht baunds, attempts at a revival, an new haurd rock baunds that cam frae the garage rock an [[post-punk revival]] scenes.

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