hard-rock

At the top of the stairs sits Tent #2, which seats 750 and houses singles worship on Saturday nights as well as Overdrive, a hard-rock worship service, and Epic, a hip, intimate service held on Sundays.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Amid all that music was an unlikely appearance by A Perfect Circle, a hard-rock quintet that at its best is a powerful and dynamic unit.

Eight Stages, 130 Acts, Lollapalooza Packs Them In Jim Fusilli 2011

Most bands who've built a career on hard-rock riffing would either be too scared to screw with their formula or else would fail miserably trying.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

Favoring metal over Nirvana's punk roots, but keeping the steely pop-hook center intact, Foo Fighters became one of the decade's most dependable hard-rock outfits.

Nation Building, Foo Fighting Andy Beta 2011

Still the heaviest hard-rock band of that era, their disbanding in 1997 left a black hole that was never filled, especially as fans suffered through latter-day concept projects like Audioslave and the middling solo career of lead singer Chris Cornell.

Garden Grunge, Animals in the Park Andy Beta 2011

If you get it right, if you hit the colored buttons on your little plastic guitar in the correct sequence and find yourself quasi-playing along with the onscreen avatars, you will experience a scalp-tightening surge of hard-rock mastery.

School of Rock 2009

His 1987 record "Wild Frontier" was called "one of the best hard-rock albums of the year" in The Washington Post.

Gary Moore dies: Former Thin Lizzy guitarist was 58 Post 2011

Kids were chattering away and WPLJ, then a hard-rock station, was playing on the radio.

Bookends of Egyptian history Jonathan Capehart 2011

That streak ended as War Machine (from the band's Black Ice album) won hard-rock performance.

One fierce night for Beyonce, Swift and Gaga at the Grammys 2010

There's a mesmerism akin to John Lee Hooker and Junior Kimbrough in the chording, hard-rock crunch, and political protest voiced by backing singers, all of which comes together for a singular concert experience.

The Pop Scene: Around the World in Various Styles Andy Beta 2011