Bands By Genre: Hard Rock
Kind of a precursor to metal, Hard Rock are bands which aren't quite metal, but played a large influential role on early metal bands. This isn't a genre we generally cover at Librarius Metallicus, but due to the large influential nature of many of these bands, we do include a few of the bigger ones.
- 220 Volt
- 2 Ton Predator
- Accomplice
- AC/DC
- Alice in Chains
- Allen/Lande
- Arnocorps
- Audrey Horne
- Axxis
- Badlands
- Bill Ward
- Black Bonzo
- Blue Öyster Cult
- Boris
- Brides of Destruction
- Brother Firetribe
- Canobliss
- Caroline Blue
- Clutch
- Alice Cooper
- Crown 10
- Crucified Barbara
- Crystal Ball
- Darkest Dawn
- Def Leppard
- Die Happy
- Dogs On Mars
- Don Lithgow
- Doro
- Edguy
- Eezee
- Elysian
- Europe
- Fastway
- Fate
- Gillan
- Girlschool
- Goddamn Zombie
- Grudge's Claw
- Guns N' Roses
- Harem Scarem
- Hawk
- Headgirl
- Heaven
- Thunderstick
- illuminatus
- Inuventi
- Keel
- Killer Dwarfs
- Krokus
- L.A. Guns
- Led Zeppelin
- Living Loud
- Lovex
- Motörhead
- The Mushroom River Band
- Eddie Ojeda
- One Way Mirror
- Ongo
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Paul Di'anno
- Henning Pauly
- Phonetica
- Pride & Glory
- Quemar
- Quiet Riot
- Rainbow
- Razer
- Rebel Meets Rebel
- Red Box
- Riff
- Russell Allen's Atomic Soul
- Sangre Azul
- Saratoga
- Scorpions
- Sebastian Bach & Friends
- Sharon
- Shiver (USA)
- Skid Row
- Slavior
- Slipknot
- Speed
- Thin Lizzy
- Twisted Sister
- UFO
- Urchin
- Steve Vai
- Van Halen
- Villain
- Virgin Soldiers
- Viva
- W.A.S.P.
- White Willow
- Wig Wam
- Drowning Pool