• 1970's ...

• Hard rock lost popularity in the 90's due to Hip Hop, R&B, Grunge and Britpop

• Developed into a form of popular music in the 70's

• Emphasis on overt masculinity

• Began in the 60's with Garage Rock, Psychedelic and Blues Rock

80's

• Some bands moved away from Hard Rock and towards Pop Rock

• Hard Rock - Glam Rock

60's

• Roots of Hard Rock - rough vocal style, heavy guitar riffs, blues scale guitar solos and strong beat

80's

• Glam Rock

90's

• Grunge and Britpop

2000's

• Survivals & revivials: Non Jovi, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses

• Van Halen, The Who, Black Sabbath

• Hard Rock Supergroups - Audioslave, Velvet Revolver - popularity short lived

Mid 2000's

• Hard Rock and garage rock or souther rock or post punk revival - Black Rebl Motorcycle Club, Kings of Leon, Queens of the Stone Age, Jet and the Datsuns

• The Who

• Boston

• Led Zeppelin

• Deep Purple

• Aerosmith

• Kiss

• Queen

• AC/DC

• Van Halen