hard rock
noun
: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances
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For more than 30 years now – an anniversary that the band celebrated in 2025 – Deftones have been releasing some of the best, catchiest and most inventive alternative, hard rock and metal music.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Doug Goldstein, the former longtime manager of Guns N’ Roses, who saw the hard rock group through the heights of commercial success and chaotic periods of rock ‘n’ roll excess, has died.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
The iconic hard rock couple were together for more than forty years before Ozzy passed away in July 2025.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
The long-running hard rock band Tesla — who also will perform at the F&M Bank Amphitheater in September — has not played a show in Los Angeles or Orange counties since the closure of FivePoint, which hosted the group twice.
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Clay Marshall,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Doug Goldstein, the former longtime manager of Guns N’ Roses, who saw the hard rock group through the heights of commercial success and chaotic periods of rock ‘n’ roll excess, has died.
—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
The iconic hard rock couple were together for more than forty years before Ozzy passed away in July 2025.
—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
The long-running hard rock band Tesla — who also will perform at the F&M Bank Amphitheater in September — has not played a show in Los Angeles or Orange counties since the closure of FivePoint, which hosted the group twice.
—
Clay Marshall,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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“Hard rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20rock. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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