Big four of Hard Rock?

Submitted by Hungry_Action_2317 t3_124kq14 in Music

Basically what the title says, since there is a big four for metal and thrash I was wondering what the big four would be for it’s neighbor and counterpart…which is HARDROCK

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Patersonski t1_je0h9wp wrote

Interesting exercise. I think two are no brainers: Led Zep and AC/DC, but it’s a dogfight for the other two slots between Deep Purple, Van Halen, Guns n Roses, Kiss and Aerosmith. You could even throw Def Leppard in there.

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Notinyourbushes t1_jdzmucu wrote

That gets hard because there's so much overlap between hard rock and heavy metal and a bit of debate to which bands belong in which categories.

Heavy metal: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead
Hard rock: Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, AC/DC, Scorpions, Aerosmith or Deep Purple

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Aside_Dish t1_je0inrl wrote

Automatics are AC/DC and Zeppelin. From there, it's all personal preference. Could easily make arguments for VH, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Sabbath, Queen, or tons of hair metal bands.

Personally, I'd say Thin Lizzy and VH.

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Nagunagunagu t1_je0smth wrote

I think this needs to further distinguish between Classic Rock and Hard Rock.

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jmac6404 t1_je1uh93 wrote

Stones, Metallica,Van Halen and Guns and Roses

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jmac6404 t1_je64o5u wrote

I was torn between Guns and Crue. Went with Guns and Roses because of their longevity. What do you think?

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FunintheSunn-O- t1_je1wufp wrote

Hall and Oates, Hall and Oates, Hall and Oates and also Hall and Oates.

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Hungry_Action_2317 OP t1_je1x5yl wrote

Thank u but that’s more indie to me tbh

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SteveCake t1_je0oy9z wrote

AC/DC and Guns N Roses are enough by themselves frankly. A lot of people will want to auto-include Led Zeppelin, but to me they're really more just hippies on the heavier end of blues rock than poster boys for hard rock.

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Hungry_Action_2317 OP t1_je23n8h wrote

Ahhh very interesting what would the big four of modern hard rock be? I’m going f with WOLFMOTHER, great van fleet, white stripes, and idk bout the last

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SteveCake t1_je270p5 wrote

Nice one- AC/DC are still putting out new material so let's have them in there as well!

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Hungry_Action_2317 OP t1_je2bfby wrote

Do u like the rest of the people I listed?

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SteveCake t1_je4ij6t wrote

Sure, they're great. I'd probably file them under garage rock more, but they're still solid picks. If I had to round out the top four ultimate hard rock bands myself I'd think about acts like The Cult, Motorhead, Def Leppard, Rose Tattoo, maybe ZZ Top.

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