HARD ROCK


It is a style of rock music from the 1960s, characterised by aggressive vocals, electric guitars, drums and bass guitar, accompanied with pianos and keyboards.

THE ROLLING STONES

They are an English rock band formed in London, England in 1962.
Members:
-Mick Jagger (singer).
-Keith Richards (guitar).
-Brian Jones (guitar).
-Bill Wyman (bass).
-Charlie Watts (drums).
At the beginning they started doing covers but then they got fame with the song “The Last Time”.
The song “I can´t get no Satisfaction” became a hit for the band.
In 1968 they went back to hard rock style.
The band is active and they are still successful. In total they have 25 albums, 10 live albums and 92 singles.
The Rolling Stones were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

 QUEEN


They were a British rock band formed in London in 1970.
Members:
-Freddie Mercury (singer and piano).
-Brian May (guitar and vocals).
-Roger Taylor (vocals and drums).
-John Deacon (bass).
The album “News of the world”, with the songs, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions”, became sportive anthems. The album “Another One Bites The Dust” is the most important.
The band released a total of 18 number-one albums and singles, and 10 DVDs.

They were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

 LED ZEPPELIN


They were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
Members:
-Jimmy Page (guitar).
-Robert Plant (singer).
-John Paul Jones (bass and keyboard).
-John Bonham (drums).
They have 6 important albums which gave them fame.
They are considered one of the most important rock groups of the history.

They were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

WHITE SNAKE


They are a rock band formed in England in 1968.
Members:
-David Coverdale (singer).
-Tommy Aldridge (drums).
-Reb Beach (guitar).
-Joel Hoekstra (guitar).
-Michael Devin (bass and harmonica).
-Michele Luppy (plays the keyboard).
The album “Whitesnake” is the most important.
After a period of time they split up, but then came again and they released another album.

They were named as the 85th greatest hard rock band.
HEAVY METAL


It is a style of music from the 1960s to the 1970s in the UK, characterised by massive sound taken to a high amplified distortion and extended guitar solos.

 IRON MAIDEN
     They are a British heavy metal band formed in Leyton in 1975.

Members:
-Steve Harris (bass and backing vocals).
-Dave Murray (guitar).
-Adrian Smith (guitar and baking vocals).
-Bruce Dickinson (singer).
-Nicko McBrain (drums).
-Janick Gers (guitar).
They are the pioneers of the British heavy metal and they got success with albums like “The Number of the Beast” or “Piece of Mind”.

They have sold over 90 million copies of their albums.
 




RAINBOW   

 They are a British rock band.
Members:
-Ritchie Blackmore (guitar).
-Jens Johansson (keyboard).
-David Keith (drums).
-Bob Nouveau (bass and vocals).
-Ronnie Romero (vocals).
Over the years they went to a lot of changes with no two studio albums.
 


Rainbow was one the best groups of heavy metal and they have sold over 28 million copies.

 OZZY OSBOURNE  
     He is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was also the singer of Black Sabbath.
After been fired from the group he went to a solo career.
He released 11 albums and 7 of them are platinum.
 


He was included in the UK music Hall of Fame and he has received some awards, one of them as global icon.
     MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP

     Is a British heavy metal band.
Members:
-Michael Schenker (guitar).
-Wayne Findlay (keyboard and vocals).
-Herman Rarebell (drums).
-Doogre White (vocals).
-Francis Buchholz (bass).
Their music are described as melodic hard rock with preogressive undertones.
 


They have released albums like “The Michael Schenker Group”, “Built to destroy” or “MSG”. Also they released cover albums and live albums.

     BLACK SABBATH

 They are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968.
Members:
-Tony Lommi (plays the guitar and he is the song writer)
-Geezer Butler (bassist)
-Ozzy Osbourne (drummer)
-Bill Ward (drummer)
They are considerated the pioneers of heavy metal music.
They get fame with the albums "Black Sabbath" "Paranoid" and "Master of Reality".
 


They were included in the Rock Hall of Fame.
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