MR

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:03 am**

At least according to VH-1

http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/rock_ho ... ting.jhtml

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:08 am**

i wouldn't consider them "hard rock" either

your point?

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:56 am**

Toph wrote:At least according to VH-1

http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/rock_ho ... ting.jhtml

JY isn't going to be pleased...he says in every single interview that Styx is a hard rock band because he wants to disown any of DDY's prog contributions.

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:12 am**

Prog Contributions?

Please Falcon.. He wants to distance himself away from his Broadway and Mush factor, not his prog roots!

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:14 am**

A lot of choices in that list don't go in my "Hard Rock" category. It's a very odd list..

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:11 pm**

MCM wrote:A lot of choices in that list don't go in my "Hard Rock" category. It's a very odd list..

I agree. Renegade would actually fit in this list.

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:36 am**

hard rock begins with van halen, and continues from they. bands before are either rock, corporate rock, or heavy metal.
zeppelin maybe be the exception....

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:03 am**

sniper16 wrote:hard rock begins with van halen, and continues from they. bands before are either rock, corporate rock, or heavy metal.
zeppelin maybe be the exception....

What about AC-DC?

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:10 am**

Bearded Clam wrote:
sniper16 wrote:hard rock begins with van halen, and continues from they. bands before are either rock, corporate rock, or heavy metal.
zeppelin maybe be the exception....

What about AC-DC?

Deep Purple, Black Sabbath? (I don't consider these heavy metal - actually, I kinda think heavy metal is the one who is newer to the scene than hard rock)

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:20 am**

I don't know, I would say if Queen is considered to be hard rock, than Styx should be as well.. I mean, Styx "can" be. Off the top of my head, I would say that I can think of more Styx songs that have a harder edge than Queen.. Granted, I only know the basics as far as Queen is concerned.

I don't think Van Halen is always hard rock either.. "Dance The Night Away"? "It's Not Enough"? "Jump"? I mean, why is it cool for certain bands to have a lighter side, and they still get the "hard rock" stamp, but not Styx?

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:55 am**

I don't understand some peoples perception of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. A good portion of bands on that list are Pop Rock at best.

And even though Styx may have quite a few Hard Rock songs ( mostly JY's songs) I couldn't ever imagine them as Hard Rock as a classification.

And just to stir the hornets nest, the greatest Hard Rock song of all time is Back in Black.

No? then what? and anyone who mentions Bon Jovi gets a towel snap in the ass.

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:10 am**

Bearded Clam wrote:and anyone who mentions Bon Jovi gets a towel snap in the ass.

Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi

snap me, baby.

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:46 pm**

queen is NOT hard rock. IMO, the bands that were mentioned above (ac/dc, van halen, BON JOVI

, as well as bands like aerosmith, Kiss, scorpions, Zep, etc are. i would consider Black Sabbath to be the first true heavy metal band.

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:42 pm**

Zan wrote:
Bearded Clam wrote:and anyone who mentions Bon Jovi gets a towel snap in the ass.

Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi

snap me, baby.

Thwack!

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:08 pm**

Aerosmith! Of course.

How could I forget...

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:45 pm**

stmonkeys wrote:queen is NOT hard rock. IMO, the bands that were mentioned above (ac/dc, van halen, BON JOVI , as well as bands like aerosmith, Kiss, scorpions, Zep, etc are. i would consider Black Sabbath to be the first true heavy metal band.

I wish someone would nail down these categories - it seems as if everyone has a different definition.. but it is always good for debate and conversation.

My thoughts on above mentioned:

Queen - Rock
AC/DC - Hard Rock
Van Halen - Rock
Bon Jovi - Pop
Aerosmith - Blues based Rock
Kiss - Glam Rock
Scorpions - Hard Rock
Black Sabbath - Heavy Metal
Styx - Rock
Led Zeppelin - Blues Based Rock

Posted: **Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:00 pm**

MCM wrote:
stmonkeys wrote:queen is NOT hard rock. IMO, the bands that were mentioned above (ac/dc, van halen, BON JOVI , as well as bands like aerosmith, Kiss, scorpions, Zep, etc are. i would consider Black Sabbath to be the first true heavy metal band.

I wish someone would nail down these categories - it seems as if everyone has a different definition.. but it is always good for debate and conversation.

My thoughts on above mentioned:

Queen - Rock
AC/DC - Hard Rock
Van Halen - Rock
Bon Jovi - Pop
Aerosmith - Blues based Rock
Kiss - Glam Rock
Scorpions - Hard Rock
Black Sabbath - Heavy Metal
Styx - Rock
Led Zeppelin - Blues Based Rock

Bon Jovi is harder rock than Styx - if you call them Pop then Styx is easy listening.

Posted: **Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:10 pm**

Obviously you haven't listened to the last two Bon Jovi Cd's..

Posted: **Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:22 am**

Jodes wrote:Obviously you haven't listened to the last two Bon Jovi Cd's..

Bon Jovi for me began and ended in the 80s...

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:16 am**

WHAT? STYX not "hard rock?" Man STYX is the hardest rock there is, there is nothing harder!!! STYX will smash black sabbath and shreads even the Bad Brains!!!!

All of you know nothing about STYX!

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:00 pm**

Toph wrote:
Jodes wrote:Obviously you haven't listened to the last two Bon Jovi Cd's..

Bon Jovi for me began and ended in the 80s...

Good point!

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:00 pm**

LOL

I'm thinking that Slipknot, Disturbed, Korn, Devildriver, Slayer, Lamb of God, Trivium, Hatebreed and about a thousand other bands would beg to differ about your assessment that "nothing is harder".

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:07 pm**

They got nothing on STYX man. STYX is fucking Hardcore!!!!!

Posted: **Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:53 am**

Toph wrote:
MCM wrote:
stmonkeys wrote:queen is NOT hard rock. IMO, the bands that were mentioned above (ac/dc, van halen, BON JOVI , as well as bands like aerosmith, Kiss, scorpions, Zep, etc are. i would consider Black Sabbath to be the first true heavy metal band.

I wish someone would nail down these categories - it seems as if everyone has a different definition.. but it is always good for debate and conversation.

My thoughts on above mentioned:

Queen - Rock
AC/DC - Hard Rock
Van Halen - Rock
Bon Jovi - Pop
Aerosmith - Blues based Rock
Kiss - Glam Rock
Scorpions - Hard Rock
Black Sabbath - Heavy Metal
Styx - Rock
Led Zeppelin - Blues Based Rock

Bon Jovi is harder rock than Styx - if you call them Pop then Styx is easy listening.

Easy Listening, that's funny - sorry just never liked Bon Jovi.. I have no real concrete reason upon which to base that dislike, but i just always thought they were a bit to slick.

Posted: **Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:18 am**

STYX Fan wrote:They got nothing on STYX man. STYX is fucking Hardcore!!!!!

Calling Dan, Rajah, or any other poser.

Posted: **Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:48 pm**

I was thinking the exact same thing Chow..

MR

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