Is there a difference between hard rock and heavy metal?
Yes but I suspect that each of us would draw the dividing line somewhere different.
Wikipedia defines hard rock as:
“Hard rock (or heavy rock) is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards.”
Wikipedia defines heavy metal as:
“Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are often associated with masculinity, aggression, and machismo.”
As far as I’m concerned this category ranges from excellent to unbearable with plenty of ordinary rock and metal that’s acceptable but not special. It can be too heavy and too loud and the category includes bands that I think are disgusting. Mind you, I like blues rock and even singer songwriters so what do I know?
Heavy Metal And Hard Rock Live Albums Recorded In The 1990s
AC/DC Live 1990 1991
Aerosmith A Little South of Sanity
Anthrax Live The Island Years 1991 1992
Bad Company What You Hear Is What You Get 1992
Black ‘n’ Blue One Night Only Live 1997
Black Sabbath Cross Purposes Live 1995
Black Sabbath Reunion 1997
Children of Bodom Tokyo Warhearts 1999
Cinderella Authorized Bootleg Live at the Tokyo Dome 1990
Cinderella In Concert 1998 1991
Cinderella Live at the Key Club 1998
Deep Purple Come Hell Or High Water 1993
Deep Purple On Tour Live in Europe 1993
Deep Purple Live At The Olympia 96
Deep Purple Live at Montreux 1996
Deep Purple Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1999
Dio Live In London Hammersmith Apollo 1993
Dream Theater Live At The Marquee 1993
Dream Theater Once in a LIVEtime 1998
Faith No More Live At The Brixton Academy 1990
Fields Of The Nephilim Earth Inferno 1990
Grand Funk Railroad Bosnia 1997
Guns N Roses Live Era 87–93
Helloween High Live 1996
Glenn Hughes Burning Japan Live 1994
Iced Earth Alive in Athens 1999
Judas Priest 98 Live Meltdown 1998
Mayhem Live in Leipzig 1990
Metallica S&M 1999
Metallica Live Shit Binge And Purge 1993
Motley Crue Live Entertainment Or Death
Nirvana From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah 1989 to 1994
Ozzy Osbourne Live & Loud 1991 1992
Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes Live At The Greek 1999
Pantera Official Live 101 Proof 1996 1997
Iggy Pop Roadkill Rising The Bootleg Collection 1977–2009
Poison Swallow This Live 1991
Poison Seven Days Live 1993
Queensryche Operation Livecrime 1991
The Quireboys Live 1990
Rammstein Live aus Berlin 1998
Rush Different Stages 1978 & 1997
Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai G3 Live in Concert 1996
Sepultura Under A Pale Grey Sky 1996
Slayer Decade Of Aggression 1991
Soundgarden Live on I-5 1996
Thin Lizzy One Night Only 1996
Tin Machine Live Oy Vey Baby 1991 – 1992
UFO Lights Out in Tokyo Live 1992
Van Halen Live Right Here Right Now 1992
WASP Double Live Assassins 1997
The Who Blues To The Bush 1999
Y&T Yesterday & Today Live 1990
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Weld 1991
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The All Time Best Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Live Albums
I don’t have a readers poll to find the best hard, heavy rock albums from this decade but I do have a poll to find the all time best live albums that is a great guide.
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The Live Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Albums By Decade – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
Live On I-5 is a live album by alternative metal band Soundgarden.
It was recorded at concerts in Oakland, Salem and Seattle in the USA and in Vancouver, Canada between November 30 and December 18, 1996.
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Authorized Bootleg Live at the Tokyo Dome is a live album by Cinderella.
It was recorded in Japan on 31 December 1990.
Intro – 2:11
The More Things Change – 4:13
Push Push – 2:40
Back Home Again – 3:24
Sick For The Cure – 4:05
Make Your Own Way – 4:51
Somebody Save Me – 3:14
Night Songs – 4:34
One For Rock & Roll – 1:23
Heartbreak Station – 4:23
Coming Home – 5:00
Fallin’ Apart At The Seams – 5:19
Love’s Got Me Doin’ Time – 8:47
Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) – 4:46
Nobody’s Fool – 4:47
Gypsy Road – 4:27
Shake Me – 4:50
Shelter Me – 5:37
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G3 Live in Concert is a live album and DVD by Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai.
It was recorded in America in October and November 1996.
The three star guitarists and their bands each performed three songs on their own and then combined for the last three songs.
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Payable On Death Live is a live album by P.O.D.
It was recorded at the TomFest concert in Stevenson, Washington on February 18, 1997.
Official Live: 101 Proof is a live album by metal band Pantera.
It was recorded on tour in 1996 & 1997. The last two songs are new studio recordings.
Tokyo Warhearts is a live album by Finnish metal band Children of Bodom.
It was recorded in Japan on July 10 and 11, 1999.
Live aus Berlin is a live album by German metal band Rammstein.
It was recorded at Parkbuhne Wuhlheide in Berlin on 22 and 23 August 1998.
Lights Out in Tokyo Live is a live album and DVD by hard rock band UFO.
This was recorded in Japan in 1992.
High Live is a live album and DVD by German heavy metal band Helloween.
It has been compiled from recordings from three concerts in Europe:
Milan, Italy – 21 May 1996
Pamplona, Spain – 31 May 1996
Girona, Spain – 1 June 1996
Live Right Here Right Now is a live album by heavy metal group Van Halen.
It was recorded at Selland Arena in Fresno, California on May 14 and 15, 1992.
