Hard rock Styx helped further cement heavy rock in the Midwest as a form of stadium rock. In 1978, Van Halen emerged from the Los Angeles music scene with a sound based around the skills of lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen. He popularised a guitar-playing technique of two-handed hammer-ons and pull-offs called tapping, showcased on the song "Eruption" from the album "Van Halen", which was highly influential in re-establishing hard rock as a popular genre after the punk and disco explosion, while also redefining and elevating the role of electric guitar. The opening years of the 1980s saw a number of changes
Hard as a Rock Hard as a Rock "Hard as a Rock" is a song and a single by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It features as the first track on their album, "Ballbreaker", released in 1995. It became their second No. 1 song on the Album Rock Tracks chart, following 1993's "Big Gun". Live performances are also included on three of AC/DC's live concert DVDs, "No Bull" (of which an audio version is found on the Australian tour edition of "Stiff Upper Lip"), "Stiff Upper Lip Live" and "Live At The Circus Krone", which is featured in the Deluxe Edition of the