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
MTV Hard Rock Live MTV Hard Rock Live MTV Hard Rock Live is a live album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. The bonus tracks, excluding "Crazy (Acoustic version)", are only available on the deluxe edition. In 2005, Simple Plan released the live album, "MTV Hard Rock Live" which contained songs from both of their previous albums. The album came in two different versions — a standard one, and a fan pack edition. The standard edition included audio of the whole performance, an acoustic version of Crazy, two live videos of the performance of the first two songs "Jump" and "Shut Up!", and a