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
The Chosen Few (1970s Australian band) The Chosen Few (1970s Australian band) The Chosen Few were an Australian punk band which formed in 1978. Three founding band mates were all from an earlier hard rock band, Deathwish: Ian John Cunningham on bass guitar (later on lead vocals), Calum "Cal" McAlpine on drums and Iain Weaver on lead vocals (died 1995). They were soon joined by Bruce Friday on lead guitar. The Chosen Few formed in the Mornington Peninsula and played a combination of covers of United States-influenced punk (MC5, Stooges) and hard driven original numbers inspired by Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls and The Saints.