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
Malcolm Young volume with little or no gain. This is contrary to a common belief of many rock guitarists that rhythm guitar should involve loud and overdriven power chords through large amplifiers. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth stated in a 2004 interview that he considered himself, Young, Rudolf Schenker and James Hetfield of Metallica to be the best rhythm guitarists in the world. In 2006 he was the subject of a song (and album) title by Australian punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb: "Forever Malcolm Young". In 2017 Gretsch guitars reissued the Gretsch G6131MY, a ‘signature’ guitar based on Young's modified 1963 Gretsch Jet