Genre

Hard Rock

Hard Rock on LoudQuietLoud: more than 700 artists, including Queen, Aerosmith and AC/DC. It runs alongside arena rock, post-grunge and glam metal.

Radio

On public radio, last 30 days

Last 30 days · via public radio playlists

Public radio airplay for Hard Rock artists, last 30 days
Rank	Album	Stations	Days on chart	Spins
1	Nevermind Nirvana KCRW, KEXP, KRCL, The Current, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KCRW, KEXP, KRCL, The Current, WXPN	1	9 spins
2	Foreign Tongues The Rolling Stones KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN · 19 days on chart	KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	19	114 spins
3	Lust For Life Iggy Pop KEXP, The Current, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KEXP, The Current, WXPN	1	6 spins
4	Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix KRCL, The Current, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KRCL, The Current, WXPN	1	3 spins
5	Harvest Moon Neil Young KRCL, The Current, WXPN · 1 day on chart	KRCL, The Current, WXPN	1	3 spins
6	Perfecth Queens of the Stone Age The Current, WXPN · 3 days on chart	The Current, WXPN	3	13 spins

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Labels

Labels in this genre

EMI

Label

Home to Queen, Deep Purple & Heart

Geffen Records

Label

Home to Aerosmith, Audioslave & Whitesnake

Interscope Records

Label

Home to Aerosmith, Audioslave & Kiss

Legacy

Label

Home to Aerosmith, Journey & Boston

Republic Records

Label

Home to Black Sabbath, ZZ Top & Godsmack

BMG

Label

Home to Deep Purple, Scorpions & Judas Priest

Hard Rock

Nirvana

Nirvana

Queen

Foo Fighters

System of a Down

The Rolling Stones

Metallica

Aerosmith

The Smashing Pumpkins

AC/DC

Black Sabbath

Pearl Jam

Deftones

Bon Jovi

Jimi Hendrix

The Who

Queens of the Stone Age

Papa Roach

3 Doors Down

Alice in Chains

Soundgarden

Audioslave

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Journey

The Kinks

Kiss

Iron Maiden

Billy Idol

Rammstein

Toto

Deep Purple

Breaking Benjamin

Avenged Sevenfold

Scorpions

Neil Young

Cream

Jet

Creed

Foreigner

Rob Zombie

Megadeth

Boston

Iggy Pop

ZZ Top

A Perfect Circle

Heart

Motörhead

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Judas Priest

Survivor

Wolfmother

Godsmack

Blue Öyster Cult

Chevelle

Bush

Faith No More

Whitesnake

Steppenwolf

Ghost

Ghost

Alien Ant Farm

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Thin Lizzy

T. Rex

Daughtry

Jethro Tull

Hinder

Rainbow

Styx

Live

Cheap Trick

Saliva

The Stooges

Everclear

Twisted Sister

Collective Soul

Manic Street Preachers

Atreyu