And Daniel. And Rocket Man. But in reality, he’s just a very diverse musician. Look at the song Madman Across the Water. That’s practically prog rock with a touch of metal.
Neil Diamond tears it up pretty nicely with In My Lifetime. Interesting that he went with such an atypical style for a song where he looks back over his career.
Yep. This is the first song/group I thought of as soon as I saw the thread title.
Missed the edit window.
Cher was in a hard rock band back in the late 70’s called Black Rose.
In the U.S. the group Nazareth only had one hit song, an overwrought remake of the ballad “Love Hurts”. It was years before I figured out that a classic rock favorite, " Hair of the Dog" was by the same group, and in fact was the B-side of the Love Hurts single.
Oh, I’d say Nazareth rocks pretty hard on Razamanaz.
The first band that I though of is known for being pretty mellow, but the Moody Blues had some pretty up tempo rockers like Ride My See Saw, Higher and Higher and Question.
Not sure if it qualifies as “hard rocking” but I had to find out for myself that Kenny Rogers recorded this gem: “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)”
I’d say about 98% of what Nazereth did went for the hard rocking thing, with the odd ballad, like LH.
“I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock’n Roll Band)” was probably their hardest thing they did.
There was a hard rocking band called AC/DC who did a hard rocking song called Back in Black, which was performed, here, by someone, well, slightly less hard rocking: Wing.
(ok maybe not the most hard-rocking rendition ever performed, however in Wing terms, man - she rips.)
I was going to nitpick that Dirty Laundry is Don Henley solo, but according to Wikipedia it did feature Eagles members on the recording and they do play it as a band in concert so I guess it could also be called an Eagles song. However, it makes the stylistic difference less surprising since it wasn’t written as an Eagles song.
That video is a blast! I don’t think their synchronized dancing helps their “rocker” street cred much, but it’s fun to watch. 
“Roll with the Changes” is another great rocker by REO. They took a turn toward a poppier sound on Hi Infidelity, and it worked - that album sold zillions.
I’m speechless. I am without speech…
Too bad Wing isn’t.
“Rebel. rebel” by David Bowie is a pretty rocking song from an artist better known for Space Oddity
Terry Kath was a monster on guitar. That is not nearly the only song that highlights his incredible work. It wasn’t until after he accidentally killed himself that the band turned completely poppy.
He really should have been as legendary as Duane or Jimi. I believe the only reason why he’s not is because by choice he was in a band where he didn’t have to be the focus of every song. Even the ones he wrote.
I’d nominate the B-side single version of “Revolution”.
The Eagles sound changed towards a harder rock sound considerably with the addition of Don Felder and later Joe Walsh replacing Bernie Leadon. It also played a big part in their break-up.
Speaking of Don Henley’s solo material. “I Will Not Go Quietly” on his End of the Innocence album is probably his hardest rocker with backing vocals from Axl Rose.
The thread winner is, of course, Blur’s “Song 2”
If I was going to choose an Eagles song that was remotely “hard-rocking” it would have to be “The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks” off The Long Run.
Stray Cats Rock This Town was less hillbilly and more hard rock from the rockabilly band.
Wasn’t the majority of their material more or less hard hitting, with dashes of glam/art rock?
Too many to name, really -
Out of the Blue
Editons of You
Do the Strand
…quite a few more…
:smack: I shoulda spotted that.
I had never come across those numbers before.
Blown away.
Thank-you!
When I first got into Camper van Beethoven, the overall impression was of a laid back, stoner sort of band, with the occasional middle eastern influenced ditty, and songs like the immortal “Take the Skinheads Bowling”. Then I heard Eye of Fatima (Part 2) for the first time. Has a slow and easy start, but it builds to an awesome, rocking crescendo.
Every once in awhile a deep cut that you’ve been listening to your entire life surprises you. I would never have guessed that that was Kenny Rogers & The First Edition.