# Which band best typifies "hard rock"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [March 7, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-best-typifies-hard-rock/937397 "2021-03-07T18:47:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-best-typifies-hard-rock/937397/174 "2021-03-16T19:52:15Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Gotta say, this thread has convinced me to never ever try to classify a band.

Back in 2015 I started a thread titled [Were any of the Hair Bands in the 1980s any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-of-the-hair-bands-in-the-1980s-any-good/736929) Instead of opining on, well, whether or not the hair bands were any good, the entire thread consisted of nothing but arguments on the _definition_ of a hair band, which bands were considered hair bands, and which were not. No one discussed which ones were good.

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