What do you think HARD rock is?

[R_burke]

thanks for your reply.

It seems that every time i try to start a discussion, people shut it down, haha.

But, for instance wiki says that Van Halen is Hard Rock. I would not say that. (This is gonna sound cool, but) my mother has always loved Van Halen and we talked about it the other day. She says it's hard rock, but in my opinion they are too soft to be in that category.

So now I'm curious as to what you consider hard rock - I agree with your mother and the wiki bands listed are what I consider hard rock - Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen, etc.