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other Van Halen tags
"california rock" "L.A. rock" "glam metal" "hard rock" "heavy rock" "'80s pop rock" "stadium rock" "arena rock" "big rock" "cock rock"
If one looks up a particular band in wiki, for instance, there often are several genres listed.
For Van Halen, wiki tags the music as:
Hard rock
Heavy Metal
For AC/DC:
Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-based rock, rock and roll
In each case, we find "hard rock" listed first, and (one would assume) primarily, and "heavy metal" appearing as a secondary description. Which is to say that both bands contain elements of "heavy metal," and so one is technically not entirely wrong in referring to them as "heavy metal," it just depends on the point of view. But what is also being implied by the online encyclopedia is that perhaps the most all-encompasing term that best describes the music of each band (Van Halen and AC/DC) is "hard rock."
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