Does hard rock still use the name Mirage?

Hard Rock has use of the Mirage name for three years. If the Mirage name is used until the resort’s transformation is complete, that means Mirage will stay Mirage until 2025. Beyond the name change or behind-the-scenes administrative changes at Mirage, we’ve shared a number of other items of interest.

Where did hard rock come from?

The hard rock genre is originally from Glasgow. John Street, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock, page 19, Cambridge University Press ^ Miller, Jim (1980). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll. New York: Rolling Stone. ISBN 0394513223. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

What does hard rock look like?

Hard rock generally prizes big, stadium-ready guitar riffs, anthemic choruses, and stomping, swaggering backbeats; its goals are usually (though not universally) commercial, and it's nearly always saturated with machismo.

What is hard rock & why is it so popular?

The roots of hard rock can be traced back to the mid- to late-1950s, particularly electric blues, which laid the foundations for key elements such as a rough declamatory vocal style, heavy guitar riffs, string-bending blues-scale guitar solos, strong beat, thick riff-laden texture, and posturing performances.