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Hard Rock Cafe

Chain of restaurants

For other uses, see Hard Rock Cafe (disambiguation) and Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (disambiguation).

Company typePrivate
IndustryCasual diningrestaurants, casinos, hotels
FoundedJune 14, 1971; 53 years ago (1971-06-14)
London, England
FoundersIsaac Tigrett
Peter Morton
HeadquartersDavie, Florida, U.S.

Number of locations

165 restaurants, 24 hotels and 11 casinos

Key people

Jim Allen (president/CEO)
OwnerSeminole Tribe of Florida

Number of employees

4,800[1]
Websitehardrock.com

Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme bar-restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and rollmemorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and was headquartered in Orlando, Florida, until April 2018, when the corporate offices were relocated to Da

A&E Rocks with Hard Rock Legends in New 'Biography®' Specials Beginning Sunday, June 16 at 9/8c

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    A&E Rocks with Hard Rock Legends in New 'Biography®' Specials Beginning Sunday, June 16 at 9/8c

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      2024

    • Title

      A&E Rocks with Hard Rock Legends in New 'Biography®' Specials Beginning Sunday, June 16 at 9/8c

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      https://www.aetv.com/news/ae-rocks-with-hard-rock-legends-in-new-biography-specials-beginning-sunday-june-16-at-9-8c

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      February 16, 2025

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      A+E Networks

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Hard rock

Music genre

For other uses, see Hard Rock (disambiguation).

Hard rock or heavy rock[1] is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distortedelectric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf, Grand Funk, Free, and Deep Purple also produced hard rock.

The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Queen, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and more towards pop rock.[2][3] Established bands made a comeback in the mid-1980s and hard rock reached a commercial peak in the 1980s with glam meta

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