Anthem rock
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- This is an article on a music genre. For songs that celebrate rock and roll, see Rock and roll anthem.
Anthem rock is a genre of Rock and roll. It is often used as a non-pejorative synonym for arena rock. Aside from lacking the negative connotations of "arena rock", this broad definition of anthem rock allows for a description of music bands whose sound resembled that of Queen, Journey, Scorpions, or Styx but whose concert attendance did not demand an arena as a venue. This usage is sometimes specified as "garage anthem rock" (see garage band).
"Anthem rock" is also used more narrowly as a subgenre of hard rock, typified by obvious tempo changes, vocal crescendoes, and melodramatic lyrical narratives. Queen remains an example of this stricter definition, as are Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf. The latter two are, however, sometimes categorized instead as Wagnerian rock, owing to the influence of songwriter Jim Steinman.
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