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AC/DC - Hard As A Rock

Music Video
ArtistAC/DC
SongHard As A Rock
AlbumBallbreaker
DirectorDavid Mallet
GenreRock
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

AC/DC perform "Hard As A Rock" in a huge demolition-site setting, surrounded by steel, dust, flashing lights and an energized crowd. The band plays on a towering stage while Angus Young turns the performance into a stunt show, riding a wrecking ball as it swings through the set and smashes a large sign. The video combines hard-driving concert footage with oversized industrial imagery, matching the song's blunt, swaggering attitude and the band's trademark taste for spectacle.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed at Bray Studios in Windsor, Berkshire, England, and was released in 1995 alongside the song's appearance as the lead single from AC/DC's album "Ballbreaker."
  • Angus Young's wrecking-ball sequence became the video's defining image. It extends the song's title into a literal visual gag while giving the clip one of AC/DC's most recognizable pieces of rock spectacle.
  • The production uses a deliberately oversized demolition theme rather than a conventional concert setting. Steel structures, dust, industrial lighting and destruction reinforce the track's heavy, physical character.
  • "Hard As A Rock" was not entirely new when it was recorded for "Ballbreaker." The song reportedly dated back to sessions connected with the earlier "Who Made Who" project.
  • A separate live performance of the song, filmed at Madrid's Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas on July 10, 1996, later appeared in AC/DC's "No Bull" concert video.

Lyrics

(Young, Young)

A Rollin' rock,
Electric shock
She gives a lickin' that doesn't stop [That don't stop]

She line 'em up,
Push you 'round
Smokin' rings going round and round

Her hot potatoes
Will elevate you
Her bad behavior
Will leave you standing proud
...
© AC/DC - Hard As A Rock. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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