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"Just as hard rock had splintered into glam, at the dawn of the &rsquo;80s it fractured again into a new brand of metal that incorporated some of its glammiest pretensions, as practiced by emerging bands like Def Leppard and M&ouml;tley Cr&uuml;e.&nbsp; At the same time, established acts like Kiss and Queen skittered away from their hard-rock roots to adopt, respectively, a more metal-pop and pop-rock sound. Through it all, one artist led the way for most hard-rock guitarists: Eddie Van Halen.&nbsp; The early&hellip;"
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