Talk:Album-oriented rock

message: There used to be great information regarding Core Artists, "Forgotten" Artists who once received much airplay in this category, and a list of radio stations.  Why was all of this removed? -24.149.193.49 (talk) 15:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The fanboy/fancruft lists were all removed because they were unencyclopedic and useless. 156.34.142.110 (talk) 15:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: To say they're "useless" is VERY POV!!!  Why do you harbor such a contemptment for classic rock?  I learned of some great music from reading that list, music I wouldn't hear on AOR stations today.  It was VERY useful and VERY relevant. -24.149.193.49 (talk) 01:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Who raped the article?

message: :While a few radio stations may be currently known as AOR, by and large radio format really doesn't exist any longer.  The closest format for comparison is Active Rock or Triple A.  The Classic Rock format culls its core tracks from the heyday of AOR - but in reality most stations just use an oldies approach to programming, focusing on the AOR hits that crossed over to Top 40.  --DannyRay 19:07, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Here in Edmonton, Alberta, both K-97 FM (97.3) and 100.3 The Bear, usually play the ALBUM version of a whole lotta songs on the AOR list in this article. They are probably more "Classic Rock" or "Active Rock" as a genre, but when I saw the list of songs, I was shocked there are such SHORT versions of classics that are in the 6-8 minute range (can't imagine enjoying a 3 minute version of Layla, for example ;) ) 199.214.26.82 (talk) 16:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

text: That is not an AOR station. Sounds like either a Hot AC or an adult hits format. AOR doesn't play Mariah Carey and Kelly Clarkson. Green Day, yes.--Fightingirish 14:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are There Still AOR Stations 

message: This page has extensive lists documenting the music played on this format.  The scope of the lists are somewhat broad covering artists and tracks that may not have been played on every station operating as AOR. Some stations focused more on hard rock while others embraced a much more laid back sound.  Nonetheless I advocate that these include the wider spectrum of music played on all stations. If you are adding artists or songs to the lists, please do not make deletions without posting on the discussion page for comment.  
As the lists grow, as some point it might be wise to move them to their own pages.
===Forgotten artists of AOR===
I would dispute Head East's inclusion on this list, or at least add a qualifier. While it's true you can't find their original albums and songs anywhere, I still hear "Never Been Any Reason" quite often on classic rock stations and it appears on an awful lot of '70s compilations. SpanishCastleMagic 22:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The LISTS 

message: I would dispute Head East's inclusion on this list, or at least add a qualifier. While it's true you can't find their original albums and songs anywhere, I still hear "Never Been Any Reason" quite often on classic rock stations and it appears on an awful lot of '70s compilations. SpanishCastleMagic 22:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Forgotten artists of AOR

message: It is difficult to come to a consensus about the lists because of the impact new artists began having on AOR in 1983. Prior to this time, AOR was able to keep itself neatly defined by a single group of traditional rock artists, with The Cars and The Police being the only next-generation artists to be acknowledged across the board. AOR’s comfort zone started unraveling in 1983 when U2 and Duran Duran broke the dam that let loose all the next-generation artists producing new sounds that did not fit into the AOR formula. With KROQ and MTV taking the lead, many AOR stations splintered from the traditional format and began focusing more on playing specific songs that concurrently were hits on CHR stations. Program directors across the USA had to grapple with whether to stick to that core base or start adding these new, untested bands. Yet even program directors who resisted these new trends consistently acknowledged that the bands to watch were U2 and R.E.M., who lived up to those expectations by becoming huge.
I have come up with a group of lists that – from my experience – are representative of AOR station formats prior to 1983. Even with this boundary there is likely to be some disagreement, but I’ll throw these out here for consideration.
AOR FORMAT IN THE PRE-U2/DURAN DURAN PERIOD:
POWER CORE
 - Artists who collectively defined most AOR stations: 
Aerosmith, Bad Company, Billy Squier, Bob Seger, Boston, Bruce Springsteen, Cream,Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Def Leppard, The Doors, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Heart, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Journey, Judas Priest, Ted Nugent, Ozzy Osbourne, Pat Benatar, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Loverboy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, REO Speedwagon, Rolling Stones, Rush, Steely Dan, Styx, Van Halen, The Who, Yes.
AOR MAINSTREAM
- Artists who had at least two songs, not necessarily hits, in frequent rotation: 
.38 Special, AC/DC, The Alan Parsons Project, The Allman Brothers Band, Asia, The Band, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Cheap Trick, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Derek and the Dominos, Dio, The Faces, Foghat, Grand Funk Railroad, James Gang, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Nazareth, Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Robert Plant, Robin Trower, Rod Stewart, Sammy Hagar, Santana, Thin Lizzy, Triumph, ZZ Top.
CROSSOVER ARTISTS
 - Established in Top 40 with songs sometimes considered viable for AOR: 
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bryan Adams, Eddie Money, Electric Light Orchestra, Elton John, George Harrison, The J. Geils Band, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Doobie Brothers, Toto.
AOR HITMAKERS 
 - Artists generally known more for a song or two rather than a body of work: 
Accept (Balls to the Wall), Aldo Nova (Fantasy), Billy Thorpe (Children of the Sun), George Thorogood (Bad to the Bone), Head East (Never Been Any Reason), Night Ranger (Don’t Tell Me You Love Me; Sister Christian), Rainbow (Stone Cold), Ratt (Round and Round), Red Rider (Lunatic Fringe), Survivor (Eye Of The Tiger).
SIGNATURE AOR SONGS
 - High rotation songs, usually six minutes long or more:
Cocaine (Live version) – Eric Clapton, Dream On – Aerosmith, Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynrd, Money - Pink Floyd, Slow Ride (the long version) – Foghat, Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin, Turn The Page (Live version) – Bob Seger, Won't Get Fooled Again – The Who.
OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDED IN SOME PRE-1983 AOR FORMATS
 - Some of these artists went on to be more prominent after 1982 in AOR, CHR, and other formats:
Alice Cooper, Argent, Badfinger, Black Oak Arkansas, Blackfoot, Bon Jovi, Chicago, Dave Mason, Dire Straits, Don Henley, Donnie Iris, The Edgar Winter Group, Genesis, Grateful Dead, Iron Maiden, Jackson Browne, Joan Jett, Joe Walsh, The Kinks, Lou Reed, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Meat Loaf, Molly Hatchet, Montrose, The Moody Blues, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, The Outlaws, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pat Travers, Quarterflash, Rick Derringer, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Supertramp, The Sweet, T. Rex, Todd Rundgren, Traffic, Triumph, The Tubes, Twisted Sister, Uriah Heep, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon.
VINTAGE AOR ARTISTS
- Artists with “rock” (vs. bubblegum) hits in the 1960s/early 70s:
Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Free, Golden Earring, The Guess Who, The Hollies, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Procol Harum, Steppenwolf, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Sugarloaf, War, The Yardbirds, The Zombies.
PRE-U2 BREAKTHROUGH ARTISTS
 - Next generation artists accepted in the AOR mainstream prior to U2:
Blondie, The Cars, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, The Police, 
The Pretenders.
Boonog (talk) 21:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Different Way to Approach the LISTS 

message: I think that Melodic Rock and AOR should be separate articles. Both are talking about something completely different, despite the same name. Perhaps "AOR (disambiguation)" would be a better idea, with items linking to pages like the melodic rock genre and the AOR radio format?-RedBlade7 16:52, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AOR/Melodic Rock 

message: There are too many artist and song links here. Perhaps separate "list" articles? -RedBlade7 17:10, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I agree 

message: I don't think Journey and "Don't Stop Believing" should be in the forgotten artists portion.  As far as I can tell, Journey and that song get plenty of play on classic rock stations and have definitely not been forgotten. matt91486 00:26, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don't Stop Believing 

message: Chicago was a big part ofr AOR Radio in the early 1970's true they later stuff was more commercial. But Chicago was first played by AOR stations quite a bit before they got played by Top 40 stations. Long vershions of 25 or 6 to 4 and Beginings were played by AOR statiuons.
DLA75
When Chicago first came on the scene they were a blues/fusion band with a splash of pop and a heavy dose of politics. 
:Side four of the first Chicago album, Chicago Transit Authority, features a combination of rock/blues along with chants from the 1968 Democratic convention - THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - and some of the most amazing guitar feedback from Terry Kath. Jimi Hendrix was a great admirer of guitarist Terry Kath. The Chicago of this time was most definitely right for the "progressive rock" format, which evolved into AOR.
:My first rock concert was Chicago in 1972 and the band members had McGovern stickers all over their equipment. Social issues and political ideals were prominent in their music (check out "A Song for Richard and His Friends" from the Live at Carnegie Hall album). Then Kath died when he accidentally shot himself and the band changed changed so dramatically they should have changed their name. 
:Even though many original band members remained, how can you make any sense of "25 or 6 to 4" - a song about tripping in the wee hours of the morning - with "Stay the Night" or the other light pop fare the band became famous for? i saw Chicago again in the mid-80s and it was not in any way like the band I saw in 1972. The band I saw the second time was the quintessential CHR band.Boonog (talk) 05:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chicago 

message: There are over 180 artists listed there... isn't that a little bit large for a core??? 86.132.137.231 02:17, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Core" artist list? 

message: There are a lot of racist overtones in the main article, implying that after the formats tightened in the 70's (and most Motown was taken out of airplay on most AOR stations), black artists did not receive airplay; it also seems to tie the "disco sucks" movement in with this, while in fact Disco (which was pretty varicolored in its composition) would have been generally hated by AOR audiences; Additionally, unless there was a vast Black Rock underground in the mid-to-late 70's that I just don't know about, there wasn't any Black Artist Rock to play.Paganize (talk) 08:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AOR was all about hard rock. I totally agree funk needed a mainstream outlet, too, but AOR was not ready then. So unfortunately many incredible funk/hip-hop artists such as Parliament/Funkadelic, Grandmaster Flash, et al, were not promoted on that format any more than Lynyrd Skynyrd was played on soul stations. Now formats have evolved to be able to include both hard rock and funk - I hope. Boonog (talk) 06:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racist Overtones 

message: I agree with any effort to clean up or eliminate these lists which don't appear to serve any purpose other than inviting fancruft and POV.  Even if the lists are pared down, some of them are pointless to begin with.  For example, "Non-single album tracks"—playing album tracks as opposed to singles was the whole point of AOR.  Plus, many songs played on AOR radio were indeed released as singles based on the airplay they were already getting as album tracks.  Other than lead singles, any album track that got airplay could conceivably be added to this list.  As for the "Longer versions" list, single edits were very common but generally weren't played on AOR radio so why mention them?  Single edits would be more relevant to an article on Top 40 radio. "Multiple songs played as one"? A common practice (a necessity really) worth mentioning along with other practices such "twin spins" or "double plays" and segueing tracks but it hardly needs this many examples to illustrate the point. The "Core artists" is also way too expansive.  The Clash, for example, did get airplay on AOR but they were on the fringe of the format, not the core.  And many other artist listed only had a few tracks that got significant airplay. Lastly, the "Forgotten artists" were not forgotten, they simply are not part of the current Classic rock format.  Today's classic rock format is not a mirror image of what AOR was in the 1970s and 1980s, and some artists don't fit in, for a number of reasons, with what programmers are trying to accomplish.  If the article is going to attempt to show the range of music that was played on AOR, it needs relevant, verifiable sources instead of a list of everyone's favorite artists. Piriczki (talk) 15:44, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Farm clean up

message: I keep adding information, adding sources, all of which are reversed for supposed lack of citations (citations which are visible in the reversed paragraphs if they read it).
In the past, several Wikipedia articles mentioned "AOR" and "Melodic Rock" as a genre under band/artist pages, all of which have been replaced with "hard rock" or something similar (Mark/Marcie Free's page still uses the terms)
So what I'll do now is create a large list of 37+ sources which use Melodic Rock and AOR in the context of a genre and prove that this is a genre. This exists. Artists use the terms themselves. Italian Wikipedia once had extremely detailed information going into subgenres like "pomp" etc, which for some reason was pulled as well. Why do you ignore the existence of a concept, when the proof is overwhelming and there have been arguments and reversed edits for at least 2 YEARS on this?
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I hope this acts as the final proof for Wikipedia accepting this genre as legitimate. 24.102.181.175 (talk) 03:20, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid you're barking up the wrong tree here.  The subject of this article is an American radio format, not a music genre. Any content about a music genre called "melodic rock" belongs in it's own article, if warranted, or a related music genre article such as rock music or hard rock. Piriczki (talk) 14:27, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Pirick, the "melodic rock" article and paragraphs within "AOR" regarding the genre and differences between the format and the genre have been repeatedly deleted and reversed over the past 2 years. I have spoken with Wikipedia staff in the official Freenode chat room and they were not giving me straight answers (I think I have the log if anyone needs it, we discussed other deleted articles written/expanded by me and others as well.) I cannot answer for the Italian article other than that there used to be several regarding the genre, more detailed than the English Wikipedia (I can't speak Italian so I don't know the details), but there was apparently another typical Wikipedia bulk deletion in favor of the AOR radio format currently in this article. In the English article, mention of the genre was initially put into a paragraph, which I and others expanded into a long gone article. Lack of representation (I was gone from Wikipedia by then) led to incorrect equating of the genre, the radio format, 1980s arena rock, and ignoring modern successor acts, due to lack of knowledge of the details. (You can read the full article on Deletionpedia:  Attempts to fix this problem, most recently a simple paragraph with full inline citations, have all been reversed. I do not expect the article to be rewritten, and have no interest in doing so, but at least a paragraph or two verifying the genre's existence has to exist. I recently attempted this, apparently the same IP as last night was used. (I've used "RedBlade7" as my usename here in the past). 24.102.181.175 (talk) 19:27, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  37 SITES prove Melodic Rock/AOR is a genre with the AOR format broad 

message: The KCMO-area station 99.7 changed to a format closer to the Adult Contemporary/Top 40 category in Spring 2009.
Mrsteveo (talk) 21:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  KYYS Kansas City, MO 102.1 FM/99.7 FM 	1974-1997, 1997-2009 No Longer A Classic Rock or AOR Station 

message: I didn't have anything to do with the creation of this section, but I found it quite informative over 3 years ago (how time does fly!).  Someone removed it.  I understand it may be POV and problematic, but the deletionist who got rid of it seemed hell bent on not having it there, the other side of the sword.  So I'm posting it here.
===Forgotten artists of AOR===
Because AOR was at one time a champion of new music, the format gave significant airplay to a wide range of artists who, for one reason or another, never crossed over to Classic Rock programming.  Billboard Magazine did not start tracking AOR airplay until 1981, so the level of airplay and popularity some of these artists may have achieved, is a bit of a mystery. In some cases albums by these artists see CD release only on small boutique labels.
*707 - "I Could Be Good For You", "Mega Force" 
*Automatic Man - "My Pearl"
* Angel - "20th Century Foxes", "Rock & Rollers", "Tower", "Virginia"
*Angel City - "Marseilles", "Face The Day", "No Secrets", "Underground", "Take a Long Line"
*Axe - "Rock And Roll Party In The Streets"
*Badlands - "Dreams in the Dark"
*Blue Murder - "Jellyroll", "Valley of the Kings"
*Bliss Band - "Right Place, Right Time"
*Martin Briley - "The Salt In My Tears"
*Caravan - "Stuck In A Hole"
*Tony Carey - "I Won't Be Home Tonight", "A Fine Fine Day", "The First Day Of Summer"
*Charlie - "She Loves To Be In Love", "Killer Cut", "It's Inevitable"
*Chilliwack - "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)", "Whatcha Gonna Do", "Don't It Make It Feel Good"
*City Boy - "5.7.0.5."
*Climax Blues Band - "Richman", "Mole On The Dole", "Couldn't Get It Right"
*Contraband (band) - "All The Way From Memphis"
*Crawler - "Stone Cold Sober"
*David & David - "Welcome to the Boomtown"
*DB Cooper - "Had Enough"
*Jimmy Davis & Junction - "Kick the Wall"
*Detective - "Recognition"
*Diving For Pearls - "Gimme Your Good Lovin'"
*Doucette - "Mama Let Him Play", "Down the Road"
*Fastway - "Say What You Will
*The Firm - "Radio Active", "Satisfaction Guaranteed", "All the Kings Horses"
*Frankie And The Knockouts - "Sweetheart", "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)"
*Gamma - "Right the First Time", "I'm Alive", "Fight To The Finish", "Modern Girl", "Voyager", "What's Gone Is Gone"
*Garland Jeffreys - "Wild In The Streets"
*Glass Moon - "Killer at 25"
*Giuffria - "Call To The Heart", "Lonely In Love", "I Must Be Dreaming"
*Ian Gomm - "Hold On"
*Gypsy - "Gypsy Queen", "Dead and Gone."
*John Hall Band - "Crazy (Keep On Fallin')"
*Harlequin - "Innocence", "It's Over Now"
*Headpins - "Just One More Time", "Breakin' Down", "Winnin'"
*Heads Hands and Feet - "Country Boy"
*Heartsfield - "Music Eyes", "Another Man Down", "Shine On"
*Helix - "Heavy Metal Love", "Never Want To Lose You", "Rock You"
*Honeymoon Suite - "New Girl Now", "Burning In Love", "Feel it Again", "Bad Attitude", "What Does It Take"
*Horslips - "The Boy Was Green"
*Hughes/Thrall - "Beg, Borrow Or Steal"
*Jackyl - "The Lumberjack", "Down On Me"
*Colin James - "Voodoo Thing", "Why'd You Lie", "Five Long Years"
*Melvin James -"Why Won't You Stay"
*Kayak - "I Want You To Be Mine", "Starlight Dancer"
*Kix - "Cool Kids", "Midnite Dynamite", "Don't Close Your Eyes", "Girl Money", "Pants On Fire (Liar, Liar)"   
*Lake - "Time Bomb", "Angel in Disguise"
*Greg Lake - "Nuclear Attack"
*(Louisiana's) Le Roux - "New Orleans Ladies", "Nobody Said It Was Easy", "Addicted"
*Little America (band) - "Walk On Fire", "You Were Right"
*Mason Proffit - "Two Hangmen", "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream", "Better Find Jesus"
*McKendree Spring - "Down By The River"
*Michael Stanley Band - "Let's Get The Show On The Road", "He Can't Love You"
*Missouri - "Movin' On"
*Kim Mitchell - "Go For Soda", "Patio Lanterns"
*New England - "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya"
*Orion The Hunter- "So You Ran"
*Pavlov's Dog - "Julia", "Natchez Trace", "She Came Shining", "Song Dance"
*Phantom, Rocker & Slick - "Men Without Shame"
*Planet P Project - "Why Me", "Power Tools"
*Point Blank - "Nicole", "On A Roll"
*Andy Pratt - "Avenging Annie" 
*Pretty Maids - "Red, Hot and Heavy," "Waitin' For the Time," "Future World"
*Prism - "Spaceship Superstar", "See Forever Eyes", "Don't Let Him Know"
*Rare Bird - "Sympathy", "Hey Man", "Epic Forest"
*Dan Reed Network - "Ritual", "Get To You", "Tiger In A Dress"
*The Rockets - "Oh Well", "Desire"
*The Rossington-Collins Band - "Don't Misunderstand Me", "Misery Loves Company"
*Russ Ballard - "On The Rebound", "Voices", "The Fire Still Burns"
*Sad Café - "Restless"
*Saraya - "Love Has Taken It's Toll"
*Sea Level (band) - "That's Your Secret"
*Sherbs - "I Have The Skill", "No Turning Back", "We Ride Tonight"
*Sheriff - "You Remind Me", "When I'm With You"
*Shooting Star - "Last Chance", "Flesh And Blood", "Hang On For Your Life", "Hollywood", "Do You Feel Alright", "Train Rolls On"
*Shy - "Hold On (To Your Love)", "Break Down The Walls"
*Silver Condor - "For The Sake Of Survival", "Holdin' on Barely"
*Sniff 'n' the Tears - "Driver's Seat"
*Danny Spanos - "Hot Cherie"
*Stabilizers - "One Simple Thing" 
*Starcastle - "Can’t Think Twice", "Could this be Love"
*Starz - "Cherry Baby", "Sing It, Shout It", "Boys In Action"
*Steel Breeze - "You Don't Want Me Anymore", "Dreamin' Is Easy"
*Streets - "If Love Should Go", "One Way Street", "Gun Runner"
*Tall Stories - "Wild On The Run"
*Tarney-Spencer Band - "No Time To Lose"
*Taxxi - "I'm Leaving", "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "Still In Love"
*Billy Thorpe - "Children Of The Sun", "Solar Dawn"
*Toronto - "5035", "Your Daddy Don't Know"
*Touch - "Don't You Know What Love Is", "When the Spirit Moves You"
*Trooper - "Raise A Little Hell"
*Vandenberg - "Burning Heart", "Friday Night"
*Van Zant - "I'm A Fighter", "Brickyard Road"
*Zebra - "Who's Behind The Door", "Tell Me What You Want", "Bears"
Completely unnecessary for the article. The article, and every wikipedia article, is about what AOR, or the article, *is* NOT a list of AOR bands or things similar to it. Those things have their own page.0g0m019940 (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 13:27, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Forgotten artists of AOR

message: Because AOR was at one time a champion of new music, the format gave significant airplay to a wide range of artists who, for one reason or another, never crossed over to Classic Rock programming.  Billboard Magazine did not start tracking AOR airplay until 1981, so the level of airplay and popularity some of these artists may have achieved, is a bit of a mystery. In some cases albums by these artists see CD release only on small boutique labels.
*707 - "I Could Be Good For You", "Mega Force" 
*Automatic Man - "My Pearl"
* Angel - "20th Century Foxes", "Rock & Rollers", "Tower", "Virginia"
*Angel City - "Marseilles", "Face The Day", "No Secrets", "Underground", "Take a Long Line"
*Axe - "Rock And Roll Party In The Streets"
*Badlands - "Dreams in the Dark"
*Blue Murder - "Jellyroll", "Valley of the Kings"
*Bliss Band - "Right Place, Right Time"
*Martin Briley - "The Salt In My Tears"
*Caravan - "Stuck In A Hole"
*Tony Carey - "I Won't Be Home Tonight", "A Fine Fine Day", "The First Day Of Summer"
*Charlie - "She Loves To Be In Love", "Killer Cut", "It's Inevitable"
*Chilliwack - "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)", "Whatcha Gonna Do", "Don't It Make It Feel Good"
*City Boy - "5.7.0.5."
*Climax Blues Band - "Richman", "Mole On The Dole", "Couldn't Get It Right"
*Contraband (band) - "All The Way From Memphis"
*Crawler - "Stone Cold Sober"
*David & David - "Welcome to the Boomtown"
*DB Cooper - "Had Enough"
*Jimmy Davis & Junction - "Kick the Wall"
*Detective - "Recognition"
*Diving For Pearls - "Gimme Your Good Lovin'"
*Doucette - "Mama Let Him Play", "Down the Road"
*Fastway - "Say What You Will
*The Firm - "Radio Active", "Satisfaction Guaranteed", "All the Kings Horses"
*Frankie And The Knockouts - "Sweetheart", "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)"
*Gamma - "Right the First Time", "I'm Alive", "Fight To The Finish", "Modern Girl", "Voyager", "What's Gone Is Gone"
*Garland Jeffreys - "Wild In The Streets"
*Glass Moon - "Killer at 25"
*Giuffria - "Call To The Heart", "Lonely In Love", "I Must Be Dreaming"
*Ian Gomm - "Hold On"
*Gypsy - "Gypsy Queen", "Dead and Gone."
*John Hall Band - "Crazy (Keep On Fallin')"
*Harlequin - "Innocence", "It's Over Now"
*Headpins - "Just One More Time", "Breakin' Down", "Winnin'"
*Heads Hands and Feet - "Country Boy"
*Heartsfield - "Music Eyes", "Another Man Down", "Shine On"
*Helix - "Heavy Metal Love", "Never Want To Lose You", "Rock You"
*Honeymoon Suite - "New Girl Now", "Burning In Love", "Feel it Again", "Bad Attitude", "What Does It Take"
*Horslips - "The Boy Was Green"
*Hughes/Thrall - "Beg, Borrow Or Steal"
*Jackyl - "The Lumberjack", "Down On Me"
*Colin James - "Voodoo Thing", "Why'd You Lie", "Five Long Years"
*Melvin James -"Why Won't You Stay"
*Kayak - "I Want You To Be Mine", "Starlight Dancer"
*Kix - "Cool Kids", "Midnite Dynamite", "Don't Close Your Eyes", "Girl Money", "Pants On Fire (Liar, Liar)"   
*Lake - "Time Bomb", "Angel in Disguise"
*Greg Lake - "Nuclear Attack"
*(Louisiana's) Le Roux - "New Orleans Ladies", "Nobody Said It Was Easy", "Addicted"
*Little America (band) - "Walk On Fire", "You Were Right"
*Mason Proffit - "Two Hangmen", "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream", "Better Find Jesus"
*McKendree Spring - "Down By The River"
*Michael Stanley Band - "Let's Get The Show On The Road", "He Can't Love You"
*Missouri - "Movin' On"
*Kim Mitchell - "Go For Soda", "Patio Lanterns"
*New England - "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya"
*Orion The Hunter- "So You Ran"
*Pavlov's Dog - "Julia", "Natchez Trace", "She Came Shining", "Song Dance"
*Phantom, Rocker & Slick - "Men Without Shame"
*Planet P Project - "Why Me", "Power Tools"
*Point Blank - "Nicole", "On A Roll"
*Andy Pratt - "Avenging Annie" 
*Pretty Maids - "Red, Hot and Heavy," "Waitin' For the Time," "Future World"
*Prism - "Spaceship Superstar", "See Forever Eyes", "Don't Let Him Know"
*Rare Bird - "Sympathy", "Hey Man", "Epic Forest"
*Dan Reed Network - "Ritual", "Get To You", "Tiger In A Dress"
*The Rockets - "Oh Well", "Desire"
*The Rossington-Collins Band - "Don't Misunderstand Me", "Misery Loves Company"
*Russ Ballard - "On The Rebound", "Voices", "The Fire Still Burns"
*Sad Café - "Restless"
*Saraya - "Love Has Taken It's Toll"
*Sea Level (band) - "That's Your Secret"
*Sherbs - "I Have The Skill", "No Turning Back", "We Ride Tonight"
*Sheriff - "You Remind Me", "When I'm With You"
*Shooting Star - "Last Chance", "Flesh And Blood", "Hang On For Your Life", "Hollywood", "Do You Feel Alright", "Train Rolls On"
*Shy - "Hold On (To Your Love)", "Break Down The Walls"
*Silver Condor - "For The Sake Of Survival", "Holdin' on Barely"
*Sniff 'n' the Tears - "Driver's Seat"
*Danny Spanos - "Hot Cherie"
*Stabilizers - "One Simple Thing" 
*Starcastle - "Can’t Think Twice", "Could this be Love"
*Starz - "Cherry Baby", "Sing It, Shout It", "Boys In Action"
*Steel Breeze - "You Don't Want Me Anymore", "Dreamin' Is Easy"
*Streets - "If Love Should Go", "One Way Street", "Gun Runner"
*Tall Stories - "Wild On The Run"
*Tarney-Spencer Band - "No Time To Lose"
*Taxxi - "I'm Leaving", "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "Still In Love"
*Billy Thorpe - "Children Of The Sun", "Solar Dawn"
*Toronto - "5035", "Your Daddy Don't Know"
*Touch - "Don't You Know What Love Is", "When the Spirit Moves You"
*Trooper - "Raise A Little Hell"
*Vandenberg - "Burning Heart", "Friday Night"
*Van Zant - "I'm A Fighter", "Brickyard Road"
*Zebra - "Who's Behind The Door", "Tell Me What You Want", "Bears"
Completely unnecessary for the article. The article, and every wikipedia article, is about what AOR, or the article, *is* NOT a list of AOR bands or things similar to it. Those things have their own page.0g0m019940 (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 13:27, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Forgotten artists of AOR

message: How hard would it be to turn the "AOR radio stations" section list/table into a sortable table? That is, by clicking on each column header, it could be sorted up/down by that column's contents? Huw Powell (talk) 16:13, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the sort function. Next the table needs to be trimmed of stations that are not or were not really AOR and have some consistency in the current format column so that it will sort properly. Piriczki (talk) 16:25, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sortable table? 

message: There is no question the term "adult-oriented rock" has been used in this context. The question is whether the term is absolutely synonymous or unconditionally interchangeable with the term "album-oriented rock." It is not. While album-oriented rock, alternatively known simply as "album rock," is specifically defined as a radio format and recognized as such by Arbitron, the term "adult-oriented rock" has variously been used to describe everything from adult contemporary artist Engelbert Humperdinck in the 1970s to different types of music genres, to the present day radio format known as adult album alternative (which I suspect is what you are actually describing). Probably the most relevant use of the term "adult-oriented rock" has been in describing those AOR stations that sought to retain its aging demographic as the format began to splinter in the 1980s. However, not all AOR stations were the same and that was just one "flavor" that some had but the term was not applicable to all AOR stations.
There can be mention of "adult-oriented rock" in the article, but it requires some explanation rather than simply jamming the phrase into an existing sentence where it might cause confusion and lead to further edits taking the article further off track. For instance, in the past one misguided editor attempted to change the entire article to "adult-oriented rock," which he defined as a soft rock music genre typified by groups such as Toto and Air Supply. Another wanted the subject of the article to be "melodic rock," a vaguely-defined sub-genre of hard rock typified by groups like Night Ranger or Great White.
The other addition to the lead, "AOR [a radio format] radio stations tend to play 'classic rock' [another radio format] as well as 'new rock' [whatever that is, or was, in 1998 when the cited source was written] to appeal to adult audiences," seems to be describing several different formats in the same breath, again conflagrating different terms in one confusing sentence. AOR long ago split into different spin-off formats making such a brief catch-all description impossible. This would be better addressed in the programming or spin-off formats sections of the article but again requires some explanation instead of just a simplistic, blanket statement.
Although loosely defined, "adult-oriented rock" has become part of the jargon and no doubt can be found in what are considered reliable sources, but its usage is not necessarily accurate or appropriate. Take the case of the supposed magazine College Music Journal, or CMJ. There are innumerable references to "College Music Journal" in otherwise reliable sources, some which specifically say CMJ stands for "college music journal" which is completely false (it was actually College Media Journal). Unfortunately, acronyms are sometimes misconstrued and their meaning deliberately or mistakenly altered over time but the fact is AOR, as defined in this article, is an acronym for the specific term "album-oriented rock" as originally coined by Mike Harrison in 1975 and trademarked by Radio & Records, widely-adopted by the industry and still recognized as the formal name of the format by Arbitron, although very few rock stations are still classified as AOR today, with most being identified as active rock, alternative, adult album alternative or classic rock, but not "adult-oriented rock." Piriczki (talk) 02:23, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The only thing I've learned from your paragraph is that the reason "Adult-oriented rock" doesn't exist on Wikipedia is because you will erase all mentions of it. It makes absolutely no difference whether or not the term "adult-oriented rock" was widely used in the industry - it has been used in many reliable sources to describe this radio format.--Ilovetopaint (talk) 00:49, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adult-oriented rock again? Really? 

message: * Update — I made Adult-oriented rock a disambig page to cover every style/format the term may be referring to.--Ilovetopaint (talk) 01:18, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Threaded discussion

message: "From the early 1980s onwards, the album-oriented radio term became normally used as the abbreviation of "Album-oriented rock", meaning radio stations specialized in classic rock recorded during the late 1960s and 1970s."
What exactly is the abbreviation for "Album-oriented rock"? AOR? If so, remove everything following the comma after "onwards" to "became" and replace it with AOR. As of right now, it reads as if "album-oriented radio term" is somehow an abbreviation. Is it supposed to say, "..the radio term "album oriented" became normally used..."? 0g0m019940 (talk) 10:36, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  This sentence needs revising.