1.   Arena rock.

2.   Arena rock is the realm of excess, a sphere of larger-than-life gestures and cartoonish exaggeration.

3.   But in five previous annual tours, Lollapalooza exploited the tension between the supposed small-scale integrity of alternative rock and the impersonal, unsubtle blare of arena rock.

4.   His guitar and voice toss off nuances foreign to arena rock.

5.   No one is better than Trent Reznor at turning such desolate nihilism into arena rock.

6.   The songs are unabashedly old-fashioned arena rock, without a glimmer of hip-hop.

7.   With the power trio Cream, Clapton helped pave the way for the excesses of arena rock.