 Key 1960s acts included British Invasion bands like the Kinks, as well as psychedelic era performers like Cream, Jimi Hendrix and the Jeff Beck Group.Hard rock-influenced bands that enjoyed international success in the 1970s and 1980s included Queen, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, AC/DC, and Van Halen.From the late 1960s the term "heavy metal" began to be used to describe some hard rock played with even more volume and intensity, first as an adjective and by the early 1970s as a noun.