The FOG Factor - Series 4 - Live Show

[Declan A Walsh]

Ah okay, I'm just gonna nod and smile and pretend to know exactly what that is... 

The examples help, but the description sounds like vague buzzwords that don't really mean anything to me... I would still struggle to know what that is as a genre exactly and how it really differs from Rock in general... Is it essentially just late '70s and '80s Rock? Is there modern AOR bands? Would the likes of Muse be considered AOR for example? And it No, why not (because Muse are a rock band who album orientated, melodoic, and play Arenas)

Yes there are modern aor bands but they follow the same kind of sound they 70s, 80s aor bands did.  Muse imo would more prog, alternative rock where it is more experimental, doesb't really follow a defined structure in there songs. Aor is more structured, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge..etc and has a friendly sound with keyboards and guitars and vocal heavy

@Declan A Walsh would probably be the man to explain it better.

AOR also stands for Adult-Oriented Rock. It is essentially radio-friendly mainstream rock with high production values. A lot of American acts of the 1970s and 1980s fall into that style. It doesn't have to be album oriented but can be. Some of it also overlaps with classic rock. Adult-Oriented Rock is also known as Soft Rock.