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Old 10-09-2014, 03:15 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Briks View Post
Judas Priest came along in 1974, so they weren't exactly late to join the fun. And Zeppelin and Deep Purple are arguably metal. Welp, maybe the term was used differently back then.
It wasn't used differently, you're looking at it from a 2014 perspective.
Back in the 70s those were the heaviest rock bands around and the term heavy metal was used to identify these bands.
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