Forum: Rock & Metal
10-17-2009, 01:38 PM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-17-2009, 01:37 PM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-15-2009, 05:11 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-15-2009, 05:02 AM
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Helter Skelter was on The Beatles (The White...
Helter Skelter was on The Beatles (The White Album), which was released in 1968.
It's got a good, heavy riff, but as for its metal credentials, I've never been convinced - why not "Sergeant...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-15-2009, 01:52 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-14-2009, 02:20 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-13-2009, 02:20 AM
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So let's leave the 1960's behind (except as a...
So let's leave the 1960's behind (except as a reference point) and check out some of the bands that made up the Heavy Metal scene in 1970.
Oh.
There wasn't one.
So we'll have to examine the...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-12-2009, 02:12 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-10-2009, 07:59 AM
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The characteristics fall into many areas and...
The characteristics fall into many areas and going down the elemental route is fraught with danger - or at least red herrings - as the Wikipedia article illustrates, albeit unintentionally.
I've...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-10-2009, 01:24 AM
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It's a bit like trying to find the origins of...
It's a bit like trying to find the origins of life or the universe - in all likelihood you'll never find "the thing" that started it all, but it's still interesting to explore.
In this case, it's...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-09-2009, 05:38 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-08-2009, 11:42 AM
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Familiar story - a band's first 3 albums being...
Familiar story - a band's first 3 albums being great, then everything else not so great because it's simplified and more radio friendly.
The real irony here is that the early NWoBHM bands of any...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-08-2009, 04:46 AM
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Indeed - there is no single root band, as this...
Indeed - there is no single root band, as this thread highlights. Especially when you take into consideration the plethora of different ways in which metal has "split" itself up.
It is interesting...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-08-2009, 02:28 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-07-2009, 04:13 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-06-2009, 03:21 AM
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So I'm going to backtrack a little :D
I just...
So I'm going to backtrack a little :D
I just can't resist the Prog/Metal links - this always annoys Prog Rock afficiandos, who think that the two are completely separate and never the twain shall...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-05-2009, 04:00 AM
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Glam Rock
As threatened, here's a quick...
Glam Rock
As threatened, here's a quick run-through of Glam, showing definite links and avoiding stupid vaguaries.
Tying Glam into Surf/Garage rock, The Who and psychedelia, here are The...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-02-2009, 05:03 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
10-01-2009, 10:06 AM
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**** Dale
I kept the ace up my sleeve for the surf music connection above - the missing link, if you will, and it's Dick Dale, who deserves a post all to himself, as the first Mad Axeman.
His lead seems to...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
09-30-2009, 02:21 AM
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Many histories I've read relate metal back to...
Many histories I've read relate metal back to surf and garage music - and I mentioned in an earlier post that I could hear a connection.
Here are some choice items, mostly from before 1964, to...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
09-28-2009, 03:33 AM
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Cool - I know very little about DH's history...
Cool - I know very little about DH's history except what I remember from the time (which amounts to a few articles in Sounds and Kerrang!, seeing them open the Monsters of Rock festival in 1983 -...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
09-26-2009, 01:28 PM
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This is a good thread to follow - and there's...
This is a good thread to follow - and there's stuff like this from the 1960s that's well worth digging into, like the Jason Crest song below, which is not Metal, obviously, but damned freaky - a kind...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
09-25-2009, 07:39 AM
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Forum: Rock & Metal
09-25-2009, 02:14 AM
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I'm not attempting to make any kind of...
I'm not attempting to make any kind of formulations, this is a purely exploratory exercise, as well as a good excuse to listen to great music, while thinking about where metal came from.
I...
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Forum: Rock & Metal
09-24-2009, 01:45 AM
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As a quick summary in bullet points, from the...
As a quick summary in bullet points, from the very beginning;
1. We've charted a little of the metal attitudes back to the beginning of Rock and Roll, and seen how metal music grew from this...
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