Who Invented Heavy Metal?

[ace00]

Interestingly, Sabbath did without doubt invent "Death Metal" although it didn't really exist until 20 years later I guess with Slayer, Megadeth.

I think Black Sabbath actually started as blues-rock until they saw the movie,
Black Sabbath and apparently decided to go full Gothic right there. So they invented Goth too.

[The Lone Gunman]

Gibson?

[DSW]

I think you can generally tell the state of Black Sabbaths minds from their album, or should I say what they were smoking as a lot of their stuff is fairly mellow.

I guess if you think about it from a slightly different angle you could probably get back to the doors.

What is impressive is how strong Metal still is - Iron Maiden are as strong as ever (new album this year I believe ), Metallic probably stronger than ever, ozzy is still just about going. Megadeth have reformed yet again. ah so far so good...

[ace00]

I think you can generally tell the state of Black Sabbaths minds from their album, or should I say what they were smoking as a lot of their stuff is fairly mellow.

I guess if you think about it from a slightly different angle you could probably get back to the doors.

What is impressive is how strong Metal still is - Iron Maiden are as strong as ever (new album this year I believe ), Metallic probably stronger than ever, ozzy is still just about going. Megadeth have reformed yet again. ah so far so good...

Maiden still going? I think "the kids" these days are quite into it - aren't AC/DC playing bigger gigs than ever?
Sabbath were completely off their heads for all their early career.
Check the vid here : http://www.fallingblade.com/
Ozzy is biblically off his nut - and it is awesome (War Pigs live 1970)

[MrMark]

Chuck Berry surely? Otherwise Hank Marvin...

[DaveB]

Maiden still going?

They are indeed, headlined Download two years ago IIRC.

Steve Harris's daughter is a real cracker too

[darmstadt]

Black Sabbath were originally called Earth and there is another band called that, one of the single note grunge merchants very much in the vein of The Melvins.

[DS23]

love with "7 and 7 is" in 1966

[Peoplesoft bloke]

This is an interesting discussion - but. Does it hack anyone else off how so many spods and spotters insist on precise definitions of genres of popular music? I'm thinking more of dance music than rock, and although some of the definitions are hilarious, there are some real saddos arguing about whether some track/band is one genre or another.

[BlackenedBiker]

Steppenwolf: Born to be wild: First coining of the phrase "Heavy Metal" is popular moosak.

True fact