Not sure if I consider the Who a Metal influencer band, but I could see how some do. By the way, the song A Quick One is very important not only for the Who but for Rock in general. Townsend has mentioned numerous times that there would be no Tommy if they didn't have a go with this one first. This was the first long form song that was actually made up of small components, the prog guys will go nuts with this song format in the '70s. Famously Mick was ticked off that the Who outperformed them while taping their Rock & Circus and would not allow the below video out until 40+ years later.HEAVY METAL FAMILY TREE
Well, I think I might explore this and take a dab of every metal sub genre just for the heck of it..... why not, what else do I have to do.
Lets define Heavy Metal or basically just Metal. Metal is actually a genre of Rock with influences from Blues, Psychedelic, and Acid Rock. Started in the late 60's but really got kicking in the good ole 70's especially with bands from the UK and the good ole USA. Metal is basically LOUD, distortion, angry vocals, and heavy drum beats. Basically.... Rock on roids.... Who were the first Metal bands??? Good question..... maybe not actually the first but Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are typically the ones mentioned. If you want to go back a wee bit more then you got Blue Cheer who arguably came out with the first metal song which was a cover of "Summer Time Blues", Steppenwolf, and Iron Butterfly.
Now the albums I will be choosing to play will be albums I've never heard before and I will start of with a very influential rock/hard rock band....
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The Who - A Quick One (1966)
My Ratings: 77.041
Rank: 473 (out of 2159)
Best Song: Boris the Spider [90.0]
Rock
I have no idea why I have not heard this album before.... but anyhow I have heard a bunch of Who albums and this one ranks #2.
Watch "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus", and you'll see a great live version of "A Quick One", the mini opera.HEAVY METAL FAMILY TREE
Well, I think I might explore this and take a dab of every metal sub genre just for the heck of it..... why not, what else do I have to do.
Lets define Heavy Metal or basically just Metal. Metal is actually a genre of Rock with influences from Blues, Psychedelic, and Acid Rock. Started in the late 60's but really got kicking in the good ole 70's especially with bands from the UK and the good ole USA. Metal is basically LOUD, distortion, angry vocals, and heavy drum beats. Basically.... Rock on roids.... Who were the first Metal bands??? Good question..... maybe not actually the first but Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are typically the ones mentioned. If you want to go back a wee bit more then you got Blue Cheer who arguably came out with the first metal song which was a cover of "Summer Time Blues", Steppenwolf, and Iron Butterfly.
Now the albums I will be choosing to play will be albums I've never heard before and I will start of with a very influential rock/hard rock band....
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The Who - A Quick One (1966)
My Ratings: 77.041
Rank: 473 (out of 2159)
Best Song: Boris the Spider [90.0]
Rock
I have no idea why I have not heard this album before.... but anyhow I have heard a bunch of Who albums and this one ranks #2.
Didn't see yours before I posted! Ditto.Not sure if I consider the Who a Metal influencer band, but I could see how some do. By the way, the song A Quick One is very important not only for the Who but for Rock in general. Townsend has mentioned numerous times that there would be no Tommy if they didn't have a go with this one first. This was the first long form song that was actually made up of small components, the prog guys will go nuts with this song format in the '70s. Famously Mick was ticked off that the Who outperformed them while taping their Rock & Circus and would not allow the below video out until 40+ years later.
The biggest debate is whether Led Zeppelin is metal or hard rock. While they have a lot of the components I tend to lean to the hard rock side as I believe Sabbath started off the genre with the dark lyrics/imagery they used and importantly the Iommi "devil" chord being the key developments.
Some other key tracks in my book for the roots of metal>
Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses: Great metal like lyrical images with a killer wah wah guitar and pounding drums playing over it.
The Beatles - Helter Skelter: Heavy song by the biggest group of the decade, Charles Manson probably took this tune to another level.
Deep Purple - Hush: Shows how the keys can be a metal instrument.
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams: A real heavy sounding song. Some say this predates Sabbath as the 1st Metal Act.
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog: Another Detroit act, I think it is more punk but the tune is heavy as can be.
This guy is considered the 2nd guitar God after Django Reinhardt and the father of the modern rock guitar sound>I agree with you on Led Zeppelin. I have always thought of them as hard rock but for some reason they always get mentioned by the experts as one of the first metal bands.....
Metal influences or Pre Metal these are some of the names/bands brought up:
Pre-History of Metal :
Niccolò Paganini; Richard Wagner; Gustav Holst; Howlin’ Wolf; Robert Johnson; Buddy Rich; Elvis Presley; Little Richard; The Beatles; The Kinks; The Who; Cream; Jimi Hendrix
Since I had already heard the early stuff from The Kinks, Cream, and all of the Beatles and Hendrix it really just left The Who's album I had not listened to yet as the one I used.....
I had always considered Sabbath as the first true metal band but I would not be against anyone stating Blue Cheer (though I really believe them to be more Hard Rock).
Because of this dive into the roots of metal I decided to try a couple new different genres a listen. One of interest was Euro Metal so I gave Rammstein a spin. Interesting stuff and the stage show from the live shows was fantastic but not sure I will keep it on any play list. One thing stood out is that this was a very "German" band. Not only did they sound like a metal version of a Wagner opus but they looked the part, something about German dudes and that authoritarian vibe.
Watched AXS the other evening and they had on a bio doc about Jimi Hendrix, when speaking about his influences on Rock music Bill Ward spoke about how Sabbath's primary influence was Jimi Hendrix. He even called out that War Pigs was basically a rip off of this>