spigotsaol.com Posted April 26, 2002 Posted April 26, 2002 I submit: 1. Iron Maiden 2. Hellenbach 3. Loudness and of course.... SAXON!!!! (Biff Biford RULED, dudes...) Sincerly, Spigots, (momentalily flashing back to 1982)
coyote Posted April 26, 2002 Posted April 26, 2002 Most influential heavy metal band? Probably Sabbath - two more generations of sonic sludge have happened because of them lol Most *important*? DEEP PURPLE. Purple showed that you could be heavy AND be talented.... Blackmore spawned two whole schools of rock guitar. He was EVH's biggest influence, and obviously Yngwie's. Van Halen set the tone for the party rock of the 80's while Malmsteen re-ignited the whole neoclassical/prog thing. Thirty years later, the riff you still hear kids plinking out in a music store is "Smoke on the Water". The speed-metal crowd owes far more to "Highway Star" than to any plodding Sabbath tune. Should I mention that Metallica, in playing with the symphony orchestra, followed a path originally cut by Purple? I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football.
surfjunkie Posted April 26, 2002 Posted April 26, 2002 there are many bands listed here about which you could say "without them there would be no heavy metal", but only a few fit in to today's definition of "heavy metal". i'd say Sabbath is #1. as far as Tap, i'm a big fan of their music. not theirs personally, but the whole genre. ;)
KHAN Posted April 27, 2002 Posted April 27, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by wager47: [b]as far as Tap, i'm a big fan of their music. not theirs personally, but the whole genre. ;) [/b][/quote]:thu: So Many Drummers. So Little Time...
Beatheavy Posted April 27, 2002 Posted April 27, 2002 BLACK SABBATH JUDAS PRIEST IRON MAIDEN MERCYFUL FATE SLAYER METALLICA ATOMIX! http://www.abc.net.au/common/logos/whtblkgrn.gif
Dave Pierce Posted April 28, 2002 Posted April 28, 2002 Heavy Metal was defined on Black Sabbath's Paranoid. It was redefined on Metallica's Master of Puppets. Lots of other bands have done great work within those definitions, but those *are* the definitions. --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/
D. Gauss Posted April 28, 2002 Posted April 28, 2002 it pretty much all starts with the Kinks now doesn't it? the early 60's riffs of "you really got me" and "all day all of the night" defined Big Dumb Rock for the generations to come... -d. gauss
demtation Posted April 29, 2002 Posted April 29, 2002 Sabbath may have defined the genre, but I was personally far more rivited by the direction King Crimson was going around '72-'74. Lark's Tongues', Red - stuff like that I felt was truly devastating. Not quite metal 'attitude', but the obvious knowledge of jazz and harmony made for some very angry music, not only buzzy guitars and power chords. Demtation
Beatheavy Posted April 29, 2002 Posted April 29, 2002 [img]http://www.truemetal.org/ironmaiden/gif/anim1.gif[/img] [b]MAIDEN!!!!!![/b] ATOMIX! http://www.abc.net.au/common/logos/whtblkgrn.gif
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