Who Invented Heavy Metal?

**Fred Bloggs** · 15 July 2009, 10:50

Originally posted by ace00 View Post

Long running discussion point this.
IMO it's Black Sabbath. Remember we're talking METAL not ROCK.

Hawkwind?

**BrilloPad** · 15 July 2009, 10:50

Was it the nolans?

**NotAllThere** · 15 July 2009, 10:51

Led zep? Judas Priest? Deep Purple? Which was first?

I'm not sure any of them were. The genre kind of developed, rather than appearing full fledged.

**DimPrawn** · 15 July 2009, 10:52

Do you mean transuranic heavy elements?

Leó Szilárd

**NotAllThere** · 15 July 2009, 10:53

Most of those bands are English!

**ace00** · 15 July 2009, 10:53

Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post

Hawkwind?

Missed them on the poll - go for AndyW
But I think you would classify them as Psychedilia

with some heavy stuff, mostly from 1975 on.

**EternalOptimist** · 15 July 2009, 10:54

Dont know much about metal, but Johnny Cash is the only person ever to have two machines named after him

**ace00** · 15 July 2009, 10:55

Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

Most of those bands are English!

Most of these bands are from Birmingham or the surrounding area.
It really is a fascinating episode in musical history (to me anyway).

**snaw** · 15 July 2009, 10:56

Wasn't it the Osmonds?

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