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Original message:132 days 12 hours 17 minutes ago
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Member: Josh
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Which band/bands do u think should be credited with the birth of metal?
Reply:132 days 12 hours 12 minutes ago
Member: bachmirage
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black sabbath(iommi pretty much set the standard for today's modern metal sound)
blue cheer
judas priest
deep purple
jimi hendrix
cream
the who
zeppelin
KISS
alice cooper
the scorpions

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Reply:132 days 12 hours 7 minutes ago
Member: evol666
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Black Sabbath for sure.

You also have to look at the rock bands that helped pave the way - Cream, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, ect.
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Reply:132 days 12 hours 6 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30
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No Iron Butterfly?
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 26 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila
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There ya go. That would have been my pick. SInce you took it, I'll add the only other one I can think of from that same era... Deep Purple, (already mentioned,) though they were FAR from metal on their first album, Shades of Deep Purple.
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 28 minutes ago
Member: Hippieway
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The Seeds
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 25 minutes ago
Member: Hippieway
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Just kidding. Black Sabbath is the band that opened up the metal era there were a lot of bands that formed the foundation that Sabbath stood on but they were the first to put it all together
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 14 minutes ago
Member: pickabass
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Bo Diddley- one of the first, if not the first person to frequently use distortion
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 9 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila
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Distortion was "invented" by John Lennon. He chained a few preamps together in the studio, overdriving each to the next and distortion was born. (The studio engineers were going nuts because he was using their gear in a way it was not intended to be used.) The simple addition of distortion to guitar does not just automatically make the music "metal."

But then what would metal be without distortion? So, if that's a requirement, then you'll need to look to John Lennon as the guy who actually "started" it.
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Reply:119 days 10 hours 4 minutes ago
Member: sallan
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Actually, the first distortion amps were ripped speaker cones, and knocked out vaccum tubes. I've heard this attributed to a number of folks including Ike Turner, Paul Burlison, Dave Davies, Link Wray & Charlie Christian ( in terms of true overdirve). Ron Benson took this idea and had adjustable tubes in his Benson amps that could produce some sweet distortion. We're talking 1944-1956, with 56 being the latest (in terms of recorded evidence.)

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Reply:132 days 11 hours 13 minutes ago
Member: Trey
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Well the first bands to really scream were death and some other band thats that and the other stuff like Jimi Hendrix and Led Zepplin were like all together metal giving the main example I think...
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 10 minutes ago
Member: bachmirage
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well death was an 80's hardcore metal band.....and the "birth" of metal came waaaaaay before them....
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 6 minutes ago
Member: Hippieway
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There were a lot of bands that were heavy before metal
The Kinks
MC5
Blue Cheer
Frost
Alice Cooper
Who
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Reply:132 days 11 hours 2 minutes ago
Member: Danno
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Yeah, I have to say the Who to some extent but I'd say Black Sabbath is the mian key to introducing the world to metal
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Reply:132 days 8 hours 3 minutes ago
Member: Josh
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Yea Black Sabbath is definitely the main band for three reasons:1. Tony Iommi was probably the first person to figure out that you could tune down and get a heaver sound.2. He also used the "devil's note" and played faster than the norm for his era.3. Ozzy wrote lyrics about satan and heaven and hell which was very controversial at the time
Reply:119 days 9 hours 49 minutes ago
Member: sallan
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The "Devils note" is just a tritone. That goes WAY back to gregorian chant....

But Metal as a genre has less to do with speed as such, and a lot more to do with the anger, and subject matter as you suggest....
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Reply:119 days 6 hours 55 minutes ago
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Reply:132 days 4 hours ago
Member: Craig Robinson
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