A world without Metallica

[Söulcaster]

Budgie, the unsung fathers of metal....





Metallica were most certainly innovators, Pantera took it further again. Everyone was rippin' them off in the 90's.

 

[tubes]

Budgie, the unsung fathers of metal....





Metallica were most certainly innovators, Pantera took it further again. Everyone was rippin' them off in the 90's.

Now there's a band that had not crossed my mind for years.

What was the beginning of metal? For me, it was Uriah Heap.
Are the real roots of metal British or American?
Are Budgie metal or proto-metal?

 

[SonVolt]

Depends on how far we want to take "roots" back.

 

[tubes]

Depends on how far we want to take "roots" back.

Of course it does.
Are scientists still undecided about the precise definitions of the stages of The Development of Metal?
Stupid scientists.

 

[SonVolt]

Distinctly American -
Country & Western
Jazz
Blues
Funk
Hip Hop
Rock 'n Roll

Distinctly British -
Black Sabbath

My vote is British.

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

yep...

around here, those type of bands were a dime-a-dozen. One garage on every block had one... (in LA)

They were just like any other of the thousands of garage speed metal bands of the day...

but... they made it, & good for them

I personally think the black album is their best & their peak. Everything after that seems like they were trying to rehash black. Unloaded, reLoaded, were all just the same song to me... Unforgiven, Unforgiven 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc....

They have some decent stuff... but...

Was their influence positive, or negative?

What happened to the metal that they influenced?

seems like metal has sucked in the direction that it took. Was it because of their influence? or was it in revolt to them?

or... did society just get too pussified to do metal?

I clearly remember those days , every band in the land was trying to play faster than the other , and you didn’t have to go far to hear one.

 

[Kinkless Tetrode]

Enter Sand Man...other than that, really nothing else (of theirs) matters. IMO.

I heard a devastating Enter Sand Man on the radio while driving a few weeks ago. Can't find it on you tube.