A Headbanger's Journey

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Re:A Headbanger's Journey 2010/10/30 19:42:00 (permalink)

Did Uriah Heep come before Black Sabbath?



Yeah I think so, but IMO not as groundbreaking. Personal footnote on UH; in their decline, I had the opportunity (~1977) to audition for them. I declined for reason I can't remember now.


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Re:A Headbanger's Journey 2010/10/30 20:04:03 (permalink)
Atomic Rooster - now you're digging into the obscure past. I didn't think anyone had ever even heard of them in this country. They were the original "who's in the band this week" ad hoc ensemble. Kindred spirits to Coliseum, who actually did it better and were equally obscure in America. Coliseum live was definitely "heavy".



I'm a Brit ex pat though, and managed to catch Rooster live around '71 when they promoted Death Walks Behind You. Coliseum were heavy but more jazz oriented. Couldn't quite get into them, although I have a couple of their cd's. I suppose that means I did "get into" them (a bit).
Now -  Van Der Graff Generator, there's heavy. Not metal certainly but their live cd Vital is far from light
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Re:A Headbanger's Journey 2010/10/30 23:30:35 (permalink)
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He drove that poor Leslie with a 100W Marshal head. Probably traveled with spare horn drivers. That beat-up M102 (not a C3 AFAIK) is still around despite its decades of abuse and has been passed down to JL's successors in the band. 

I remember reading about Jon Lord's rig many years ago. Googling I found a transcript of an interview published in Modern Keyboard magazine from 1989
http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/lord/jl19890100.html

There are a few transcription errors  "This modification enables me to bend harpsichord and loop sounds with organ sounds" should read "This modification enables me to blend harpsichord and lute sounds with organ sounds". there was no bending or loops on an RMI, but there was a "lute" stop.

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Re:A Headbanger's Journey 2010/10/31 14:06:44 (permalink)
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Now -  Van Der Graff Generator, there's heavy. Not metal certainly but their live cd Vital is far from light


Agreed - probably the most intense band I've heard. Love 'Still Life' and 'Godbluff' in particular.

 
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Re:A Headbanger's Journey 2010/11/01 01:23:16 (permalink)
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For me, it's Black Sabbath



Gotta agree Dave. That was the heaviest thing I've ever heard up to that point and as they say, there is nothing like the first one/time. IMO, nothing has broken the heavy barrier in the way they did. Yeah, there may be heavier bands today but not groundbreaking like BS.


Oh yeah, I mean 'for me'.

The thing is ... they weren't the only ones. One could easily smoke Uriah Heep in here, or Spooky Tooth, or Spontaneous Combustion (only one of their albums though), or even some more esoteric things like the Edgar Broughton Band, although they were more rock'n'roll folks than they were metal, but the only thing they lacked was a sound effect on the guitar to make it "metal" ... but it was quite raw and unabashed, an attitude that was quite well used at the time in London.

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Re:A Headbanger's Journey 2010/11/01 09:24:59 (permalink)
Metal was a huge part of my adolescence - and still is! The early/mid 80s metal scene (not hard rock like Ratt, Crue, etc) was awesome - bands that had little-to-no airplay or video play - you learned about bands through metal magazines and word of mouth. I bought tons of tapes based on the album artwork. There really was a bond in the metal community - an "us vs. them" feeling. For a lot of us misfits it gave us a feeling of belonging as much as it gave us an outlet for our anger.

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Re:A Headbanger's Journey 2010/11/01 10:55:34 (permalink)
There really was a bond in the metal community - an "us vs. them" feeling. For a lot of us misfits it gave us a feeling of belonging as much as it gave us an outlet for our anger.

And that is the central premise of the documentary. You'd enjoy it, Dave.


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