2006-06-09 11:08:14 · 17 answers · asked by HERNANDO THE TRAIN BANDIT 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
My credit goes to sabbath
2006-06-09 14:17:25 · update #1
The fathers of metal, without which metal wouldn't exist, are Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, although the first REAL metal band was Iron Maiden, in my opinion.
WE could go into the discussion about 70s glam rock here, there were a couple of bands with pretty heavy songs.. but both them and early 80s hard rock bands had soft albums. The first band who kept their entire discography heavy were Maiden.
2006-06-09 11:20:43 · answer #1 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Many people would say Led Zeppelin, which is my fave. Their name came from a joke between Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and Who drummer, Keith Moon about a demo they recorded of projected material, before Page formed the his new band. The joke referred to the music going over "like a brass balloon" and later brass balloon evolved to Lead, the Led Zeppelin. Notice the existence of a metal in the name. Others would say Black Sabbath. Ten Years After was heavy at about the same time, only less influential on later bands.Before Zep and Sabbath ,Deep Purple was already playing heavy, as were Iron Butterfly( notice the existence of a metal in the name), Cream, and Jimi Hendrix. BUT in 1967 Steppenwolf, an American band, released their classic Born to be Wild about motorcycle riders. They had an extremely heavy sound, especially for the time and were blues influenced as are/were all true heavy metal bands. The second verse of Born to be Wild begins thusly: "I like smoke and lightning; heavy metal thunder." This is the first time that the term "heavy metal" is used in rock music. Therefore I award the title "first (heavy) metal band to Steppenwolf!
2006-06-09 13:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Led Zeppelin
2006-06-09 11:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by Sherlock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Sabbath
2006-06-13 08:48:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Sabbath...some say Zeppelin but I've heard them both and Sabbath was heavier in my opinion!!
2006-06-09 12:47:00 · answer #5 · answered by Damned fan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the band that FIRST played it HEAVY must be CREAM:
Ginger Baker-drums / Jack Bruce-Bass and Lead Vocals/
the legendary Eric Clapton-Guitar and vocals: July,1 9 6 6 -
November, 1 9 6 8 !
2006-06-09 11:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Scandalous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steppenwolf
They are the first band to use & record the term heavy metal too.
2006-06-09 11:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by young_oc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Sabbath.
2006-06-09 11:31:50 · answer #8 · answered by oluciano1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steppenwolf
2006-06-09 11:22:20 · answer #9 · answered by rjb2k6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Sabbath
Greatest Metal Band --- Metallica!!!!
2006-06-09 11:12:03 · answer #10 · answered by trucker3977 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋