at every Motörhead show i have been too live.
"good evening, or Hello (city name)' We are Motorhead,...and we play rock and roll"
its fast, loud, but it is rock and roll.
with a very few exceptions, %94 of bands listed here are NOT metal.
My records sound sometimes, better than the cds, The REAL "INCUBUS" serpent temptation, not the mainstream pop tripe band, who think they are metal, they are not, they are a pop/rock band.
serpent temptation has 2 versions, the original LP, and the remixed CD version,... with new singer I think, basslines, guitar, a reworked album.
the Steamhammer version of Sodom - Obsessed by cruelty is a completely different version that the cd release, a whole different animal.
Led Zeppelin, Cream, Uriah Heep, Mountain, Blue cheer, etc etc, are rock and roll bands. They may have a few faster parts, that is rock and roll.
I grew up at the perfect age, of the beginning of the NWOBHM music, and the birth of rock/metal/punk crossover music. The metalhead became faster listening to the punk bands, and same with the punk bands, who were influenced by many early metal bands.
arguably the very first NWOBHM band which was labeled as such is a personal fav of mine, Paul Samson, he broke the mold by which many other bands followed, including Venom, Budgie, raven, tank, jaguar, saxon (even the now pop band def leppard) white spirit, witchfynde, and a slew of other originators of metal.
the early punk GBH, ramones, Sex pistols, bad brains, discharge, dead boys, pretty much, punk, metal, etc, all borrowed from one another for a sound they were looking for, first 2 maiden records were heavily punk influenced by Paul DI'Anno, also were originators of their own sound, many welcomed the metal guitar to their sound, suicidal tendencies, minor threat, the Exploited!!!! etc etc etc........
many of these post 2000 and newer "thrash bands" while i love them keeping the scene alive, thrash was a product of the 80's metal with many punk influences thrown in to be faster, and vice versa with many punk bands.
I grew up with my Dad and Moms records, Hank williams, rolling stones, thin lizzy, waylon Jennings, captain and tenile, (yeah i know)
john denver, the beatles, zeppelin, mahavishnu orchestra, chicago, and a bunch of "rock" bands.
They influenced many heavier bands, but they are still rock bands.
sure, i may get a ripping, but I've grown up during the beginning of NWOBHM, the birth of thrash, hardcore, death metal (THANK YOU TAMPA!!) and have attended probably 1000+ concerts since the VERY early 80's.
the death of metal from the seattle morons (The Melvins the exception)
which did a hard damage to metal, (at the time was mostly the hairspray bands, who were in it for the women, booze,.. and did i say women?)
took a while, but the seattle fad lasted far too long! eventually went the way of the dodo (thank satan) sure, there were many talented bands, but the damage they did to the Metal scene/fans is undeniable. Pantera was there to help carry what was left of the flag, BUT, pantera are much more known (in the metal community) as a 2nd rate copy band of the mighty "EXHORDER" even though Anselmo denies it, just give a listen. While Pantera did help carry the torch through a seattle grungy fad, they (the metal fans know) of the first 4 Pantera albums.
The first four Pantera albums , i think the first was sung by Terry glaze, but was fired. then Terry Lee the next 2,... i think.
anselmo took over for T Lee on the Power metal album.
all the early pantera stuff is good, if your a fan, and have not heard the albums, check em out.
im tired, I may chime in tomorrow, or after a few more modelos'
don't want to argue, but many of the posts in here are NOT metal bands. mainstream pop bands who are touted as metal by the media, or the bands themselves to try to gain the diehard fans,....one listen, and after the first 20-40 seconds, we know who they are.
the past 20+ years, there has been this "genre" category,
hard metal, symphonic metal, folk metal, and god knows, 30 more genres in the past 15 years.
Its cool, but some of the stuff, and the chug, chug, rap/pop/ stuff makes me throw up in my mouth.
anyway, rip me if you ant, im throwing my experience in here, as a diehard metal fan since a very early age.
some first 8 tracks/albums were
kiss, def leppard, billy joel, styx, ac/dc, motorhead, and many more.
I remember as a youngiin, taking my parents to a local shop here once called "the music joynt" music up front and the smoking paraphernalia in back.
anyway, I wanted the copy of ac/dc high voltage and Judas priests Sin after sin, parents asked the salesman "is this considered "acid rock?" he said kind of,.....so needless to say, i had to cut many lawns to buy those myself. worth the wait.
stay heavy my sister/brother metalhead!
p.s. i have a massive box of ticket stubs dating back to 1981, earlier ones i didn't think of saving, as my cousin had to take me to shows, as at the time i wasn't old enough to drive yet.
many are signed, most were soaking wet from the crowd, but i have a nice Jeff hanneman, and probably 300+ other signatures from shows over the years.
stay calm & listen to metal!
