Is Deep Purple considered heavy metal? If so Lazy’ on Machine Head is my nominee. Agreeing with the poster above that Deep Purple might have given the genre a kick start.
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@kingbr - I've always loved the wordless singalong part of that song; they used to get the roadies up there to sing on that part, too.... |
@baconboy I would classify deep purple as mostly hard rock... I think it is a combination of 70's Sabbath/Iommi style of riffs and Ian Gillan's vocal style (Example Track: Child In time) that paved the way for a lot of modern metal. I wouldn't classify Ozzy Osbourne as too much of a metal vocalist. In fact, here's an example of a track from Sabbath's 'Born Again" album, where Gillan was the vocalist....call it Purple Sabbath maybe....
Black Sabbath - Disturbing The Priest (Don't be the soundguy that played this on the church PA and disturbed the congregation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OXLRuu8YQY
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Knebworth, in England, in 1985 included UFO, Meatloaf, Scorpions with headliner, Deep Purple. All hard rock bands, with exception of Meatloaf. Deep Purple had 2 sets of tower speakers (array) off stage - in the crowd- and during certain songs moved the music to and fro in a quadrophonic type of setup. Never heard or saw such an arrangement before or since. Perfect Strangers. |
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