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From: chris@pyuxc.UUCP (R. Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: heavy metal?
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 14:25:48 EST
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Will you accept a guess?  The term is probably derived "somehow"
from Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild," specifically:

		I like smoke and lightning (or is it smokin' lightning?)
		Heavy metal thunder
		Racin' with the wind
		And the feelin' that I'm under

Just a guess, as I said, and it presumes that I've deciphered
the lyrics correctly.