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From: mike@smu.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Re: heavy metal?
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Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 18:03:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 15 18:03:00 1984
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Nf-From: smu!mike    Dec 15 17:03:00 1984

Although I'm not sure when the term "heavy metal" was first applied to
music, but I know that the term was used by William S. Burroughs as
early as 1962 in "The Ticket That Exploded".

Check out his book "Naked Lunch" and find out what "Steely Dan"
means.

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    |         \|    My concience is clear, and my spirits are calm
    |          |    And this I go off without prayer book or psalm;
    |          O    Then follow the practice of clever Tom Clinch,
    |         ||\   Who hung like a hero, and never would flinch
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    | \             Mike McNally
    |  \            mike@csevax.smu
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