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Subject: Heavy Metal
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 00:05:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 00:05:56 1984
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I've been looking for references on the origin of the label "Heavy Metal", but
I can't seem to find any, although I remember reading some a couple years ago.
One reference I remember was to the Steppenwolf song "Born to be Wild". And we
all know the music has lots of heavy and metallic sounds. I have seen reference
s to the roots of the genre in recent publications, but no account of its name.
I think the term became popular in the mid Seventies, which was also when the
magazine Heavy Metal became popular. The music and the mag don't really have
much to do with each other, even though the movie used a lot of heavy metal in
the soundtrack and was animated versions of stories from the mag. On the other
hand, some groups, esp. Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep, use lots of images that
fans of the Heavy Metal mag or movie would enjoy. Hawkwind, Rush, Dio, are
others that often use science fiction, fantasy references. Some of the groups
that were new or gaining popularity at the time (mid 70's) were the Scorpions,
Rainbow, Judas Priest, UFO, Montrose, Pat Travers, Blue Oyster Cult, Kansas,
Styx, AC DC, Joe Marino and Mohagany Rush.