Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site smu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!smu!mike From: mike@smu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Re: heavy metal? Message-ID: <15400029@smu.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 18:03:00 EST Article-I.D.: smu.15400029 Posted: Sat Dec 15 18:03:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 04:12:36 EST References: <583@pyuxc.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:pyuxc:-58300:smu:15400029:000:673 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. -----------| | \| 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 | / \ |\ | \ Mike McNally | \ mike@csevax.smu ===============