Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 6/4/83; site PSUVM.BITNET Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!psuvax1!psuvm!d3u From: D3U@PSUVM.BITNET Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Heavy Metal Message-ID: <1354D3U@PSUVM> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 00:05:56 EST Article-I.D.: PSUVM.1354D3U Posted: Wed Dec 19 00:05:56 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 03:50:22 EST Lines: 15 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.