Quote Originally Posted by Dreadbelly View Post
Real metal died in the 80s. Nu-Metal came about in the 90s because studio execs wanted to appeal to the vacuum that the grunge movement left behind.
Metal never existed beyond its function as marketing gag. 1970s Metal? That was the crap at Gazzari's and a load of unhip teenies from the Valley...
What great "classic metal" bands do you suggest? Black Sabbath? A wannabe Jazz band that got enticed by money. Led Zeppelin? Same story.. with the genes of the Yardbirds and The Who. Deep Purple? I remember Jon Lord.. also a background in jazz and even at the height of Deep Purple an interest more in Modern Composition than in Pop which led in the late 1960s to some pop-classical fusion attempts.. Ritchie Blackmore? Rainbow--- named after also my then time haunt on the Strip.. Before even these bands went to the mystery graveyard, the hip $ound was glitter.. by this time with their lights browned out.. With the execs pumping money like there was no tomorrow to sell Bowie to a naive public.. and it worked.. Punk did not follow metal.. John Lyndon wanted to sound like the Ramones.. and their riffs follow the tracks to Iggy Pop and New York Dolls.. really glam and glitter in the gutter..
There was, of course, a whole scene of "metal" in the East Bloc.. I remember hanging out in camping grounds with intellectual "freaks" from all over Eastern Europe listing to forbidden music (recall Charter 77) and performance.. Their inspiration was not any of these bands but Zapa (early Zapa and Captain Beefheart) and Warhol (Velvet Underground).