Is Cream “Sunshine of Your Love” the first Heavy Metal Riff?
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BeatleMatt
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I wonder if “Tales Of Brave Ulysses”
was recorded first. Just kidding.
Electric blues. I still contend that so much of what some people need to call heavy metal is electric blues.
was recorded first. Just kidding.
Electric blues. I still contend that so much of what some people need to call heavy metal is electric blues.
recgord27
Walking down a dusty road
1964, The Kinks with You Really Got Me!
Nai Noswad
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Yeah, I'd go with recgord27 and the Kinks. Did we discuss the rumours about it being page on that?
Think it was nonsense anyway...
Think it was nonsense anyway...
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There were many interesting things in 67 and 68.....Are You Experienced came out before Disraeli Gears and imho Purple Haze is 'heavier' than Sunshine Of Ypour Love. The KInks track is cool because Dave Davies had a broken amp that gave it that raw sound but in the end the song is not that heavy.
Many in the heavy rock metal area think that Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer was possibly one of the first lps to haver that overamped thick sound and it was mostly blues tracks also. They did the first loud raucous version of Summertime Blues.
If this aint early heavy metal...not sure what is ......
Vincebus Eruptum and Outside Inside both came out in 1968 and imho are heavier than anything else at that time....only Cream and Hendrix are close....but they both were more polished so Blue Cheer sounds harder edged.
Many in the heavy rock metal area think that Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer was possibly one of the first lps to haver that overamped thick sound and it was mostly blues tracks also. They did the first loud raucous version of Summertime Blues.
If this aint early heavy metal...not sure what is ......
Vincebus Eruptum and Outside Inside both came out in 1968 and imho are heavier than anything else at that time....only Cream and Hendrix are close....but they both were more polished so Blue Cheer sounds harder edged.
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Nai Noswad
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Without being anal..... If we are talking heavy metal in that sense... to me it began with Steppenwolf 'Born To Be Wild'
Hydrazoic Acid
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I agree with the opinion above - it was The Kinks with "You Really Got Me".
Certainly a heavy hard rock contender....and that first lp is right in there for me with Hendrix, Cream,Blue Cheer. etc...but it came out a little bit after those.
The line that's often quoted from the song is 'heavy metal thunder'...but it actually referred to the motorcycles that the early gangs rode and not music per se.
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Great track....but more heavy rock psychedelia imho.
