Heavy Metal

[CRBSMILE]

Digney, Thanks for the Dick Dale link. I have no opinion in this discussion, but man! I have always loved Dick Dale; and that old footage was really great to see. :)CRB

 

[jordan]

everyone knows that to be a music aficionado, you have to mention someone that no one else has heard of and say that that person started whatever trend is up for discussion.

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

I didn't know that. Who hadn't you heard of?

I picked up a program off the floor of the bus from the freebie VSO outdoor concert this last evening. Haven't heard of Massenet or Lalo (Massenet is a bit familiar though) so what trend should I say they started? And should I provide a link?

The program says they opened with Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries and ended with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. But all that's too easy. They invented outdoor freebie symphony concerts.

 

[Mark73]

Digney, the pre-violent-dancing-pogo made me smile.
It looks so neat. Thank you.

 

[Black Swan]

I just watched a doc titled " Metal: A Headbanger's journey", by a Canadian named Samuel Dunn.

He travelled to Norway, Germany, attends concerts and interviews members of several metal bands. He had been a metal lover since the age 12, and now as an anthropologist he is looking at why metal became so important in the 80's and who was the very first band.
Who and what and where.

You can watch it on you tube
http://video.google.com/videosearch...sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4#

 

[Mark73]

:) Today I found the time to watch all eleven parts of this doc on utube and it was cool. Thank you, Black Swan.

 

[Rob.]

I love that Doc. I've seen it twice. I especially like the section on Norwegian Black Metal. Those guys are CRAZY.

 

[beerbelly666]

anyone like scott wino weinrichs bands like saint vitus, spirit caravan and hidden hand? he's done some great songs.

 

[Mark73]

Well, I only know St. Vitus and they're a good doom band, but I'm more into the slow stuff by the Melvins, Acid King and very early Paradise Lost.

 

[bogthing]

No one has mentioned the awful "G.G. Allin", not sure where he would fit in this spat...surely not an original, but if we can utter the names of Halford and Zeppelin, then why the hell not?

(ducks head to avoid flying object)