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Originally Posted by Rock N' Roll Clown
There can never be an answer to who is responsible for a particular genre or who is the first one who did something. But as we accept Chuck Berry as the father of rock n roll, we could accept Jimi Hendrix as the father of metal. He did with his guitar 90% of the stuff that metal guitarists have ever done. I didn't say that a particular track was responsible, Jimi's performances are responsible.
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My journal is focusing on this area a bit at the moment, but you can pick any blues rock and psychedelic rock artist that played a bit on the heavy side and you'll have an answer. What's interesting though, a large percentage of the albums I've put up have a very large Jim Morrison and Doors influence, so the influences are far and wide on metal as we know it. For arguments sake, I'd still say the the debut Black Sabbath album was the first true metal album and I'm only basing that on the A-Side of the record.