The most revolutionary aspect of Metal Box was it's complete lack of rock and roll influences. Metal Box was the foundation of the post-rock movement in popular music.
On Metal Box you hear an exotic fusion of dub reggae, avant garde classical music, electronic music, middle eastern music and experimental music but there isn't a trace of conventional rock and roll as played by the Sex Pistols in 1977. John Lydon really meant what Johnny Rotten said when he declared rock and roll dead with the dissolution of the Sex Pistols. Metal Box was a blueprint for the future of popular music.
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There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff.
Townes Van Zandt
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