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Originally Posted by Briks
If the NWOBHM movement started in the early '70s, and included Judas Priest, then what was the first wave of British heavy metal? I hope I understood you correctly.
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The movement itself took off in 1979 but most of the leading bands started around 73-76, they didn't get signed because record labels were only interested in punk, but they were gigging around the UK for years before that.
They didn't come out of nowhere.