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Originally Posted by Briks
Yeah, but Urban seems to disagree.
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I don't think he disagrees on the dates, just the placement of Judas Priest within the NWO and whether or not they can be called such a band.
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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?
I'm not disagreeing.
I'm saying it's not as black & white as that.
There's just as much an argument for them being a part of it as there is for them not to be.
That's my point.
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Like I say.
It's a matter of history that the bands involved in, and who drove the NWOBHM all started coming to prominence, gigging, releasing EPs then albums around this time, 1979/1980, and as more and more bands got into it and a general shift in the undercurrent of metal/hard rock was detected, a shift away from blues based bands like Purple, Sabs and Zep and even Priest to a degree, with bands coming up who were younger, faster and harder, kind of a precursor to punk, the term got coined and is firmly rooted in this time. That's not an opinion, that's a fact.
The roots of the movement certainly go back further (Maiden were formed in 1975, Motorhead the same, Leppard in 77 and Praying Mantis in 1974). But none of them really came to any sort of prominence or were noticed until the very end of the 70s.