Music Banter - View Single Post - Which decade has the best Metal, 70s or 80s?

Mojo · 10-04-2010, 02:03 PM

I think you can look back on certain 70's bands now and identify what they were doing as heavy metal but the way I have always thought of it is that there wasn't such a thing as heavy metal until the very late 70's or the turn of the decade. 80's for me wins hands down by sheer numbers alone.

10-04-2010, 02:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I think you can look back on certain 70's bands now and identify what they were doing as heavy metal but the way I have always thought of it is that there wasn't such a thing as heavy metal until the very late 70's or the turn of the decade. 80's for me wins hands down by sheer numbers alone. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust