Garrett Freeborn

I remember during summer camp a friend of mine gave me some Maiden to listen to...since then I'm a typical metalhead

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jackhammer

Iron Maiden-live After Death 1986

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right-track

Probably Black Sabbath or Judas Priest or Thin Lizzy if they count.
Oh and Rush.

right-track

Come to think of it, Paranoid seems to have been around forever.
Every time I hear that song, it amazes me how long it's been going and still doesn't sound out of place.

Lizzie

Black Sabbath. Only metal band I still really listen to besides Led Zeppelin

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Rainard Jalen

Metallica. But I never liked them much.

Only metal bands I listen to now are Opeth, Mastodon, and Agalloch. I like some releases here and there by other acts, though wouldn't say I like the bands.

NoiseNotMusic

sabbath

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Comus

Since when are Rush, Thin Lizzy and Zeppelin metal? O_o

First metal band I listened too would have been Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden.

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Rainard Jalen

I was just thinking about this before you posted it. I think the fact is that the meaning of "Metal" has simply taken an extreme turn since the late 80s. In modern terms, of course, those bands are simply hard-rock, but at the time, or so I'm led to believe, Heavy Metal could easily incorporate those kinds of acts. In fact, even Michael Bolton (!!) came under the banner of metal once upon a time.

It's more about how you conceptualize metal. A parallel can be drawn with contemp r&b: with only exposure to the modern hip-pop scene, you wouldn't hear a rhythm and blues song of the 60s or 70s and think to yourself "that's r&b" without some necessary explanation being given to you first. Same really goes for metal. Some kid brought up on Slipknot ain't gonna believe in a million years that Led Zep could be called metal.

Urban Hat€monger ?

My next door neighbour had an Ian Gillen Band single which he stuck on a tape for me. I think that was the first metal I ever heard.

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