“Saturday night and I just got paid…Gonna fool about ain't gonna save.
Some people gonna rock some people gonna roll…
Gonna have a party to save my soul.
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man…
They been causing trouble since it all began.
Take a little rice take a little beans…
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans.
I'm a speed king--you go to hear me sing;
I'm a speed king--you go to hear me sing;
I'm a speed king see me fly.”
--Deep Purple “Speed King” from In Rock, 1971.
--Deep Purple “Speed King” from In Rock, 1971.
So what is the first “metal” group?
I was rewatching Sam Dunn’s Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey the other day and I was trying to piece together the first groups and songs.
Blue Cheer’s Summertime Blues is too Psychedelic for me. I would also add that whenever I hear it, I think of The Who.
Steppenwolf’s Born to Be Wild is too “biker bar/Harley” for me. I think the term may have gotten a nod from the song, but this is like saying Muddy Waters was the first rock artist because he used the term rock and roll.
Dunn’s approach, as with many band members, was that Black Sabbath was the first; but I would argue that Deep Purple’s In Rock, Fireball, and Machine Head were actually the first Heavy Metal Albums by the first Heavy Metal band—even though they have a keyboard—sorry Jon Lord.
Deep Purple’s greatest album, In Rock, has the quintessential “Speed King;” truly the first sustained speed metal rocker that clashed through the speakers with speed and crunch. It also contains Blood Sucker and Child in Time. Both simply rock hard—with Child in Time being the first Metal Anthem. Flight of the Rat is not my personal favorite, but it follows the pattern and Into The Fire, Living Wreck, and Hard Lovin’ Man truly make this the first classic of the genre.
This is nothing to do with Black Sabbath and is not meant as an insult to Sabbath, but this is the sustainable album that churns and offers glimpses of speed dominance, power chords, a high pitched vocal, and heavy thudding rhythm sections against the backdrop of Ritchie Blackmore’s fantastic guitar solos.
In Rock is an album all rock fans and Heavy Metal fans can agree upon.
“Come taste the band” (a latter effort by Deep Purple) and enjoy the first TRUE Heavy Metal classic album: Deep Purple In Rock, 1971.
I was rewatching Sam Dunn’s Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey the other day and I was trying to piece together the first groups and songs.
Blue Cheer’s Summertime Blues is too Psychedelic for me. I would also add that whenever I hear it, I think of The Who.
Steppenwolf’s Born to Be Wild is too “biker bar/Harley” for me. I think the term may have gotten a nod from the song, but this is like saying Muddy Waters was the first rock artist because he used the term rock and roll.
Dunn’s approach, as with many band members, was that Black Sabbath was the first; but I would argue that Deep Purple’s In Rock, Fireball, and Machine Head were actually the first Heavy Metal Albums by the first Heavy Metal band—even though they have a keyboard—sorry Jon Lord.
Deep Purple’s greatest album, In Rock, has the quintessential “Speed King;” truly the first sustained speed metal rocker that clashed through the speakers with speed and crunch. It also contains Blood Sucker and Child in Time. Both simply rock hard—with Child in Time being the first Metal Anthem. Flight of the Rat is not my personal favorite, but it follows the pattern and Into The Fire, Living Wreck, and Hard Lovin’ Man truly make this the first classic of the genre.
This is nothing to do with Black Sabbath and is not meant as an insult to Sabbath, but this is the sustainable album that churns and offers glimpses of speed dominance, power chords, a high pitched vocal, and heavy thudding rhythm sections against the backdrop of Ritchie Blackmore’s fantastic guitar solos.
In Rock is an album all rock fans and Heavy Metal fans can agree upon.
“Come taste the band” (a latter effort by Deep Purple) and enjoy the first TRUE Heavy Metal classic album: Deep Purple In Rock, 1971.
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