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Heavy Metal |
1) Dictionary definitions: -large guns or balls of a large size, military -a person of “heavy metal” is a person of influence orpower 2) Term coined in hard rock bands that were even moreaggressive/assertive 3) 1970s: heavy metal takes off as a genre of it’s own 4) Born to BeWild lyric: “heavy metal thunder” 5) Magazine Creempicks up term “heavy metal” as a genre |
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Heavy Metal VS. Hard Rock |
HardRock: 1) loud 2) somedistortion (especially with guitar) 3) somesolos 3) someacoustic “power ballad” Metal: 1) louder 2) much more distortion 3) longer instrumental solos 4) usually electric |
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Metal Elements |
1) Power chord: -interval of 4th/5th that is heavily amplified -results in overtones 2) Distortion, overall high volume -across instruments --> power 3) Guitar solo 4) Modality a) mode: medieval music theory b) focuses on diff’t notes of the scale c) begin any scale using only white keys on anywhite note |
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First Generation Metal |
Emphasis on a) Riffs (all the way back from Honky Tonk) and b) Distortion Bands: 1)Cream "Sunshine ofYour Love" -riff starts high and ends low -distortion -hypnotic 2) BlackSabbath -lead singer Ozzy Osborne -medieval imagery --> sparked interest in cults -Satan worship -Paranoidfeatures dark, depressed lyrics and heavy riffs |
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Led Zeppelin |
- 1968-83 - Jimmy Page on guitar - Robert Plant on vocals - 1970: magazine MelodyMaker voted them the #1 most important English band (1st time in 8 years that it wasn’t the Beatles) -started off by covering blues bands, songs like "I Can’t Quit You Baby" Style: -12 bar blues -Dazed and Confused -long, descending bass riffs -blues-based, shrill vocals, distortion, sexism |
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Muddy Waters, “You Need Love,” (1962) |
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Muddy Waters and Chicago Blues (review) |
• Organ • Lots of C + R between various instruments • Low-end emphasis • Sexual content • Unusual lengths of sections • Backbeat • Heavily African American Chicago Blues |
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Led Zeppelin, “Whole Lotta Love,” (1969) |
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Led Zeppelin, “Whole Lotta Love,” (1969) |
• Solos 1.Percussion: drum kit, bongos 2.Distorted guitar, theremin (experimental) 3. Vocals (Cadenza: improvised solo passage, virtuosic passage) • Extended solos • Disregard for limits --> 5:31 minutes long • Tempo changes • Feminization of singer (sexually look at and idolized) • Riffs: strong, especially in guitar and bass • Power chords • Shrill vocals |
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Second Generation Metal |
Van Halen • Eddie (guitar) and Alex (drums) Van Halen • Father was a musician that came over from Europe • Pressure on Eddie to practice --> some of hissolos sound violin-like • David Lee Roth becomes lead vocalist • Harmonics on gtr. (new techniques, ex. hit strings) |
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VanHalen (Runnin’ with the Devil) |
Style: • Less emphasis on riff • More radio-friendly: defined, uniform sections • Shrill voice • Modes • Rhythm, right on the edge, about to explode The guitar solo: • 2 guitar solos are very similar: conservative (next song on this album, Eruption is entirely a guitar solo) |
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Van Halen, “Running with the Devil,” (1978) |
