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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic
since this is the metal thread, i have to ask
maiden or priest?
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I don't regularly listen to either, but it's probably
the metal question.
Judas Priest has more memorable anthems than Iron Maiden does. They were the first "proper" metal band & due to Rob Halford's penchant for S&M regalia, they invented the look of metal as well. And they came from Birmingham, just like Sabbath did.
As musicians, Iron Maiden do trump them, however, & it was really them that first really popularized heavy metal as a genre.
The 4-part vh-1 documentary series "Heavy: The Story of Metal" makes mention of these tidbits (& many more) & also names Black Sabbath as the godfathers. My own two cents is that Black Sabbath were the first really known band to have both a heavy sound
& a dark image, but The Who & Led Zeppelin were catalysts as well. Zeppelin are (naturally) named as an influence or counter-influence by many of the metal bands in the documentary, but The Who gets snubbed completely. There was not even one mention of them in any of the episodes.
The show asserts that Judas Priest were the first band to play "all metal, all the time" because the influence of blues rock can still be felt in Sabbath.
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Originally Posted by alyasa
Can't really choose really... It's like asking Sonic Youth or Radiohead...
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no contest whatsoever...Sonic Youth, of course.