The Heavy Bands Before the 'Big Four' (w/Martin Popoff)
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Published 2022-10-28
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All Comments (21)
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Love the channel and all you do but your chats with Martin always my favourite! Could listen to you two talking about music all day and this was a really fun and great topic!
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This was the era in which I had just graduated middle school and was "discovering" music. Someone about 5 years older then myself (who later did a tour in Vietnam, and lived to tell the stories) turned me on to the Easy Rider soundtrack, along with Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf, among others. My innocence started turning into rebellious fervor. In my eyes, this was one of the best videos you have done. As good as heavy metal had developed, I go back to this time continuously.
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Great topic guys!! Being 14 in 1970, you guys named the bands that we thought where the heavy duty bands of the day. Great pics!!
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Amazing discussion from Pardo and Poppof. Another one. Each week It got better. Just great and mandatory for every heavy music lover.
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Nice episode. Thx. Martin / PETE đź‘Ťđź’Ż
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It`s a kind of subjective thing, but for me, Iron Butterfly with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is the essence of what heavy metal would become. That iconic, heavy signature riff, the menacing vocals, the screaming guitar and drum solo are all pure metal in an early form. It`s 17 minutes of music I never get tired of. Have to pick up Martin`s book.
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Just bought Martin’s book for my Kindle! Can’t wait to dig in! ❤
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Great conversation as always.
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Population II by Randy Holden is a hidden gem. Getting good psych, spacy, even a cream vibe too. A must listen.
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I wish this was a podcast so I had more time to listen to all Pete and Martin's conversations.
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2 Big influencers to what would become heavy metal guitar are Link Wray & Dick Dale. Link for distortion and Dick for tremolo picking. Rumble and Miserlou. Honorable mention to The Astronauts' track Baja. The surf bands should not be forgotten when talking about this topic.
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This was brilliant I loved all the picks from Pete and Martin
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A great conversation, I love this theme because you can find influences all over the place. Even in The Beatles in songs like Helter Skelter. A real interresting topic and your knowledge is just amazing. Love your shows.
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I love that The Kinks are getting their due. Always thought they were far underrated for what they contributed.
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Great discussion. Thanks
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I think you can even go back as far as Gustav Holst Mars The Bringer of War of 1918. You can hear so much of the classic later chugging heavy metal rhythm in that song.
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Another great topic! Some other early heavy songs are: Revolution and Helter Skelter by the Beatles and 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson!
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Thanks for this great video both. Have a lot of the albums you talked about but have to say above and beyond the well known tracks, and having known about them for decades, I haven’t listened to much Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly or Grand Funk Railroad. Soon about to rectify that by checking out the albums you mentioned!
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5. The Kinks 4. Cream 3. Grand Funk Railroad 2. Jimi Hendrix Experience 1. The Who
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Good to see The Stooges and Cream mentioned here. Such great bands!
