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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Who the actual fuck says that and can I punch them in the face?

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  • HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wow that escalated fast. Did you not detect sarcasm in my comment? I apologize.

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    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Deep Purple formed the same year Helter Skelter was released, I have a hard time believing it had anything to do with influencing early metal when there was way heavier shit landing at the time. Anyone claiming that has no grasp on metal.

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      • HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world ⁨33⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        There are al lot of music teachers on YouTube that claim this. I am not agreeing fully; just repeating. It is mentioned in the Heavy Metal encyclopedia. Also, they do mention that classical music had a great influence on Heavy metal and also mention in that book that the ‘founders’ of heavy metal could be Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart. Have you heard their symphonies on guitar? That’s definitely metal. As for the actual first metal band, it is up for debate. Rock blurs into metal. Deep Purple is rock, but I see the influence there to heavy metal too. Yes there were heavier songs before helter skelter, but people, all over have controversy about whether it was or wasn’t the building block for early metal bands to jump off of. If you listen to that song, you can tell there is like a hint of metal in it. But thanks for mentioning Deep Purple. I haven’t listened to them in ages and now I need to again. I need to open up the can of nostalgia.

        (BTW, Helter Skelter isn’t my opinion, it is a repeated claim that I agree with a little bit, experts do argue about this but it is commonly quotedas such).

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