[bomp] From Steppenwolf to the Ramones/Sex Pistols

[ItsBoss9@xxxxxxx]

 were taking garage 
rock at that time to another level.  They did not call it garage rock at the 
time, but many famous and obscure bands that were sounding like Iron 
Butterfly, 
Blue Cheer, and Steppanwolf came from that tradition. 

Here's the thing; the first time I heard Black Sabbath's PARANOID album, 
especially "War Pigs," I liked it, and I should say, I still do.  This alubm, by 
all means, is considered the beginning of Heavy Metal by all those into it, 
that, and Led Zeppelin II.  I've seen articles they've done on their own history. 
 They consider Steppenwolf the "inventors" of the term, in a musical sense, 
that's where the term entered the "Rock" lexicon, althought when Steppenwolf 
sang it, they were talking about the hummm of a motorcycle engine.  The term 
just got applied to music... and Heavy Metal people don't consider Steppenwolf 
"Heavy Metal" in these "histories" I've read.  So, I'm not speaking about how I 
feel about this here, I'm commenting on how "they" percieve it.

That said, the reason I liked PARANOID is becaue the fuzztone sounded so cool 
to my ears, and I liked the lyrics of "War Pigs" especially.  It's a real 
cool buzzy guitar sound on that album.  I thought/think the drummer sucks.  I 
liked no other Black Sabbath album, just that one.  To me, Black Sabbath was a 
one hit wonder, one fluke good LP, and that was it.  I tried other things by 
them and hated it all, especially SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, I even tried that in 
'74 or whatever.  COULD -- NOT -- DEAL, I just thought it sucked.  So, that 
said, as much as I hate Metal all over the place, you have to understand that at 
one time, I tried, becasue I actually liked PARANOID and LED ZEPPELIN II in 
1970, I had both of those albums the year they came out.  But the follow-up just 
started to stink real bad.  For that kind of Rock sound, I would veer toward 
the Who and David Bowie, which we all know, people who listened to those two 
groups would make the easy transition into Punk.  The Zeppelin/Black Sabbath 
fans, instead, lived in denial of the new sound when it hit in the mid-to-late 
'70s, they were the ones who hated Punk.

Domenic Priore

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