What was harder than Helter Skelter at the time?

Linas · #1 11-23-2009, 06:51 PM

What bands or songs were harder than Helter Skelter at the time the white album was released?

jerry · #2 11-23-2009, 07:02 PM

MC5 and Blue Cheer were a couple of them.

HailCorduroy · #3 11-24-2009, 07:46 AM

Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf

JimB52 · #4 11-24-2009, 07:18 PM

Iggy and the Stooges.
Led Zeppelin.
Cream.
Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Number27 · #5 11-24-2009, 10:53 PM

what do you mean by hard?

One Drop · #6 11-25-2009, 12:23 PM

I would add the Velvet Underground, and The Who (live at least for the latter).

As a recording it's as brutal and powerful (and well hard) as anything recorded since, IMO.
Something about the recorded clarity of the searing guitar lead and the screamed vocals just kicks it into Hades territory.