Early Heavy Music

[Deleted member 397699]

And I see that you are a fan of the first "horror punk" band! Misfits were so awesome in their early years. Heavy!

I have always liked/hated Misfits. The early stuff was nice with Glenn's beautiful voice on top of crap and electric organ. But they can barely play punk rock - to this day. They were plenty aggro but as young men didn't quite have the balls to play heavy. But Static Age is still a killer record. I remember my dad's face and what he said when I brought home the album when I was in 6th grade. "You know this crap is garbage, right?" From that moment on I was sold on Misfits and lived under a bridge with my green hair, skateboard and black lipstick the next year.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

As far as I know, this is the heaviest, earliest stuff, that comes to mind. Fast forward to 5:00 min. mark, to witness the "madness".

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[Watchootognbout]

That's right!!You heard right!!
It's The Osmonds!!

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[Pauly 4001]

 

[FilterFunk]

That's right!!You heard right!!
It's The Osmonds!!

Heavy for them, that's for sure!

"A" for effort!

 

[MrAB4003]

Let’s space out…

Pre-Motorhead Lemmy (RIP)!

Hard to believe that he went from that to this in about 5 years:

 

[MrAB4003]

Don’t go changin’….

Burning hot take: That album is easily the best music that Billy Joel ever recorded!

 

[MrAB4003]

1966

The first ever use of death growls came from John Entwistle (RIP) on this song 19 years before Possessed released "Seven Churches".

 

[LordRyan]

This Small Faces song from 1966 was a big influence on some heavy music that came along a few years later.

 

[Deleted member 397699]

The first ever use of death growls came from John Entwistle (RIP) on this song 19 years before Possessed released "Seven Churches".

I was trying to remember the name of that song! Absolutely heavy weird tune!

 

[groovaholic]

I'll concur with those who've said that Beethoven really pioneered music with the sense of drama, size and menace that we associate with heavy styles today.

"Mars, Bringer of War" from Holst's The Planets Suite continues that trend (and ups the ante) IMO:


The heaviness really ramps up around 3:20 (and goes to another level at 4:30) IMO.

Like all heavy music, some folks loved it and some folks hated it; audiences of early performances (circa 1920) were shocked by the "violence and menace".

 

[MtManiac]

Sabbath defined heavy music for me.

Especially Master of Reality.

 

[Thumpin6string]

 

[benneburg]

That's right!!You heard right!!
It's The Osmonds!!

This tune rocks, completely forgot about it.

I'd like to add The Savage Rose - A Trial in Our Native Town (1968)

 

[dbsfgyd1]

The Move, 1970
Pretty much the definition of heavy music, IMO.

Good Band. I much prefer their version of Do Ya as opposed to the ELO version.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

I have always liked/hated Misfits. The early stuff was nice with Glenn's beautiful voice on top of crap and electric organ. But they can barely play punk rock - to this day. They were plenty aggro but as young men didn't quite have the balls to play heavy. But Static Age is still a killer record. I remember my dad's face and what he said when I brought home the album when I was in 6th grade. "You know this crap is garbage, right?" From that moment on I was sold on Misfits and lived under a bridge with my green hair, skateboard and black lipstick the next year.

Danzig's best band was Samhain, imo...for fast & heaviest. I was on the I Luciferi tour with them, got to rap with Howie Pyro some. Too bad corona virus grabbed him...sad.

 

[Freight Train]

Good Band. I much prefer their version of Do Ya as opposed to the ELO version.

Absolutely!

 

[MrB64]

You want early? OK!