Poll: Led Zeppelin vs. Rush?

[Killing Floor]

If you like Rush you at least have to acknowledge the band that influenced Rush.

I happen to like both.

 

[BadSanta1281]

 

[MidnightRunner]

The question is woefully incomplete without Deep Purple in it.

At least the half of Deep Purple album "In Rock" could be considered heavy metal for its time. But it's their only album I would associate with heavy metal.
I would argue that Iron Maiden was influenced much more by "In Rock" than any Black Sabbath album (esp. the song "Hard Lovin Man).

 

[Smooth_bass88]

That’s like asking if I like pizza more than chicken parmigiana

 

[Dust2Dust]

I didn't appreciate Rush until recently. So, Led Zeppelin has a 40 year head start. But I fundamentally reject the premise - Rush vs Led Zeppelin is like steak versus lobster. The world is better with both of them in it.

Same here regarding everything in that post

 

[MidnightRunner]

Zeppelin, because I never got any girl action listening to Rush but plenty with zeppelin on the turntable

That's kinda shame.

 

[Slough Feg Bass]

to me and my friends, when we discuss such matters about metal, it always comes down to Fireball by Deep Purple. The double kick on Fireball is pretty much the first speed metal song ever.

 

[MidnightRunner]

And we're done here.

/thread

LMAO.

 

[micguy]

At least the half of Deep Purple album "In Rock" could be considered heavy metal for its time. But it's their only album I would associate with heavy metal.
I would argue that Iron Maiden was influenced much more by "In Rock" than any Black Sabbath album (esp. the song "Hard Lovin Man).

Heavy Metal as a term has changed over the years - loud distorted guitars was the original definition. Later on, kids said you had to have scooped mids and djentish playing, but that wasn't associated with the term for the first decades of Heavy Metal's existence.

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Ahhh, to be a teenager again. I used to love these totally pointless debates. Ours was typically "who started metal, Zep or Sabbath?"

Anyways, the answer to today's question is Led Zeppelin. You ever seen the chicks at a Rush show? If they're present, they're with their man.

For those like myself who weren't around back then, there's one very pressing question...




How many times did you guys dunk the KISS fan's head in the toilet after the Zep vs. Rush debate?

 

[6-3-2]

Hard choice, because I respect both bands, but neither are a huge influence on me. Prog and blues rock, just aren't my thing. I went with Rush tho, because they're closer to the music I usually listen to, New Wave, and I love Geddy's tone.

 

[Michedelic]

At least the half of Deep Purple album "In Rock" could be considered heavy metal for its time. But it's their only album I would associate with heavy metal.
I would argue that Iron Maiden was influenced much more by "In Rock" than any Black Sabbath album (esp. the song "Hard Lovin Man).

That aside, you could go back further in general…

 

[Bassnkeys]

Rush.

And I don't even listen to Rush. That is how bad zeppelin is.

Forbes Magazine 2018 agrees with how ‘bad’ Led Zep was: “The British rock band is one of the bestselling acts of all time, with its sales put as many as 300 million “record units.” (That number is especially remarkable when it has shunned singles in favor of albums, which produce more revenue.)”

 

[BadSanta1281]

How many times did you guys dunk the KISS fan's head in the toilet after the Zep vs. Rush debate?

We mostly just ignored the KISS fans.

 

[Michedelic]

Zeppelin, because I never got any girl action listening to Rush but plenty with zeppelin on the turntable

That's kinda shame.

As Willie Dixon wrote, “the men don’t know, but the little girls understand”.

 

[mdogs]

This is a ridiculous thread and as far as I am concerned, it should be shut down as trolling.

 

[Pauly 4001]

I will listen to Led Zep.

 

[micguy]

If you like Rush you at least have to acknowledge the band that influenced Rush.

Rash was definitely ahead of its time. OK, I'm not certain they ever did, or ever will actually have a time, but if they ever do, they were ahead of it.

 

[Juststanley]

Pffftt...

 

[Bass Jones]

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16-year-old me in 1982: Laughs at this line in the theater. Goes home later and listens to side 1 of Led Zep IV to see if there's anything to it...