HEAVY METAL CULTURE

Where, When, How……and Why?

MUSICAL ROOTS

CLASSICALWagner and the octobass

BLUESA melancholic sound from the oppressed

Deep South

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3 MAIN INGREDIENTS

Devil’s Note: the tritone – Bb(Portuguese translation: sí bemol) in the blues scale

Lyrics: rebellion and liberation or extreme violence?

Sound: massive loudness

KICKOFF

Which band was first labelled as Heavy Metal?Alice CooperBlack Sabbath Blue CheerDeep PurpleLed Zeppelin

TWO MAIN GENRES

Early Metal and Early PunkYear : mid 60’s to mid 70’s

Bands: Black Sabbath,Led Zeppelin The Ramones, Sex Pistols

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BRIEF HISTORY CLASS

Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) – a genre of rock music developed in the late 60’s and early 70’s, mainly in the U.S. and in the U.K.

The first Heavy Metal bands created a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, fast and complex beats, and a powerful sound.

EVOLUTION

As soon as Metal surfaced, the criticism started.The majority didn’t react well to the lyrics, the looks and the atittude . They where were considered disrespectful, rebelious, repulsive, horrible and even Dangerous.It was called “unsophisticated music for unsophisticated people”.

SOCIAL IMPACT

A new culture appears - The “Headbangers” (a.k.a. Metalheads)Who where were they?Why did this music ment mean so much to

them?How did they act?What did they look like?

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A CRUSADE AGAINST THE “DEVIL’S MUSIC”

P.M.R.C. (Parents Music Resource Center)

The Filthy Fifteen

Suicide and violent behaviour

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METAL NOWADAYS

The 21st century “Boom of genres” – New wave of American metal, Folk metal…

Difficulties that still persist

The non ending criticism

Done by

Rodrigo O., 12M (ESJR)