

Of course KISS would be one of the biggest bands to emerge from the 70's. Priestwere beginning to gain large audiences. Lizzy, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Uriah Heep, Nazareth, Angel, and Judas To influence a whole new school of metal fans. The leaders of the new heavy metal movement were being established and beginning Pop stars that would attract instant popularity, only to lose it all within These bands also began to gain dedicatedĪnd loyal followers, as opposed to most of the "here to today, gone tomorrow" Zeppelin fused heavy guitars with blues based rock 'n roll and began Like Cream, The Who, Steppenwolf, Hawkwind, Alice Cooper, and Led Of the most commercially successful forms of aggressive rock & roll. In the late 60's and early '70s, heavy metal began establishing itself as one

Lost most of the blues influences and leaving the powerful, loud, guitar riffs. The loud blues-rock and psychedelia of the late '60s. Note that this is not a complete history, it is only the history as I saw it Of the NY metal movement in the 80's, but I am getting ahead of myself. In NJ and living close to Philadelphia and New York City, I was in the heart I started listening to hard rock and whatīecame known as metal as early as 5 years old because of a neighbors who turned I wasīorn in Trenton, NJ in March of 1967. Short history of metal as well as tell you a little bit about myself. In this page I am going to attempt to give a It has been a large part of my lifeĪs far back as I can remember. Just a style of music, its a way of life.
