What differentiated these acts from their predecessors was technological advances that enabled new heights in sonic disruption (Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues). Drawing inspiration from their blues and rock and roll forebearers, "hard rock" acts, like Cream ( Tales of Brave Ulysses), Led Zeppelin ( Communication Breakdown), and The Jimi Hendrix Experience ( Voodoo Child), provided the soundtrack for a generation increasing disaffected by social injustice and the escalating war in Vietnam. By the latter half of the 1960's, the next generation of "rock stars" began to sow first seeds of protypical Heavy Metal. Each of these groups contributed to the creation the "rock band" archetype: loud, unpredictable, rebellious, and even dangerous. Vanguard acts, such as The Beatles ( I Wanna Hold Your Hand), The Rolling Stones ( Paint It Black), The Who ( My Generation), and The Kinks ( You Really Got Me), emerged as the "third generation" of rock and roll (behind the blues originators and the Elvis Presely/Little Richard generation). The early half of the decade witnessed an unparalled explosion of popular music. For the sake of brevity, we begin our journey in the 1960's. Unlike the creation of, well, creation, which (allegedly) only took six days, Heavy Metal took a slightly longer bath in the primordial stew before making it's grand entrance onto the world stage. And while God rested, the devil created Heavy Metal.ġ967 - Before the Storm Lately things don't seem the same. (Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze) And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.
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