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It’s weird there’s a real gray area. If you started as Metal many later punk bands had reverence for you if say you happened to be Ozzy or Lemmy. Then, just as
by wolfspider 7y ago
It’s weird there’s a real gray area. If you started as Metal many later punk bands had reverence for you if say you happened to be Ozzy or Lemmy. Then, just as the article suggests, many of the Metal bands claimed Punk as an influence. I’ve even heard a punk band angrily do a bunch of Slayer covers back to back because me and my friends weren’t into them enough. Needless to say there is some competitiveness between purist DIY aggression and hedonism taken to another level.
- ilamont 7y agoFunny you should mention Ozzy and Lemmy. Motorhead was grouped in the thrash metal camp and got lots of respect for never selling out; mid-80s Ozzy on the other hand was seen as pop metal has-been pandering to the hair metal masses. That may have changed as people rediscovered early Black Sabbath and gained a grudging respect for Ozzy's work with Randy Rhoads. Another interesting case is Glen Danzig after he left The Misfits. I saw Danzig perform in 1988 and was warned it would be "metal" but it was really heavy and slow, more like Black Sabbath and played by guys who looked like snarling barbarians. Even though all these kids had on their Misfit T shirts the crowd was really into it, because it was so good.