Name your Mt. Rushmore of heavy metal bands

[Janus]

Many think Helter Skelter, Revolution and I Want You (She's So Heavy) as the genesis of HM.

i think the "drum revolution" was essential. Not to take away from Starr, Watts, Avory, but to even be considered metal you need a drummer like Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Bill Ward etc

The Who doesn't have definitive bass? Happy Jack, Go to the Mirror, Won't Get Fooled Again...

I don't know if y'all are as ancient as me, but we didn't hear the term "Heavy Metal" until the early 80's with Scorpions, Iron Maiden, UFO, Judas Priest, Accept came out or became popular. You might have heard it applied to Motorhead

I was talking more or less the idea that the Beatles waited much longer to find sounds like the Yardbirds or Kinks but you're correct, later in the White they produced more.
Ya , again you're on with those tracks but I was more focused on a continual presence throughout. The bass is mild in most of their songs, not overpowering, you might agree, but also, their use wasn't critical to the song they cut either. They had it but just didn't place emphasis on it's dominating sound, I don't think so, maybe you do?

I remember listening to the first broadcasts of FM radio and the word that wa used was "progressive ". I think about 71 right about Les Zepp's ZOFO, I heard the term heavy. With already established sounds from Sabbath Mountain, Iron Butterfly and such, it became apparent this new sound needed it's own terminology. IDK who coined it, it's not like a Roger Freed moment but the evolution took root in about 65 and broke loose in 67. Everyone needed a HI FI stero with a good turntable it was similar to cell phones now, The King Biscuit flower hour was a popular fix for this new wave, I listened to a guy named Ed Shockey and WIOQ 102 in Philly. Doctor Dimento and such. Hearing Vanilla Fudge and the Doors at late night had a sexual fantasy secret of it's own for music.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

I was talking more or less the idea that the Beatles waited much longer to find sounds like the Yardbirds or Kinks but you're correct, later in the White they produced more.
Ya , again you're on with those tracks but I was more focused on a continual presence throughout. The bass is mild in most of their songs, not overpowering, you might agree, but also, their use wasn't critical to the song they cut either. They had it but just didn't place emphasis on it's dominating sound, I don't think so, maybe you do?

I remember listening to the first broadcasts of FM radio and the word that wa used was "progressive ". I think about 71 right about Les Zepp's ZOFO, I heard the term heavy. With already established sounds from Sabbath Mountain, Iron Butterfly and such, it became apparent this new sound needed it's own terminology. IDK who coined it, it's not like a Roger Freed moment but the evolution took root in about 65 and broke loose in 67. Everyone needed a HI FI stero with a good turntable it was similar to cell phones now, The King Biscuit flower hour was a popular fix for this new wave, I listened to a guy named Ed Shockey and WIOQ 102 in Philly. Doctor Dimento and such. Hearing Vanilla Fudge and the Doors at late night had a sexual fantasy secret of it's own for music.

Same with me. I grew up with WGRQ, Slick Tom Tibiri and Cyndy Chan, the Zeppelin Fan. We also got CFNY from Toronto, the station glorified by Rush in The Spirit of Radio. I remember King Biscuit. We also had the Sunday Night Concerts, many of them were bootlegs the DJs made. We all had the huge component stereos with receiver, turntable, equalizer and dual cassette deck. We would coordinate album purchased and trade them off to make a tape. "You buy the new Van Halen, I'll get the new Stones, he will get the new AC/DC and swap them".

Now I have all the songs in the world in my shirt pocket. If my 1981 self could see that he would have messed himself. Not sure if the old days were better...