Heavy Metal, Progessive Metal, Progressive Rock

[phlemmy]

The above article lost all credibility when it mentioned Judas Priest and Motorhead as pat of the NWOBHM movement. Both bands influenced the movement but were not part of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nwobhm

[ajish4]

Any movement on this?

Just curious....new is good!

[antipodean]

I'm intrigued to hear how prog fits in with metal. My favourite prog bands - King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Yes don't really come that close to metal in terms of sound or image...

[shamustwin]

Some articles I've read link prog back to psychedelia, which makes sense to me.

[alanz]

I had a heavy metal stage. I saw Iron maiden with their original singer, I saw Judas Priest a couple of times, one of those times I went with a then-18 year old Lars Ulrich who was still living with his parents in Newport Beach. We drove his - a 70's orange with a white vinyl top AMC Pacer and I am not making that up.

[rickenmetal]

I'd like to think the first heavy metal band was Steppenwolf: "heavy metal thunder".

Anyways, I think heavy metal became widely accepted as a name for a musical style after the movie "Heavy Metal" came out. (not that I have seen it)

As for progressive metal I like Rush (is it metal?), Damn the Machine, Lars Eric Mattson.

The reason Ricks are not widely used is a question of fashion. For example, Dave Mustaine would not want a guitar that looks like a piece of furniture, and perhaps that would not suit his style either, but it would look fine for Viking or progressive metal. But usually the guitarists buy guitars similar to what guitarists in other bands of the same style use.