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Before Metal Had a Name: The Hard Rock Gateway to “Heavy”

Heavy Metal – Before It Was Heavy Metal Toward the end of the 60s, a louder, more discordant, fuzzed-out electric-guitar dominated propulsion of sound emerged from the haze: The ear-splitting shock wave of what was labeled psychedelic rock, acid rock, or the more nebulous hard rock was a fresh hell for many of the older generation, who were just getting over the Beatles and the Stones. Beginning around 1970, some of these bands developed a sound that would later crystalize into what came to be known as heavy metal. The term existed at the time, but was used by rock

March 7, 2025
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Second Strings: Classic Instruments That Found A New Life – With Another Artist

Of the millions of musical instruments that have been crafted over the centuries, most meet an expected and unceremonious ending. In some fashion, they are retired. They become broken, lost, or just plain worn out. But sometimes, they are re-discovered and go on to create new music. Here are a few situations where a particular instrument ended up changing hands – and received a new assignment. The Famed Instrument: This Kay M-1 Maestro Upright Bass Where You’ve Heard It: On just about all of the early Elvis Presley hits. Bill Black was Elvis Presley’s original bassist and played on many

February 21, 2025
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