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Poll Question: Which band would you call the fathers of Prog Metal
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Points: 733 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 29 2014 at 16:39
I recall a buddy of mine having Mechanix back in the early 80's,but i never borrowed it to record onto a cassette tape.I think back then i so into Black Sabbath,BOC & Deep Purple that giving UFO a listen would have been just too impossible lol.But i'm open to give just about anything a listen now.

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Father of prog metal? Sabbath, Heep and Purple. Other bands mentioned made contributions but te most cited influences are usually the above. Irons maiden and Priest etc had their impact by taking the blues out of metal, but this is more cousin-ish. The daddies are the 3 above.
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I'm afraid that Sabbath, Purple, Heep and Zep are the Grandfathers of prog-metal.

Parents should be a bit younger, shouldn't they? Tongue
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Points: 2601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2014 at 09:05
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I'm afraid that Sabbath, Purple, Heep and Zep are the Grandfathers of prog-metal.

Parents should be a bit younger, shouldn't they? Tongue



They were then... shall we say, pro-genitors. Where it all began.

Three of those bands are still in action.


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Points: 4411 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2014 at 09:14

Yeah, they're alive and kicking!!!Clap


Uriah Heep is one of the most favourite bands of mine hands down!!!

UFO, despite having debuted in 1970, gained their typical sound in '74 when Schenker joined the band.

I think that UFO's STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT is the seminal album for bands as Iron Maiden.

So, UFO are a bit younger than Purple, Sabbath, Heppe et cetera, know what I mean.


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Purple, Sabbath and (maybe) Heep (but prolly not UFO) may have been the fathers (progenitors) of Metal, but claiming they were also the fathers of Prog Metal is stretching things a lot, there is an entire generation of Metal between them and Prog Metal.

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Points: 20623 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2014 at 11:40
I thought it was already decided pages ago it was Iron Maiden..?
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Aye, but people like to present their own theories.
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Hey, aren't UFO the godfathers of Iron Maiden?
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

The Who were one of the first bands to growl in a song, too.


really? what song was that? I listened to most of their stuff, don't remember growling Big smile
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

The Who were one of the first bands to growl in a song, too.


really? what song was that? I listened to most of their stuff, don't remember growling Big smile
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Points: 43716 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2015 at 04:04
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

The Who were one of the first bands to growl in a song, too.


really? what song was that? I listened to most of their stuff, don't remember growling Big smile
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I've never thought it's a growl.



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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2015 at 04:22
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

The Who were one of the first bands to growl in a song, too.


really? what song was that? I listened to most of their stuff, don't remember growling Big smile
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I've never thought it's a growl.



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