The Greatest ever

I was there! Why do you think I wasnt? I saw Def Lep too......NO WAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course I was ther I wasnt in a coma  God forbid I should disagree with you!!!!! I saw Def leppard iI just said. you are patronising.

You couldn't be more wrong about me and labels - the only labels I care about are the ones in the centre of the vinyl.

You're basically disagreeing with me, everyone else in the known universe, and the bands themselves - which you're free to do, of course, but just a few bits and pieces that MAY help you realise your mistake - don't take my word for it;

 

(from an interview)

Steve Harris starts talking first about the inspiration behind calling the band 'Iron Maiden'.

"Did you ever see the film 'The Man In The Iron Mask'?" He asks. "Well I saw it on television and that's when the name first occurred to me. Although strictly speaking I believe an actual 'Iron Maiden' is an altogether more vicious torture device ... you know, it's a metal case with these nails set inside of it and if you fasten it over someone's head they get kind of spiked. Very unpleasant."

But a hell of a good name for a heavy metal band all the same.

"I guess so. As long as you don't think about the unfortunate Margaret Thatcher connections."

What made you form an HM group at a time when New Wave was the only thing that was really happening?

"It was just something that I wanted to do, I couldn't have started a punk band ... that would have been against my religion."

 

From the Encylopaedia Britannica;

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9096073

 

From just a few random places;

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3zaqoa9a bijp~T1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/defleppard.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A425828

http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/top100/top100.htm (look at #2, #6, #7, #26, #33, #40, #47)

 

Or try Google - type in either band's name, and the words heavy metal, and see what pops up.

Not convinced?

You're wierd!

I seriously think you must have been in a coma to have missed Def Leppard amidst all those other great heavy metal bands.

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Reed Lover wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Of course I was ther I wasnt in a coma  God forbid I should disagree with you!!!!! I saw Def leppard iI just said. you are patronising. - 2 S.Dawg????????? You love bad-mouthing Collaborators!!!

In what way am I bad mouthing Certified? Stop stirring!

with the birth of Iron Maiden

No

Quote from Wikipedia:
"The early heavy metal bands, like Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, UFO and Black Sabbath are often called hard rock bands rather than heavy metal, especially those bands whose sound was more similar to traditional rock music. In general, the terms heavy metal and hard rock are often used interchangeably, in particular when discussing the 1970s."

Conclusion: 70's hard rock IS heavy metal.

terramystic wrote: Quote from Wikipedia: "The early heavy metal bands, like Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, UFO and Black Sabbath are often called hard rock bands rather than heavy metal, especially those bands whose sound was more similar to traditional rock music. In general, the terms heavy metal and hard rock are often used interchangeably, in particular when discussing the 1970s." Conclusion: 70's hard rock IS heavy metal.

You dont need Wikipedia:

Reed Lover Senior Member Joined: 2004 16 July Location: Sao Tome and Principe Online Status: Online Posts: 4828

Posted: 2005 13 April at 5:21pm | IP Logged These guys invented metal and coined the phrase. Hard rock/heavy rock/heavy metal were pretty much interchangeable in the 70's.

 

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I voted "No" because they are already there :) They are definitely my favorite Progressive artist, sorry Traditional Prog artists, but DT has already shattered it.