MUS 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Virtuosity, Michael Schenker, Metal Hammer
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Heavy metal, rap and the rise of alternative. +appears as a distinct genre in the 1980s. Many argue heavy metal is a class thing. +some rejected metal because they thought it was very redneck and unsophisticated. +another stereotype was honesty, loyalty, unselfish devotion to partying. +another stereotype was that heavy metal was about ignorance and vulgarity. In the taxonomy of popular music, heavy metal is a major subspecies of hard rock - the breed with less syncopation, less blues, more than showmanship and more brute force. new york times critic jon pareles. Musical features of new wave of british heavy metal. Ozzy osbourne solo career was one of the first metal artists . +came out in 1980 with the blizzard of ozz. Music industry center in 1980s, especially for metal. Since 1984 it has been published in 10 national editions in multiple languages. Published in german, dutch, french, italian, greek, polish, hungarian and spanish.
