Memnoch The Devil Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Quite a few Metal fans are divided on whether Led Zeppelin was just a Hard Rock band or one of the first Heavy Metal bands. Some say ''Led Zeppelin I'' is one of the first, if not the first Heavy Metal record (it predated Black Sabbath's first record by over a year). Others say Led Zep were simply Hard Rock.What do you think? Were Zeppelin a forerunner of Heavy Metal or just a heavy Rock band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisriver Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Metal=crapI kind of like Led Zeppelin sometimes, so I don't consider them Metal. Just an above average hard rock band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hard rock. Definitely opened the door for Metal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuffle Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Definitely hard rock. They were immensely influential on metal though, proto-metal perhaps but not "heavy metal". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Originally, many would've called them Metal. But the way that Metal has evolved means they're now Hard Rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuffy78 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 They're a hard rock band but Pioneers of Metal like Deep Purple and Sabbath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpUd_Jr Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 There's really nothing metal about Led Zeppelin I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 You'd have to really struggle to find a Zeppelin song that could be considered heavy metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. orangestone Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hard rock. Anyone who insults them by calling them metal or heavy metal should be shot in the foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Black Sabbath - Heavy MetalLed Zeppelin - Hard RockEnd of Discussion. Close the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdo242 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 There's really nothing metal about Led Zeppelin I.I guess if you want to really delve into things (did I just invent a word there?), Dazed and Confused sounded very dark in comparison to other stuff around that time, except maybe the trippier songs of The Doors. Zepp are better than Sabbath though, cause they were fucking fearless. Sabbath seemed to keep playing out the same basic riffs whereas Zepp experimented. Good thing Ozzy got kicked out or else we'd have had a few more crappy Sabbath albums instead of several pretty good Ozzy albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Sephiroth- Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Black Sabbath - Heavy MetalLed Zeppelin - Hard RockEnd of Discussion. Close the thread.Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Led Zeppelin created, or popularized, a lot of the lyrical and melodic cornerstones of heavy metal in the years following their rise to fame. The "fantasy" or abstract lyrics (e.g. songs about Tolkien and the entirety of "Stairway"), the acoustically heavy stuff, the general vibe they gave off -- that shit all gave birth to a lot of heavy metal bands. But I'd definitely refer to them as hard rock, in a musical sense. They were blues-based rockers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonham Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hello? Heavy Metal was named after Le(a)d Zeppelin!Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath are 1970s Heavy Metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted_19765 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Led Zeppelin created, or popularized, a lot of the lyrical and melodic cornerstones of heavy metal in the years following their rise to fame. The "fantasy" or abstract lyrics (e.g. songs about Tolkien and the entirety of "Stairway"), the acoustically heavy stuff, the general vibe they gave off -- that shit all gave birth to a lot of heavy metal bands. But I'd definitely refer to them as hard rock, in a musical sense. They were blues-based rockers.This is true, but in terms of their early discography, there was nothing that hadn't been done by Cream or Jimi Hendrix. I think Led Zeppelin is cast as Heavy Metal mostly because they came to prominence in or at least closer to the 1970s, and were appropriated by a generation with important differences from the rock music listeners of the 1960s.But who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinrocksnexttognr Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 they are so good taht theyre both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_moleman Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I think they're hard rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 they're a rock/folk/funk/celtic/country/pop/reggae band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacks on deck Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 they're a generic rock band who borrowed elements from other genres in order to seem not generic, but all of their songs sound like cheap imitations of whatever genre they were borrowing from. sure, they were groundbreaking in the dense rock world of that time, but i don't hear anything truly new in any of their music. normally, that's okay as long as it's still enjoyable, but that's not the case here--i don't find them to be an enjoyable band. they're boring.i went through the whole 'stairway to heaven' phase--i think everyone does--but unlike a lot of people, i grew out of that idiom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Im sure theyve influenced a number of metal musicians, doesnt make em metal though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eschman Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 LAWL to call Zep unoriginal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted_19765 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 they're a generic rock band who borrowed elements from other genres in order to seem not generic, but all of their songs sound like cheap imitations of whatever genre they were borrowing from. sure, they were groundbreaking in the dense rock world of that time, but i don't hear anything truly new in any of their music. normally, that's okay as long as it's still enjoyable, but that's not the case here--i don't find them to be an enjoyable band. they're boring.i went through the whole 'stairway to heaven' phase--i think everyone does--but unlike a lot of people, i grew out of that idiom.Here's me pretty much agreeing with you, for once.Bonham was still a great drummer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Im sure theyve influenced a number of metal musicians, doesnt make em metal thoughexactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrfan20 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hard Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc907 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 they're a generic rock band who borrowed elements from other genres in order to seem not generic, but all of their songs sound like cheap imitations of whatever genre they were borrowing from. sure, they were groundbreaking in the dense rock world of that time, but i don't hear anything truly new in any of their music. normally, that's okay as long as it's still enjoyable, but that's not the case here--i don't find them to be an enjoyable band. they're boring.i went through the whole 'stairway to heaven' phase--i think everyone does--but unlike a lot of people, i grew out of that idiom.Please tell me a rock band today that wasn't somehow influenced by Zep or The Beatles. Are all rock bands generic and unoriginal, or only the legendary ones? You have a twisted sense of reality. I can admit that Zep had some boring moments, but they were far from generic.They are hard rock BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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