SisterRay
09-01-2009, 11:02 AM
We all know the Beatles were the biggest influence on people like Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons but the Beatles did have a influence on Heavy Metal.
Of course they did not invent Heavy Metal but they played a part from popularizing feedback on "I Feel Fine" to lead bass fuzz distortion on "Think For Yourself".
Even some of the Beatles earlier songs like "It's All Too Much" recorded during the Sgt Pepper sessions now listen the feeback at the start and the guitar sound. The Beatles "I Feel Fine" more of a power pop song which I think the Beatles had a bigger influence basically popularized guitar feedback in rock music. Guitar feedback is a big element to metal and hard rock.
"Helter Skelter" uses drop tuning with power chording. The distortion sounds on "Revolution" was very dirty sounding and the Mother Superior part on "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" screams Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath was influenced by the dark and gloomy fade-out section of the Beatles "I Want You" which can be called proto-metal. The biggest thing with the Beatles is that they did these things while maintaining their huge record sales. Which in turn helped everyone out.
Of course they did not invent Heavy Metal but they played a part from popularizing feedback on "I Feel Fine" to lead bass fuzz distortion on "Think For Yourself".
Even some of the Beatles earlier songs like "It's All Too Much" recorded during the Sgt Pepper sessions now listen the feeback at the start and the guitar sound. The Beatles "I Feel Fine" more of a power pop song which I think the Beatles had a bigger influence basically popularized guitar feedback in rock music. Guitar feedback is a big element to metal and hard rock.
"Helter Skelter" uses drop tuning with power chording. The distortion sounds on "Revolution" was very dirty sounding and the Mother Superior part on "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" screams Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath was influenced by the dark and gloomy fade-out section of the Beatles "I Want You" which can be called proto-metal. The biggest thing with the Beatles is that they did these things while maintaining their huge record sales. Which in turn helped everyone out.
