That's kind of how i got started too. Had an older cousin who was leaving for the Marines and he let me borrow his tape collection until he came back.Sure. But I come from a huge family so most of my cousins were a bit older than me and so I got into what they played.
wtf?no not metal, that's hard rock. from a shitty glam band.
i love how some people today are trying to pass all this garbage form the 80's(especially glam) off as metal, when not a single person referred to shit like that as metal when i was growing up.
Controversial opinion: speed metal only really became a sub-genre during the retro-era. Before that, there was hardly a speed metal album in existence, and certainly not in America (the German proto-power stuff is borderline). Speed metal is better defined as couple very particular kinds of songs, which most heavy metal bands of the 80s wrote at least a few of.
It's a sub-genre as much as 'epic metal' is. Most bands wrote epic metal songs and speed(y) metal songs, but there's little meaning in trying to define a sub-genre by either.
Hey, nobody gives a shit about your life history, despite how technically barbaric it might be. You're such a hardass (fag).
Motley Crue's first two albums rule. Great for anyone who can appreciate a total emphasis on RIFFS that bridge between hard rock and heavy metal. Who gives a shit if they had pop sensibilities in mind? Get taste.
iirc TechBarb is in his mid 30s or so anyways, which means he was probably eating Play-Doh when Motley Crue released Shout at the Devil.
Controversial opinion: speed metal only really became a sub-genre during the retro-era. Before that, there was hardly a speed metal album in existence, and certainly not in America (the German proto-power stuff is borderline). Speed metal is better defined as couple very particular kinds of songs, which most heavy metal bands of the 80s wrote at least a few of.
It's a sub-genre as much as 'epic metal' is. Most bands wrote epic metal songs and speed(y) metal songs, but there's little meaning in trying to define a sub-genre by either.
Mötley Crüe are and most definitely were referred to as a heavy metal band.
You need to prove that it's hard rock