Origin of Headbanging

[lizard]

I read this weekend that the origin of headbanging was when bassist Rudy Sarzo quit quiet riot and joined his ex riot mate Randy Rhoads in Ozzy Osbourne's band, that Ozzy wouldn't let him place his foot on the monitors, or get in front of Ozzy on stage. In fact, they would tape a square on the stage floor and Rudy had to stay within it. Without being able to move around much, he started flailing himself up and down. As he said in the book, "Half the time I was looking at the sky, and half at the floor..."

the fans started copying him.

anyone heard any other theories?

 

[ZANEX]

Very interesting. I thought the term possibly came from MOTORHEAD fans being called "Motorheadbangers"? But I could be totally wrong, just a possibility.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

the first man who headbanged his head was Geezer Butler of Sabbath, just look the old videos of 1970, War Pigs from Paris, Iron Man, Paranoid etc....
also I have a Hawkwind video where Lemmy headbangs like a maniac.

 

[As the flies blacken the sun]

Wow, what a lame and worthless post. Headbanging????? WHo fucking cares where headbanging started??

Idiots, Losers, Wimps, Fags, Little girls, chickens, sick mules........

 

[Captain Beard]

You care or you wouldn't have read this thread.

 

[Necromunchkin]

NoLordy, he's right. We should get back to what's important, like bangin' this wankers mom in her arse.