The 3 founding fathers of Metal !

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:45 pm

For me, it's a tie between Iommi and Blackmore.
Well, to be honest, I'll cast my vote on Ritchie,
mainly because he's a better leadplayer than Iommi(Highway Star anyone?

)
but if it were about riffs, nobody can touch Iommi

randyrhoadsfan1 · Post by **randyrhoadsfan1** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:11 pm

I have to go with Iommi because they were the first to ever play dark metalish music as Page played rock and blues,and Blackmore was more like Page with the rock/blues style.

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:35 pm

randyrhoadsfan1 wrote:Blackmore was more like Page with the rock/blues style.

Yeah, not to mention he practically invented neoclassical shredding
by himself

SixPounder · Post by **SixPounder** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:49 pm

Iommi hands down

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:00 pm

Yeah, Iommi for sure

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:13 pm

Not even my western norwegian neighbour agrees with me

May Dimmu Borgir haunt you forever

RhoadsOliva · Post by **RhoadsOliva** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:57 pm

Blackmore wasn't Metal though.. Neither was Page... But id go with Iommi.
Cause every riff and solo he busted out I loved no matter how simple!

deansolo · Post by **deansolo** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:44 am

Founding Father of Metal...Which do I prefer?

IMO the only FF of metal listed is Tony Iommi.

....So I guess I have to go with Iommi....Yeah, Iommi.

Post by **Trigger** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:11 pm

I love Iommi's riffs I only wish we had had a chance to hear Randy play more Sabbath tracks.

Ell · Post by **Ell** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:30 am

Definately Iommi, I don't think of either of the other two as metal though.

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:03 am

RhoadsOliva wrote:Blackmore wasn't Metal though.. Neither was Page... But id go with Iommi.
Cause every riff and solo he busted out I loved no matter how simple!

Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin paved the way for metal as wee know it. Even Sabbath was basically a loud blues band when they started. The first real metal band in the modern sense ot the term was probably Judas Priest (who started in '73), Black Sabbath gave then the blueprint and they perfected it and showed the others how to get 'er done!

I picked Iommi out of these three, because I really like his soloing, he was different in that he was a lot more jazzy than the others. I love Blackmore and Page as songwriters, but not so much as soloists.

Count Jonah · Post by **Count Jonah** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:41 pm

Jimi Hendrix should have been in this poll, but either way, I still vote for Tony. Black Sabbath were nothing but metal, BTW. Song after song, track after track...even the lighter stuff had a dark, or epic feel to it. So Black Sabbath were the first true metal band.

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:55 pm

Trigger wrote:I only wish we had had a chance to hear Randy play more Sabbath tracks.

somethings tells me that they wouldn't have done that

Count Jonah · Post by **Count Jonah** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:06 pm

Not when there were sooo many DOAM songs yet to have been played live.

Supernaut · Post by **Supernaut** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:53 pm

Gotta be Tony! just got got to be!

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The 3 founding fathers of Metal !

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The 3 founding fathers of Metal !