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This is a list of heavy metal artists from the formative years of the movement (formed between 1963 and 1981). For bands formed after 1981, please consult the lists for each heavy metal subgenre. In the late 1960s, a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal.
Metal for Muthas - (Compilation, various artists) Metal for Muthas - Volume II - Cut Loud - (Compilation, various artists) Muthas Pride - (Compilation, EP, various artists) Metal Explosion - From The Friday Rock Show - (Compilation, various artists) Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - What's Next; Michael Schenker Group - The Michael Schenker Group
Samson were a British heavy metal band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. [1] They are best known for their first three albums with future Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, then known as "Bruce Bruce", and drummer Thunderstick (real name Barry Graham Purkis), who wore a leather mask and performed on stage in a metal cage.
The mid-late 1970s–early 1980s period in the United Kingdom introduced a movement of young musicians, generally identified as the new wave of British heavy metal (often abbreviated as NWOBHM). The movement spawned more than a thousand hard rock and heavy metal bands from all over the UK, which were more or less forcibly identified as heavy ...
The following list of glam metal bands and artists includes bands and artists that have been described as glam metal or its interchangeable terms, hair metal, [1] [2] hair band, [3] pop metal [1] and lite metal [1] by professional journalists at some stage in their career. Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal [4] and is influenced by 1970s ...
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Poison frontman Bret Michaels is a prime ambassador for the era of '80s hair metail in "Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal," which takes its name from a Poison song ...
One of the first heavy metal bands that formed within Honolulu, Hawaii. [96] Heavenly: France: 1994–present: They were signed by record label Noise Records after winning a competition sponsored by the label's website. [97] Heavens Gate: Germany: 1982–1999: One of the earliest German power metal bands. [5]: 186 Heavy Load: Sweden: 1976–1985