How Heavy Is Your Metal?

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or some The Beatles’ Helter Skelter is the start of heavy metal. For others it’s that overt reference - “heavy metal thunder” from Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf. Do you go back to what The Who was doing or Billy Burnette or Blue Cheer - or do you start with Black Sabbath. Are they the starting point or is it The Jimi Hendrix Experience? Was it Led Zep…