HeyJaredThe History of Heavy Podcast
A show that traces the chronology of extreme, loud and extremely loud music song by song. From The Kinks to Kiss, The Beatles to Black Sabbath, Miles Davis to Motörhead we dive deep into the circumstances, influences and popular culture that made each of these tracks seem so…
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EP61: Judas Priest "Victim of Changes" (opens the original)
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No two words are more synonymous with heavy metal than Judas Priest. Yes, Sabbath had invented the genre several years prior to Priest's formation and later Iron Maiden and Metallica would both take the genre into stadiums but it's Priest's leather and studs image, the twin lead guitar attack of Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing and the iconic wail of Rob Halford that would come to define what the layperson would understand to be stereotypically metal. That all begins in 1976 on their second LP The
EP60: Ted Nugent "Free-For-All" (opens the original)
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You would be hard pressed to find a more controversial or polarizing figure in the world of music or anywhere else than Ted Nugent. His views on politics, the environment, women, or any other subject are extreme to say the least and we could not disagree with every one of them more. However, his impact on hard rock is undeniable. From an incredible run that began with The Amboy Dukes in the late sixties and continued into a solo career that ran the entire decade of the 1970's, no chronology of h
EP59: Fela Kuti "Zombie" (opens the original)
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Fela Kuti recorded more than 60 albums, is regarded as the principal innovator of the Afrobeat genre, was an outspoken political voice for the oppressed people of Nigeria and one of the most important figures in the history of world music. But how does he fit into our chronology of heavy? Mike & Dave break it down. Recommended Listening, Watching & Reading Miriam Makeba https://open.spotify.com/artist/18RkLKfeoUgZflWv9os25W?si=3UX0R-PDSGSrhXbhO3Xtlw Bobi Wine https://open.spotify.com/artist/6d7T
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