Why is 'Metal' Called 'Metal'?

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20 Dec 2011, 12:52 pm

No one's covered Bluegrass yet, so I'll step up...

From the Wiki page: "Exactly when the word bluegrass itself was adopted to label this form is not certain, but is believed to be in the early 1950s,[5] and was derived from the name of the seminal Blue Grass Boys band, formed in 1939 with Bill Monroe as its leader. Due to this lineage, Bill Monroe is frequently referred to as the "father of bluegrass",[6] although his style drew upon the country, gospel, and blues music with which he had grown up."

"As Ralph Stanley himself said about the origins of the genre and its name: "Oh, (Monroe) was the first. But it wasn't called bluegrass back then. It was just called old time mountain hillbilly music. When they started doing the bluegrass festivals in 1965, everybody got together and wanted to know what to call the show, y'know. It was decided that since Bill was the oldest man, and was from the Bluegrass state of Kentucky and he had the Blue Grass Boys, it would be called 'bluegrass.""

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21 Dec 2011, 10:44 am

I always thought it was because of the 'metallic' sound when distorting Electric Guitars to the sort of sounds we normally hear today.

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24 Dec 2011, 10:46 am

ActingUpAgain wrote:

No one's covered Bluegrass yet...

Probably because the thread is titled, "Why is Metal called Metal?" :?:

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26 Dec 2011, 8:02 pm

Watch this -- Metal, A Headbanger's Journey - Wiki page

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27 Dec 2011, 12:19 pm

To7m wrote:

Most metal seems heavier than rock, and since metals are stronger than rock, there might be a connection and origin there.

That's how I've always thought of it. Idk what difference it makes though and why people feel there is substantial meaning or signifigance to common terms.

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27 Dec 2011, 2:30 pm

Onyxaxe wrote:

To7m wrote:

Most metal seems heavier than rock, and since metals are stronger than rock, there might be a connection and origin there.

That's how I've always thought of it. Idk what difference it makes though and why people feel there is substantial meaning or signifigance to common terms.

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28 Dec 2011, 11:52 am

MrXxx wrote:

ActingUpAgain wrote:

No one's covered Bluegrass yet...

Probably because the thread is titled, "Why is Metal called Metal?" :?:

Sure, but the thread starter also asked about the origins of the words 'rap' and 'bluegrass' in the first post.

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28 Dec 2011, 11:59 am

Sunshine7 wrote:

I'm talking about the musical genre.
Are head-bangers localized positive ions arranged in a lattice of free electrons...?
what's 'heavy metal'? Is it metal that presumably has more mass per unit volume (whereupon it actually should be called 'denser metal')?

Does 'rap' really stand for Rhythmic American Poetry?

And what's up with 'bluegrass'? I actually like bluegrass, but was quite astounded to learn that it was called, well, bluegrass.

Because it sounds like a metal shop.

And SINCE YOU ASKED ABOUT BLUEGRASS it's good that someone answered. I play the banjo. I love bluegrass.

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28 Dec 2011, 12:04 pm

MrXxx wrote:

Really? You've never heard this?

"I like smokin' lighting
Yeaaaaah, heavy metal thunder!
Racing with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm winnin'

winnin'? The correct word is "under," which rhymes with thunder.

If you're going to quote one of the greatest rock songs of all time, you could at least get it right.

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28 Dec 2011, 12:06 pm

Titangeek wrote:

Because it's not wood.

Best answer.

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