These bands came from Europe where things were about vikings and scaring people and satan. The Misfits rule(with glenn danzig), and im pretty sure they had a bit of influence in here.
These are the ones you know. They are the legends and the bands that have songs that stay in your head. They are the guys that you wish you were and all think about acting like when you are drunk. They are the Pioneers, but as history shows, pioneers are followed by stupid villagers who eventually set their water source on fire(see cleveland, ohio).
Ok. Straight up these guys are the best overall metal band ever. They had the badass edge, the non-prettyboy factor, and all of their albums(up to Load) portray some ominous scene of which metal dreams are made(see if they read that, Lars would sue me for sounding weak...ironic{wait, this is not time for Jay's opinions to come out}) If you want to know what rock is all about, buy Master of Puppets. Metallica was able to appeal to a mass audience of nerdy freaks in black jeans and spiked bracelets with songs like Creeping Death, and Harvester of Sorrow, and if these names sound cliche to you it is evidence that Metallica has made such an impact on Music...Some Anthrax Guy Said they are the Ultimate road dogs(Metallica once toured for like 10 years straight after the black album, and I think they only slept on the Tuesdays when they werent drinking) METALLICA. Damn. I dont even really love this band and i cant stop giving them props. Kill em all is a perfect debut from a band that went so far. I wrote that about it because i havent listened to that album. Ride the Lightning is intense and it begins the trend of James Hetfield's voice getting deeper until Reload, where it starts getting higher and more melodic. A good first song for idiots would be either One or Fade to Black. Then after listening to those songs(try napster) Buy the albums in chronological order, with the only option of skipping Kill 'em all(get that after the black album)... The rocking part of Metallica's kill em all is the fact that it isnt Metallica's Kill Them All. In fact, i think it is safe to say that if they named their first album Kill Them All they wouldnt be on this list, which basically would remove any need for this list, considering that metallica is like the hub of the wheel for this whole 80's metal thing. So Lets just sit back and thank those crazy cats for having some grammar issues, and while your at it, forget about all the crappy grammar flipping about in here too.
Megadeth....hmmm the name sounds kinda similar to metallica... Well it does, and for good reason. Dave Mustaine was an OG member of Metallica. I guess he got kicked out because he got violent when he drank... Its kinda sucka on Metallica's part not to be able to keep Mustaine's whitish ass in check, that dude aint that tough. Regardless of my opinion, Megadeth came on the scene in the early 80's, probably just a few years after Metallica. They have a similar sound, although there is a definite affinity to Megadeth playing fast. Speed Metal and stuff. Dave Mustaine's vocals have a certain level of intensity, and it could be argued that his voice has stayed true to the original form of Metal than James Hetfield's, but to the nonobservant listener, they would likely have an affinity to the more radio friendly Hetfield. James Hetfield has his -ahhs at the end of words, and Mustaine has that growly thing he does. Megadeth is basically a perfect example of a strong metal band that is shoadowed by another that basically got lucky. I guess Metallica deserves the fame more, but megadeth probably sells a lot less records just because the Nerve doesnt play them.
Iron Maiden is the British Equivalent of Metallica. Strangely, the imagery i associate with Iron Maiden is the more 'american' band of the two, with Maiden's video's in many ways similar to todays hip hop videos. Iron Maiden had this mascot named eddie, and im pretty sure the lead singer was named Ed Dickinson(cousin of Catherine Wheel frontman Bruce Dickinson). Iron Maiden had a similar... wait. I dont know, i am going to have to get a few iron maiden songs before proceeding... i am currently downloading "Fear of the Dark", and "Number of the Beast" To quote music genius and satanic flintstones fanatic bedrock666's quote from audiogalxy concerning metallica versus Iron maiden as the world's greatest rock band "its gonna be the 3rd world war". Maiden's song titles seem more contrived to sound evil, and that might just be a british thing, but I remember in the video some chick in leather was all showing her boobs off and then there were some explosions and fire, and then i think the lead singer was riding a motorcycle and he turned into a devil bat and flew away. Many old skool metal fans seem to think of Iron Maiden as the superior metal band, which leads me to believe that Maiden has stuck to their roots, but whether or not that is a good thing remains to be seen. Okay im listening to Number of The Beast. THis might rule, with the exception of the dudes 'triumph' vocals... OKay he has a falsetto yell which is ok..hahahhahah okay the chorus was "six.......six six... the number of the beast! Sacrifice what is going on tonight" THis song is not heavy like anything metallica does... I cant say this is good. hmmm okay. For true fanatics of the early 80's aesthetic that combined 70's style ozzy osboune vocals with Ronnie James Dio and a driving Guitar beat, Iron Maiden is for you. I can see you these guys might be good if they didnt sing so much, but then again my metal ideals come under a new set entirely, so I am most likely the wrong one here. THe guitars rule. This song sounds like Radar Love, but its called Flight of Icarus. Okay... If you are a person who likes RC Cola and Reebok and drive a Daewoo, you will think Iron Maiden is the greatest band ever.
these bands rose to popularity after the two pioneers, I would suggest that even if there is no direct influence of these bands on the few above, the societal embracing of the two pioneers at least slightly helped these guys break into the mainstream and blah blah blah lets bring on AXL.
The rise of Guns N Roses can be looked at in many ways. One may say that the severe anger that frontman Axl Rose had in his wiry frame, accompanied by Slash's neck wrenchin riffs made for a new horror that scared baby's mamas and made daddys worry about they daughters, while the youth of america found a new anti hero to get high to and have lots of sex with drunken co eds. Another way to look at Guns N Roses is to ask "Yo, did Axl have braces on in the welcome to the Jungle Video?" This band was a perfect crossover from the metallic underworld into the gummy popcorn and tasty kake mainstream. They had the anger and the antics to keep the hardcore audience, and Axl's voice, which sounds to me like a belt sander fighting a demon, had the juice to make all the rock girls swoon. You can't really deny the pop flava of Don't Cry, or That Terminator song, and I think November Rain rocks the house, and i only slightly feel wussy saying that. Guns are now on hiatus which seems only fair considering all they did for about 5 years was party, play instruments and get fucked by supermodels and groupies, often at the same time... oh yeah, sometimes they would stop partying to do drugs, or to hit guys in Motley Crue. Bands like this must live fast and burn out, if they lasted they would destroy the world. Plus if the whole spandex drawers thing axl rocked came in there would be a lot of single dudes chillin at home, and they would have most likely assassinated that Duff dude, because he was the weakest. It should also be know that Axl loves Elton John and November Rain was kind of like Axl trying to write a song as well as the ol EJ. November Rain... dude that song rules. I'm sorry, but it totally rules.
Motley Crue, more sex drugs and rock n roll than any other band" Thats what this dude's T-SHirt said back in sixth grade... Motley Crue were all about decadence... I think on that behind the music thing I heard that they used to mainline alcohol when they didnt have any heroin. That Mick Mars dude looks scary. Tommy Lee is famous for being a drummer and having a dick. He also beats Pamela Anderson, which is second only to humping a food processor set to liquify as one of the stupidest things you could ever do. Motley Crue sang about girls and drugs and rocking and they had a whole pentagram thing going on, but they only did that until they got famous. Motley Crue is sort of bad ass in that they lived the life of a rockstar and they did all the shit they sang about, but they still are lame because they did it to the point of having their props displayed on a K-Mart T-shirt that sixth graders wore.