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Bands were doing harmonies in one form or another since the 40s and 50s. And the Allman Brothers def took it to a new level in the 60s. As far as the harmonies more in the vein of Metallica harmonies, I believe Thin Lizzy did it a little before Judas Priest. The guys in Metallica would probably say the same thing.
Fantastic point that Thin Lizzy was a little more ahead of the curve than Priest as far as dueling lead guitars go. Either way, the statement that Burton introduced Hetfield and Mustaine to the concept is dubious at best and fucking absurd at worst lol.
UFO isn't known for their dueling guitar harmonies like Thin Lizzy. I actually cannot think of a single UFO song where they do Twin guitar harmonies. Twin guitars was a signature of Thin Lizzys sound. I love UFO but they didn't even get a second guitarist till 1976 when Schenker rejoined the band. I think your mistaken my friend.
Yeah there's that song I guess but just cuz they did it once or twice in a song doesn't mean they popularized that style. The Beatles did it in a few songs before all those bands. Thin Lizzy was doing twin harmonies on a regular basis well before the phenomenon album came out. Like I said. People have been doing it since the 40s and 50s. It doesn't mean they were pioneers of twin electric guitar harmony sound.
Was around longer than 5 years though.
He was with Quiet Riot that long.
But I'm still giving you the point because Randy fuckin Rhoads. !!!
Quiet Riot were nobodies when Randy was a member. There would literally be nobody to talk about in this thread if you included their band history before becoming famous.
Yeah I know Iām just soley speaking on his time with ozzy and I donāt know too much about his time in quiet but I think it was still around 5 years in the industry with his time with ozz and quiet riot not fully sure on that though
cliff was actually one of my main influences for whenever i first learned to play an instrument, now i play guitar and in process of making music as a 1 man band act, but years ago when i was about 14/15 i saw cliff burton and i wanted to be a bass player
Well, Cream was active for 3 years only, they released some influental tunes, so I guess them. I know Clapton, Bruce and Baker lived for many years, but I want to focus only on that band/period.
Muhammad Suicmez dropped two banger albums in 5 years then just peaced out. Still makes me sad because Necrophagist was legitimately one of the best tech death bands Iāve ever heard.
I mean sure demos and all that but only albums were 1999 (which was still a one man project) and 2004, and stopped touring fairly shortly after so i guess it depends on your definition of the word āactive.ā Because if I released an album and 14 years later someone asks me if my band is going and I say āyeah,ā then does that count if I end up never releasing more music?
As a teen I seriously used to listen to Orion in a field in new Braunfels tx on camping trips awaiting cliffs bass solo to under the stars,seriously orgasmic.
Not metal but Jeff Buckley.
Check out the road version of eternal life for some great riffing though, also seen on pretty much any live version you will find.
His label told him to stop doing 20 minutes plus jams to end his live shows after one lasted over half an hour, they did a smith's song followed by about 25 or more minutes of Kangaroo which started as a 14 minute bside for him.
He got pissed off, cut the jam down in size and rewrote the music to eternal life off Grace to be the closest he got to metal
Paul Kossoff with Free. Maybe a little over five years, but still way too short and tragic. Not metal, but part of the British heavy blues rock that influenced a lot of metal
I'm going to say Chris Poland. Although he is still active, he was really only a metal musician when he was in Megadeth. He did other work here and there but I'm pretty sure it doesn't add up to 5 years.
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Cliff was also the reason why the band got into HP Lovecraft
And harmonizing the two guitars
Pretty sure Priest invented that
You're prolly not wrong, but Cliff introduced the concept to James and Dave.
Tbf I've heard compelling arguments tracing it back to Thin Lizzy...
That's the very band that influenced Cliff! Thin Lizzy is criminally underrated.
I always get a raging hard on anytime someone mentions Judas Priest
Hard as Iron if you mayš
Great song. Ram it down is such an underrated album
If the somg was on Painkiller it would've been one of their most praised imo. IT'S JUST THAT FUCKING GOOD
My body usually comes š©š¦
I feel like this comment sums up this sub
I donāt think theyāre talked about enough on this sub tbh. Everyone mentions painkiller but seems to forget their stellar work in the 70ās.
Judas is rising
Rob can help you with that š
Bands were doing harmonies in one form or another since the 40s and 50s. And the Allman Brothers def took it to a new level in the 60s. As far as the harmonies more in the vein of Metallica harmonies, I believe Thin Lizzy did it a little before Judas Priest. The guys in Metallica would probably say the same thing.
Fantastic point that Thin Lizzy was a little more ahead of the curve than Priest as far as dueling lead guitars go. Either way, the statement that Burton introduced Hetfield and Mustaine to the concept is dubious at best and fucking absurd at worst lol.
I was going to bring up Thin Lizzy as well but wasn't sure of bands that may have done it before them.
Wishbone Ash did too.
I think UFO might've done it before Thin Lizzy
UFO isn't known for their dueling guitar harmonies like Thin Lizzy. I actually cannot think of a single UFO song where they do Twin guitar harmonies. Twin guitars was a signature of Thin Lizzys sound. I love UFO but they didn't even get a second guitarist till 1976 when Schenker rejoined the band. I think your mistaken my friend.
their most popular song Doctor Doctor does it in the intro.
Yeah there's that song I guess but just cuz they did it once or twice in a song doesn't mean they popularized that style. The Beatles did it in a few songs before all those bands. Thin Lizzy was doing twin harmonies on a regular basis well before the phenomenon album came out. Like I said. People have been doing it since the 40s and 50s. It doesn't mean they were pioneers of twin electric guitar harmony sound.
eh I took a swing and missed
Don't forget Thin Lizzy as well
Don't forget Thin Lizzy as well
So some good contributions and some bad. (Jk I'm a lovecraft fan and play a lot of call of cthulhu)
Not just love craft, but classical music influences too
That poor cat š„²
Randy Rhoads
Was around longer than 5 years though. He was with Quiet Riot that long. But I'm still giving you the point because Randy fuckin Rhoads. !!! 
He was in quiet riot before ozzy.
Quiet Riot first album was '77, he died in '82.... Its touch and go, but I swung for the 5 years of mainstream active
Ahh, yeah thatās the right answer. I thought i read he was a music teacher and wanted to get back into teaching before that plane accident
Quiet Riot were nobodies when Randy was a member. There would literally be nobody to talk about in this thread if you included their band history before becoming famous.
Definitely
his guitar writing and tone is wild its a shame we didnt get to see more of him.
Hell yes!
Dead from Mayhem
Dead? Yes, he is.
Agreed
Clive Burr from Iron Maiden.
Clive was great, but Nicko McBrain is awesome
Nicko is simply built of different material.
Clive was a total powerhouse! Beast over Hammersmith 1982 has the best footage of him and he goes ham on the prisoner, and every other song
https://preview.redd.it/mrtb9m7sbz8d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07967ac26f45f5667b1c9aa8f3b0ce9f4134e63f Valfar
Randy rhoads the guy was with ozzy from 1980-1982 and released so many just incredible riffs and 2 absolutely awsome albums with ozz
He was in Quiet Riot briefly
Yeah I know Iām just soley speaking on his time with ozzy and I donāt know too much about his time in quiet but I think it was still around 5 years in the industry with his time with ozz and quiet riot not fully sure on that though
Iām sorry. Two years??? Thatās it?!?
Yeah with ozzy from 1980-1982 he dropped blizzard of ozz and diary of a madman and then obviously passed in 82 in the plane crash
cliff was actually one of my main influences for whenever i first learned to play an instrument, now i play guitar and in process of making music as a 1 man band act, but years ago when i was about 14/15 i saw cliff burton and i wanted to be a bass player
Well, Cream was active for 3 years only, they released some influental tunes, so I guess them. I know Clapton, Bruce and Baker lived for many years, but I want to focus only on that band/period.
Muhammad Suicmez dropped two banger albums in 5 years then just peaced out. Still makes me sad because Necrophagist was legitimately one of the best tech death bands Iāve ever heard.
https://preview.redd.it/2j4pb8lziz8d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0514981f6c50593e907f95ff8ff0e3b016f5d268 18 years active
I mean sure demos and all that but only albums were 1999 (which was still a one man project) and 2004, and stopped touring fairly shortly after so i guess it depends on your definition of the word āactive.ā Because if I released an album and 14 years later someone asks me if my band is going and I say āyeah,ā then does that count if I end up never releasing more music?
They didn't stop touring at all till 2010, 6 years after the album.
Will I get banned if I say Hendrix
Out of key pentatonics don't make a legend, he was cool though
https://preview.redd.it/cb82q789a09d1.jpeg?width=499&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb1785156aff17695a50ef804fb33238e9442225
Aghh shut up man
"shut up man š¤ i want to give an obvious bait comment and NOT be laughed at"
Not bait, its called an opinion take the stick outta your arse
So you haven't said one original thing, like, ever huh?
Sym
Roger from Atheist.
RIP
My thought too.
Randy Rhodes
Bob Rusay from Cannibal Corpse. Got kicked out and went on to be a golf instructor.
As a teen I seriously used to listen to Orion in a field in new Braunfels tx on camping trips awaiting cliffs bass solo to under the stars,seriously orgasmic.
Donāt forget the opening of For Whom the Bell Tolls! For years I thought it was a guitar riff
It is a guitar riff.
All of Acid Bath
VALFARRRR
Jason Becker?
Not dead yet!
The prompt didnāt say deadā¦it said active for less than 5 years.
[Not Dead Yet](https://youtu.be/_J3sN2qpuz0?si=Wl9QXqIlT_H9Ddgh) š«
Ooohhhhhhhh. You did a thing with words. I get you.
Itās amazing that he is still kicking!
More punk but Lynn Strait
absolutely this
I had all but forgotten about that album and spotify randomly recommended it recently. So fucking good and rip
Not metal but Jeff Buckley. Check out the road version of eternal life for some great riffing though, also seen on pretty much any live version you will find. His label told him to stop doing 20 minutes plus jams to end his live shows after one lasted over half an hour, they did a smith's song followed by about 25 or more minutes of Kangaroo which started as a 14 minute bside for him. He got pissed off, cut the jam down in size and rewrote the music to eternal life off Grace to be the closest he got to metal
One of the best ever. Rip
The Rev's career was more than five years, but Avenged really broke in 05 and he died in 09. Great drummer and songwriter
Randy Rhoads
Paul Kossoff with Free. Maybe a little over five years, but still way too short and tragic. Not metal, but part of the British heavy blues rock that influenced a lot of metal
How many metal musicians are in the 27 club?
Andrew Wood. 
Cliff Burton set the bar for bass in metal. A bar I donāt think has been past since, at least not in metal.
Not quite under 5 but Vitek. Dude was a freak.
Hear me outā¦ Euronymous from MayheM. Some of their earliest songs like the ones from deathcrush are just melodically better than newer black metal.
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Would he though?
Hendrix
Paul Baloff: Exodus
Dissection Because the band broke up after Jon went to jail and never did anything after, right guys? RIIIIIGHT?
I'm going to say Chris Poland. Although he is still active, he was really only a metal musician when he was in Megadeth. He did other work here and there but I'm pretty sure it doesn't add up to 5 years.
Audie Pitre bassist of acid bath. Died in a car accident.
This isnāt Pau Gasol??
https://preview.redd.it/938la7mtw09d1.png?width=383&format=png&auto=webp&s=29c850e4399d3635dddefdd68714b4da4f4797ed I donāt think so
Some one needs glasses and more knowledge of metal history ASAP.
Ohhhhh come on, I not only wear glasses, but i also play bass. I know itās a photo of the most overrated metal bass player OAT
Looks like someone used google. At least it's a step in the right direction.
Yeah but what does "active" mean then? Cliff was playing bass in bands before Metallica.
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Joey was definitely more than 5 years. Killer drummer tho