04-13-2016, 03:08 AM
So... I guess rap/hip-hop is to blame for getting me into metal in the first place.
Late 80's I was into stuff like Run DMC, MC Hammer, Ya Kid K, Bobby Brown. Bobby Browns "Don't Be Cruel" remains one of my fave albums ever. Also, if you want to find some under-appreciated but easily available tunes, check the Rocky V soundtrack and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) soundtrack, both good fun.
I was aware of Guns N' Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead et al, but it wasn't really until Ice-T did the "Bodycount" demo on his 1991 album "Original Gangster" that I paid more attention to rock and metal. The track "Midnight" from the same album saw Ice-T sampling "Black Sabbath" (the song, and THAT riff), which further cemented my interest in guitar oriented sounds.
By then, I'd moved on to secondary school ("high school" in American English), and spent a bit more time discovering these rock bands that had influenced Ice-T... then started hanging out with kids who introduced me to Skid Row, The Almighty, Megadeth et al. A couple of years later (and having moved on to "harder drugs" such as Pantera and Sepultura), Bodycount toured the UK with some bunch of Scousers called Carcass. I figured I'd check 'em out, and FUCK! I loved it. So '93 was spent discovering Carcass, Morbid Angel and the rest of the Earache catalogue, then '94 was the year of Emperor and Cradle Of Filth (oh, and Slayer and Machine Head touring together!!!), '95 I delved more into death and black metal, and I've not looked back since.
Hip-Hop and rap in metal? Rage Against The Machine were so good. All that nu-metal bollocks though, please, what utter nonsense. RATM, Bodycount, RHCP, and Faith No More beat all those bands to it, and the "Judgement Night" soundtrack cemented that. Dub War/Skindred aside,(caveat; In My Personal Opinion) no one else has produced any noteworthy crossover since. Okay, maybe one *mild* exception; people rag on Disturbed a lot... I tip my hat to them for having their own recognisable "syncopated" sound, indirectly influenced by rap.
Not really interested in the genre these days, but I appreciate the classics. Love Massive Attack... not sure if I'd throw them in with hip-hop and rap though.
So, yeah. Ice-T got me into metal.
Late 80's I was into stuff like Run DMC, MC Hammer, Ya Kid K, Bobby Brown. Bobby Browns "Don't Be Cruel" remains one of my fave albums ever. Also, if you want to find some under-appreciated but easily available tunes, check the Rocky V soundtrack and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) soundtrack, both good fun.
I was aware of Guns N' Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead et al, but it wasn't really until Ice-T did the "Bodycount" demo on his 1991 album "Original Gangster" that I paid more attention to rock and metal. The track "Midnight" from the same album saw Ice-T sampling "Black Sabbath" (the song, and THAT riff), which further cemented my interest in guitar oriented sounds.
By then, I'd moved on to secondary school ("high school" in American English), and spent a bit more time discovering these rock bands that had influenced Ice-T... then started hanging out with kids who introduced me to Skid Row, The Almighty, Megadeth et al. A couple of years later (and having moved on to "harder drugs" such as Pantera and Sepultura), Bodycount toured the UK with some bunch of Scousers called Carcass. I figured I'd check 'em out, and FUCK! I loved it. So '93 was spent discovering Carcass, Morbid Angel and the rest of the Earache catalogue, then '94 was the year of Emperor and Cradle Of Filth (oh, and Slayer and Machine Head touring together!!!), '95 I delved more into death and black metal, and I've not looked back since.
Hip-Hop and rap in metal? Rage Against The Machine were so good. All that nu-metal bollocks though, please, what utter nonsense. RATM, Bodycount, RHCP, and Faith No More beat all those bands to it, and the "Judgement Night" soundtrack cemented that. Dub War/Skindred aside,(caveat; In My Personal Opinion) no one else has produced any noteworthy crossover since. Okay, maybe one *mild* exception; people rag on Disturbed a lot... I tip my hat to them for having their own recognisable "syncopated" sound, indirectly influenced by rap.
Not really interested in the genre these days, but I appreciate the classics. Love Massive Attack... not sure if I'd throw them in with hip-hop and rap though.
So, yeah. Ice-T got me into metal.