Dear friends!
I started the thread
ANGELS AND DEVILS TOGETHER having in mind two great English rock bands from late 60-ies, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. I combined their contribution with the question "Why does God permit evil" and gave you an example to exchanges oponion.
There have been lots of discussion on Hard Rock or the kind of music these two bands perfome.
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorize themselves as any one genre. The band also incorporated blues-rock, pop and progressive rock elements.
The band has gone through many line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976-84). The 1968-76 line-ups are commonly labeled Mark I, II, III and IV. Their second and most commercially successful line-up featured Ian Gillan (vocals), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Jon Lord (keybords), Roger Glover (bass) and Ian Paice (drums). This line-up was active 1969-73 and was revived from 1984-89 and again
in 1993 before the rift between Blackmore and other members became
unbridgeable. The current line-up including guitarist Steve Morse has been much more stable, though Lord's retirement in 2002 has left Paice as the only original member.
Black Sabbath are an English rock band. The band was formed in Birmingham in 1968 by
Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals),
Tony Iommi (guitar),
Geezer Butler (bass), and
Bill Ward (drums and percussion),
the band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of
twenty-two former members. Originally formed as a
heavy blues-rock band named
Earth, the band began incorporating occult- and
horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars, changing their name to
Black Sabbath and releasing multiple gold and platinum records in the
1970s. They have sold over fifteen million records in America alone.
Although Black Sabbath have gone through many lineups and stylistic
changes, their original sound focused on ominous lyrics and doomy
music, often making use of the musical tritone,
also called the "devil's interval". Standing in stark contrast to
popular music of the early 1970s, Black Sabbath's dark sound was
dismissed by rock critics of the era.
Some early history
It was in the 1970's that Hard Rock really made it's name, the 3rd Led
Zeppelin album simply titled Led Zeppelin III although it lent more to
the progressive rock genre it still had the hard rock element. It was
the in 1970's that British band Black Sabbath made a name for
themselves with the album Black Sabbath often considered the first
true heavy metal album, along with Machine Head from Deep Purple.
Black Sabbath typically used heavy grinding riffs (Toni Iommi) and dark
lyrics (Ozzy Ozbourne) and just in general a dark feeling was given by
the music.
Deep Purple though lacking the dark atmosphere of
Black Sabbath where by most considered to be hard rock but the track
"Highway Star" from the album "Machine Head" is often said to be the
first Speed Metal track recorded.
Of course I do not characterize any of the members of these bands Angels or Devils. I have seen Deep Purple alive twice, 1972 in Sweden and 2007 and they will be here again in July this year. I have not seen Black Sabbath alive.
Georgios