I love listening to heavy metal music when I'm lifting weights. Pumps me up!
I agree! Heavy metal is a type of rock that developed in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.
I didn't know it developed in the UK, that's interesting! When did it make its way to the US?
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.
In 1968, three of the genre's
rock band mould and to spite the heavy metal fans who attended Faith No More's concerts expecting "War Pigs". Bassist Billy Gould said the version was a straightforward cover because "we like ["Easy"] in a painful kind of way. It gives us memories of our childhood". When asked about the cover, Lionel Richie replied that "I was actually quite flattered about the song. Yes, I loved it!"
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