HEAVY METAL ROCKER ACTIVITY

• Objective: Create a stereotypical heavy metal rocker

  • Step 1: Define rocker's gender

  • Step 2: Choose a name

  • Step 3: Design outfit and hairstyle

  • Step 4: Define musical tastes (favorite band, instruments, band status, other genres)

  • Step 5: Establish identity (age, religion, politics, family)

HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL

• Early Influences (1968): Key albums and songs that shaped the genre:

  • Blue Cheer: "Vincebus Eruptum"

  • Jeff Beck: "Truth"

  • The Beatles: "Helter Skelter"

  • Iron Butterfly: "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida"

THE NAME OF THE GENRE

• Literary and musical influences:

  • William Burroughs' Naked Lunch

  • Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" (highlights heavy metal themes)

BLACK SABBATH

• Foundational band: Key members include Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne

• Mythology and music:

  • Notable songs: "War Pigs", "Paranoid"

  • Albums: Master of Reality, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

THE END OF OSBOURNE ERA

• Ozzy Osbourne replaced by Ronnie James Dio after several albums, including Heaven and Hell

DEEP PURPLE

• Key members and albums:

  • Notable works: Deep Purple In Rock, Machine Head ("Smoke on the Water")

LED ZEPPELIN

• Formation and early success:

  • Transition from The Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin

  • Major albums: Led Zeppelin IV, Physical Graffiti

BEGINNINGS OF GLAM ROCK

• Key figures: Marc Bolan, David Bowie, and Gary Glitter known for glam influences.

ALICE COOPER

• Origin of Shock Rock:

  • Vincent Furnier's transformation into Alice Cooper

  • Key albums: Love It to Death, Billion Dollar Babies

KISS

• Members include Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley

• Early success with albums like Alive! and Destroyer