QUESTION OF THE WEEK: IN LIGHT OF THE KINKS ARTICLE, WHICH BANDS DO YOU CREDIT FOR CREATING HEAVY METAL? WHAT ABOUT HARD ROCK?
For me, the “creators” of Heavy Metal, would be Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Hard Rock? That is far more difficult to answer, but maybe The Beatles? Check out George Harrison‘s riff on I Feel Fine (1964), which can then be followed by Paperback Writer (1966), the opening riff in Revolution (1968) and Harrison’s playing […]
THE KINKS’ DAVE DAVIES ANSWERS WHETHER JIMMY PAGE PLAYED GUITAR ON “YOU REALLY GOT ME” AND IF THE BAND CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF HEAVY METAL
Greg Prato for Ultimate Guitar spoke with The Kinks‘ Dave Davies, the segment appears in its entirety, below. Ultimate Guitar: I think I recall once in an interview that producer Eddie Kramer claimed that Jimmy Page actually recorded guitars on You Really Got Me. Is that true or false? Dave Davies: No, it’s not true. […]