History

There are many different beliefs to where the word "heavy metal" came from. The first belief is that it was first mentioned in a song by the band "Steppenwolf". The song was titled "Born to be wild" and the lyrics said.."heavy metal thunder". which ever way the actual word was created the history of heavy metal dates back to the mid 1960's. At the time the music consisted off softer pop such as "the beatles", or "the monkees" but hard core rockers wanted something harder and louder. Along came the first wave of bands that introduced the world to heavy metal. these included "cream", "led zeppelin", and who many consider to be the fathers of heavy metal "black sabbath". With leaders ozzy osbourne and jimmy page the world of heavy metal was set to take off and become a world of its own