The Songs That Invented Thrash (w/Martin Popoff)

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  • Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff for a discussion of songs recorded between 1970-1983 that helped shape & invent thrash metal. #thrashmetal #thrash #earlythrashmetal
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  • @bubbadagger
    @bubbadagger Pƙed rokem +30

    There was a NY hard-core compilation from 1981 called NEW YORK THRASH which had Bad Brains, Beastie Boys etc on it, and I would argue early Bad Brains had fully formed thrash metal songs by that point

    • @ronaldwilliams2456
      @ronaldwilliams2456 Pƙed rokem +1

      Good point.

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 Pƙed rokem +1

      I've never heard that stuff, but I have heard fast as a shark and EVERY 80's "thrash" band worshipped that song.

    • @0KT0BER
      @0KT0BER Pƙed rokem +4

      Good call on BB. There are always outliers that are forgotten or glossed over, over here in England the first Charged G.B.H album was 81 and also Discharge released a live album without a preceding studio album in 81. Edit: And there you go I totally forgot Scotlands The Exploited.

  • @stephenbrown4211
    @stephenbrown4211 Pƙed rokem +18

    I had the chance to be a Roadie for the day for Motorhead back in the early eighties. After seven hours of hauling and setting up the gear, Eagle told me and another guy to hang around. Sure enough Lemmy walks in, gets the bar open and asks us to join him for a pint or four. During the conversation he starts talking about some bands he liked. He told us to watch out for a band that were louder and faster than Motorhead and he predicted they would be bigger than them. That band was Metallica

  • @DokkenSabbath
    @DokkenSabbath Pƙed rokem +36

    Deep Purple - Fireball
    Motorhead - Overkill
    KISS - Parasite
    Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
    Aerosmith - Rats in the Cellar
    Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
    Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
    Judas Priest - Exciter
    Judas Priest - Dissident Aggressor
    Blast - Damned Flame
    The Sweet - Set Me Free
    Exciter - Cry of the Banshee
    Accept - Fast as a Shark
    Motley Crue - Live Wire
    Twisted Sister - Tear It Loose
    Motorhead - Ace of Spades
    Riot - Fire Down Under
    Scorpions - Virgin Killer
    KISS - Makin' Love
    Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
    AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
    Saxon - 20,000 Feet
    Iron Maiden - Purgatory, Drifter, Killers
    Rainbow - Kill the King
    Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
    Judas Priest - Rapid Fire
    Van Halen - Loss of Control
    Diamond Head - Helpless
    Anvil - 666
    Venom - Live Like an Angel, Die Like a Devil

    • @scottricci5063
      @scottricci5063 Pƙed rokem +3

      Yep, those are all faster songs, plus AC/DC Kicked In The Teeth and Beating Around The Bush

    • @tylerpatterson4787
      @tylerpatterson4787 Pƙed rokem +1

      Rush Bastille Day

    • @treff9226
      @treff9226 Pƙed rokem

      I felt good all over just reading your listđŸ€˜đŸ€˜đŸ€˜đŸŽžđŸŽžđŸŽž Fast and loose is how I prefer to go deaf and your list violates every speed limit known to man! Bang thy head that doesn't bang😁😁😁 thanks, Spencer!

    • @johnsoos6907
      @johnsoos6907 Pƙed rokem

      So glad to see you included Set Me Free, by Sweet!

    • @Rextum
      @Rextum Pƙed rokem +1

      These pre-thrash or proto-thrash songs are probably my all time favorites: melodic enough to sound pleasing to my ear, yet fast and evil enough to quicken my pulseđŸ€˜đŸ»
      I especially enjoy Priest, Maiden, Sabbath, Kiss, Motörhead, Accept and Sweet on the list!

  • @godetonter4764
    @godetonter4764 Pƙed rokem +4

    Dust - Learning To Die and Nazareth - Night Woman were 2 of the first Thrash Metal songs.
    My 1970s Proto Thrash Metal list
    Amboy Dukes - Prodigal Man 1969
    Sir Lord Baltimore - Pumped Up 1970
    Pink Floyd - the Nile Song 1969
    UFO - 🛾 Silver Bird 1971
    the Doors - Not to Touch the Earth 1968
    Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand 1977
    Montrose - I've Got the Fire
    - Matriarch
    Rush - What You Doing 1974
    Legs Diamond - Underworld King 1979
    Riot - Warrior 1977
    Dirty Tricks - Night Man 1976
    Rainbow - Tarot Woman
    - Kill the King
    - Danger Zone
    - Snakecharmer
    Budgie - Nude Dissintigrating Parachute Woman

  • @pvdguitars2951
    @pvdguitars2951 Pƙed rokem +5

    From the seventies, we have to include:
    Sweet : Set me free and Sweet FA
    Uriah Heep : bird of prey
    UFO : lights out and rock bottom
    Foghat : honey hush
    Ram Jam : runway runaway
    Deep Purple: Highway star and speed king

  • @tonyn3227
    @tonyn3227 Pƙed rokem +3

    No one mentioned speed king Intro and speed king, from deep purple in rock cd. That is pure thrash from 1970.

  • @alternativepreacher4516
    @alternativepreacher4516 Pƙed rokem +16

    Bad Brains's first album definitely influenced thrash. Discharge as well. And of course Damaged by Black Flag. Hardcore punk is essential to thrash.

    • @colico14
      @colico14 Pƙed rokem +3

      Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys!

  • @petebrown3715
    @petebrown3715 Pƙed rokem +6

    Punk had a good influence on early thrash like Black Flag, G.B.H., Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Kennedys, , Discharge, Exploited.
    For 70's metal don't forget Scorpions, UFO ( with Michael Schenker) etc.
    Great episode gents. I so look forward to this each week.

  • @heavenhelp1982
    @heavenhelp1982 Pƙed rokem +2

    ACCEPT - Fast As a Shark. That one always comes to mind and preceded the Thrash movement by at least a year.

  • @macseinchin
    @macseinchin Pƙed rokem +4

    Secret of the Dance - Gillan
    Purgatory - Iron Maiden
    Red and the Black - Blue Oyster Cult
    Let us Prey - Judas Priest
    Kill the King - Rainbow

  • @crossroader71
    @crossroader71 Pƙed rokem +3

    May Blitz-For Mad Men Only
    High Tide- Futilist's Lament

  • @xTheSpoilerx
    @xTheSpoilerx Pƙed rokem +5

    Just look at any thrash metal magazine in the 80s and you can see hardcore punk's influence just based on apparel alone haha. Just a quick glance at old Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer photos from their golden years and you will see them wearing shirts of Discharge, The Misfits, Mass Appeal, English Dogs, Septic Death, Life Sentence, GBH, Gastunk, SNFU, DRI, Dead Kennedys, Necros, MDC, Broken Bones etc etc...and we're talking some pretty obscure bands to have shirts of today, let alone be sporting them around in the early 80's. I think i saw them wearing shirts of hardcore punk bands more than i did of early heavy metal or NWOBHM bands.

  • @tmc1054
    @tmc1054 Pƙed rokem +11

    Blackmore played a role with Speed King and again later with Kill the King.

    • @scottgrace1029
      @scottgrace1029 Pƙed rokem +1

      The whole punk scene was not discussed. It clearly was fast and preceded thrash.

    • @AlexAlexon3897
      @AlexAlexon3897 Pƙed rokem

      @@scottgrace1029: It was touched on quite briefly, or at least The Sex Pistols were. But I agree, it was a big influence.

    • @AlexAlexon3897
      @AlexAlexon3897 Pƙed rokem

      TMC: Spot-on. Blackmore is wilfully ignored most of the time.

    • @Nissardpertugiu
      @Nissardpertugiu Pƙed rokem +1

      ​@@scottgrace1029 steve jones was a fan of Purple

    • @neuroisis85
      @neuroisis85 Pƙed rokem +1

      I feel like those Blackmore tracks are more an influence on Speed and Power Metal than Thrash.

  • @independenceltd.
    @independenceltd. Pƙed rokem +9

    Sweet - Set Me Free
    Rainbow - Kill the King

  • @markc.2824
    @markc.2824 Pƙed rokem +14

    Would also say Hardcore Punk def had an influence in the Thrash Metal sound. Discharge, Exploited, MDC, to name just a few...Great show, as always.

    • @apparaoapparao
      @apparaoapparao Pƙed rokem

      Absolutely. I’d add DRI’s 1983 LP. Extremely fast.

    • @Ninjabadger76
      @Ninjabadger76 Pƙed rokem

      Absolutely Jeff Hanneman from slayer was a huge fan of that scene

    • @henryurbach7973
      @henryurbach7973 Pƙed rokem +1

      Dead Kennedys were quite influential or inspirational

    • @neuroisis85
      @neuroisis85 Pƙed rokem +1

      Yea you can't have Thrash without Hardcore Punk.

  • @andrewrobinson2934
    @andrewrobinson2934 Pƙed rokem +6

    Great episode. I thought Speed King might get a mention when discussing early 70s Purple

  • @bubbadagger
    @bubbadagger Pƙed rokem +3

    Sweet - Set me Free and Sweet FA from 74

  • @mrbrick5907
    @mrbrick5907 Pƙed rokem +9

    I would throw in Van Halen's 'Loss of control'

  • @jasonrandell6523
    @jasonrandell6523 Pƙed rokem +28

    Set Me Free by Sweet. The tempo and riffs...actually the whole song.

    • @normangeleri1522
      @normangeleri1522 Pƙed rokem +3

      Right after watching the video I ran the comment section and put my word in about Set Me Free and then a couple of comments down I saw your comment way to go

    • @philjm3103
      @philjm3103 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@normangeleri1522 It's a great song, and was actually played on Planet Rock last night! I remember hearing this for the first time back in the 70s. What a band!

    • @normangeleri1522
      @normangeleri1522 Pƙed rokem +3

      It wasn't speed metal but it was very heavy a song called cockroach by sweet love that song

    • @breakaleg10
      @breakaleg10 Pƙed rokem +2

      Sweet F A is a good example as well, even though it's a bit slower

    • @normangeleri1522
      @normangeleri1522 Pƙed rokem +1

      If you like sweet you probably like the band Angel they are still touring in their 70s and they put out a new album a few years ago you should check some of the songs out two good ones are we were the wild and lost and lonely by Angel

  • @kevinpeterson6468
    @kevinpeterson6468 Pƙed rokem +9

    Off the top of my head Stone Cold Crazy sounds like early thrash to me

    • @wolf1977
      @wolf1977 Pƙed rokem +1

      But with melody & good vocals, that's what makes it 'proto-thrash' & to me sets it apart from later 'actual' thrash metal. Also no double bass drums. Q magazine described it as "thrash metal before the term was invented"

    • @angelomicciche3044
      @angelomicciche3044 Pƙed rokem +2

      Also love Martin’s other pick, Modern Times Rock n Roll. And Ogre Battle on Queen II.

  • @220volt74
    @220volt74 Pƙed rokem +6

    I realy like episodes like these. You learn a bit of history, get inspired and discover new songs.

  • @gilesglossop5071
    @gilesglossop5071 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

    I love Martin's analogy of thrash being like lifting up the bonnet of a car and admiring the intricacies of the engine. He is quite possibly the only ever existing example of the 'heavy metal intellectual' or even a philospher on the subject! Magnificent.

  • @kamranmalik8546
    @kamranmalik8546 Pƙed rokem +8

    Stone Cold Crazy
    Fireball
    Symptom of the Universe

  • @metaloutlaw62
    @metaloutlaw62 Pƙed rokem +3

    I love these kinds of topics. Let's not forget Belgium's Acid, The first album from 83 predates Exciter Heavy metal maniac. and Metallica - Kill em all. Songs like the title track, Anvill and Heaven's Devils. I think their second album Maniac from the same year is a bit tighter. You have Max Overload, Bottoms up, Lucifera. I would also throw Torch debut album from 83 songs like Watchers of the Night and Hatchet man. I know Martin likes that album. It would be cool to see a show about more obscure early 80's metal. Great show Pete and Martin.

  • @Nissardpertugiu
    @Nissardpertugiu Pƙed rokem +1

    There s a lot of songs in Deep Purple that are thrashy, not just the riffs, but the drums.
    Speed Kings, Flight of the rat, Hard Lovin man, Fireball, Highway star, Burn, Lady double dealer

  • @theclassicrockjunkie7353

    Great video and topic !

  • @ilovevinyl620
    @ilovevinyl620 Pƙed rokem +6

    Accept - Fast as a Shark
    Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder
    Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
    Motörhead - The Hammer
    Judas Priest - Rapid Fire
    Venom - Don't burn the Witch
    Mercyful Fate- - Evil

  • @Rextum
    @Rextum Pƙed rokem

    Great episode, very cool topic, brilliant picks!đŸ˜ŽđŸ€˜đŸ»

  • @stephaneherringtoniowritin4986

    Great insightful synopsis of the genre,well done chaps!đŸ€ŸđŸ’ŻđŸŽ…

  • @shaunfulton7261
    @shaunfulton7261 Pƙed rokem +2

    It was Malcolm Dome from Kerrang! who used the term 'Thrash' for the first time.

  • @jaimeres
    @jaimeres Pƙed rokem +3

    Sweet F.A., Set Me Free. Sweet.
    Kill The King. Rainbow. Those were the first that came to mind.

  • @MrZenkman
    @MrZenkman Pƙed rokem +20

    Great episode! A couple of songs that were missed from the 70’s would be Nazareth- Razamanaz and Sweet- Set me Free.

    • @angelomicciche3044
      @angelomicciche3044 Pƙed rokem +3

      Sweet- good call!

    • @bubbadagger
      @bubbadagger Pƙed rokem +2

      Ya ! Sweet FA and set me free to name 2

    • @johna8973
      @johna8973 Pƙed rokem

      no BÖC ? and the Ramones most definitely WERE an influence

    • @soylentgreendip
      @soylentgreendip Pƙed rokem +1

      Definitely Razamataz. Too me it's definitely the first thrash song. A lot of Americans really missed the boat on Nazareth.

  • @alessandroneri8929
    @alessandroneri8929 Pƙed rokem +6

    Unbelievable vĂ­deo Mr Pardo and Poppof. So entertaining and thinkfull... That's why SOT and The Contrarians are amazing music YT safe and respectfull Channels.

  • @pitanguirj
    @pitanguirj Pƙed rokem

    Great content, guys. Long live thrash

  • @alder456
    @alder456 Pƙed rokem +3

    Cheers Pete and Martin. You are right Martin, My favorite Sabbath song Children of the Grave. Unlike other overplayed early Sabbath classics I could listen to that song everyday. So cool. Second pick Sweet-Ballroom Blitz. Maybe parts of No You Don't and Sweet FA. Third pick Rush-Bastille Day. Minus the chorus. Maybe Anthem too.

  • @ronaldwilliams2456
    @ronaldwilliams2456 Pƙed rokem +6

    The term thrash was being used by hardcore punk bands in the Eighties to describe their music. I think the metal people borrowed it from the punkers. I remember hearing my punk friends using the term quite a bit.

    • @wolf1977
      @wolf1977 Pƙed rokem +1

      I've read that the term "thrash metal" was first coined in relation to music to apply to Anthrax in the early 80's. The punk connection makes perfect sense (to me) too

    • @ronaldwilliams2456
      @ronaldwilliams2456 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@wolf1977 I only mention it because I was going to hardcore shows and I remember the word being used a lot. We'll never know for sure, I reckon.

  • @impalaman9707
    @impalaman9707 Pƙed rokem +3

    We REALLY have to go back to the 60s! Without a doubt--"Doctor Please" by Blue Cheer was the first thrash metal song from 1967. Followed up quickly by MC5 "Black To Comm". and the very best proto thrasher of all---The Stooges "I Gotta Right"!

  • @Morbidous
    @Morbidous Pƙed rokem +6

    Motörhead - Overkill and Venom - Witching Hour and specially Black Metal are obvious choices, but Misfits also made their contribution with Earth A.D.

  • @AndrewCarterBaker
    @AndrewCarterBaker Pƙed rokem +9

    The guitar "gallop" of Nazareth's cover of This Flight Tonight as well as Heart's Barracuda could be considered an essential ingredient in what became metal/thrash

    • @ronbo11
      @ronbo11 Pƙed rokem

      And Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" was a big influence on both songs you mentioned. I don't know if it's mentioned since I just started the video. ***Edit*** Pete just mentioned "Immigrant Song" - cool!

  • @godetonter4764
    @godetonter4764 Pƙed rokem +2

    The first Thrash Metal song was the original fast chaotic version of Death of the Sun that appeared alongside Metallica - Hit the Lights on Metal Massacre 1981. Even Metallica admit that Cirith Ungol were even faster

  • @danieldemetrio6474
    @danieldemetrio6474 Pƙed rokem +2

    Some hardcore punk songs could also be mentioned. Songs like "Protest and Survive" by Discharge brought things to the table that older metal bands did not, influencing metal bands after that, more than just influencing "attitude".

  • @johnw.mcintosh4740
    @johnw.mcintosh4740 Pƙed rokem +4

    Yes- Heart of the Sunrise for speed and intensity. Also, Barracuda by Heart and Let it Ride by BTO are both earlier examples of the gallop that Iron Maiden are famous for.

  • @garyaeh1878
    @garyaeh1878 Pƙed rokem +3

    Always enjoy Friday at the fun house, I think Triumph's rock n roll machine fits this blue print for thrash. Also, a topic I think would be a good idea is " soul stirring moments". Those songs that grab you and just pull in. For example for me a couple would be Pink Floyd's The Great Gig In The Sky or the Stone's Can't You Hear Me Knockin'. Thanks again guys.

  • @wallac11
    @wallac11 Pƙed rokem +1

    Great episode. Other early examples of thrash precursors are TV Eye by The Stooges(especially the middle section) and Supernaut by Sabbath. Thrash was also a term for some early eighties hardcore bands. The Misfits Earth AD was described as thrash or thrashcore. Also you cannot underestimate the influence of Discharge's Hear Nothing, See nothing, Say Nothing album on early thrash bands. I did a four part series of the history of thrash metal on my channel.

  • @jwilliams3835
    @jwilliams3835 Pƙed rokem +2

    Lady Whiskey- Whisbone Ash

  • @inmyhouse11
    @inmyhouse11 Pƙed rokem +3

    Raz ama Naz was a heavy kick ass track for 1973.

  • @bubbadagger
    @bubbadagger Pƙed rokem +5

    BAD BRAINS debut in 81

  • @kevinturchin
    @kevinturchin Pƙed rokem +1

    Great episode and loved the little impromptu Metallica talk. And oh yes I always love a mention of Savage- Loose n Lethal, a NWOBHM masterpiece.

  • @petegreenfield3645
    @petegreenfield3645 Pƙed rokem +4

    I believe it was the late Malcom Dome of Kerrang who first coined the term Thrash..

    • @MofosOfMetal
      @MofosOfMetal Pƙed rokem

      RIP Malcolm, yeah I remember learning that when he passed and people kept mentioning 'he's the guy who invented the term Thrash Metal'.

  • @nebbyscumbold
    @nebbyscumbold Pƙed rokem +11

    Stone Cold Crazy.

  • @jeffrose8632
    @jeffrose8632 Pƙed rokem +2

    1983. Thin Lizzy. Cold sweat.

  • @submaster_7621
    @submaster_7621 Pƙed rokem +1

    I’m looking forward to the Clutch episode, Pete. 😁

  • @mikeb.7183
    @mikeb.7183 Pƙed rokem +18

    Fast as a Shark was the first definitive "Thrash" song. IMHO Everything up to that point had parts and pieces but nothing like that

    • @geoffbanton4049
      @geoffbanton4049 Pƙed rokem +3

      Correct! All together now ‘hi de hi doh hi dah hi de hi doh hi dah
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    • @godetonter4764
      @godetonter4764 Pƙed rokem

      @@geoffbanton4049 Checkout Cirith Ungol - Death of the Sun from the first Metal Massacre, Saxon - To Hell and Back , Accept - Starlight, Jaguar - Dutch Connection, Raven - Wiped Out, Fist - Brain Damage, Venom - Blood Lust, Bitch - Live For the Whip, Manilla Road - Invasion, and Motorhead - White Negro Flies 1977

    • @godetonter4764
      @godetonter4764 Pƙed rokem

      @@geoffbanton4049 You coined the term NWOBHM for Sounds Magazine in 1979?
      Autocorrect changed White Line Fever to White Negro Flies. That was bizarre

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      @gobeethoth Pƙed rokem

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  • @mannyruiz1954
    @mannyruiz1954 Pƙed rokem +2

    Great episode. I might include Queen- Ogre Battle, early Van Halen with those lightning fast, boogie riffs.

  • @theclassicrockjunkie7353

    Got my copy of the Zep book, excellent Martin !

  • @olivierpease8108
    @olivierpease8108 Pƙed rokem

    Thanks for this show gents. Totally agree with you about Anvil Martin. Other thrashy songs on these 2 albums : jackhammer, motormount or butter-bust jerky.

  • @keithwatkins7908
    @keithwatkins7908 Pƙed rokem +3

    What about before 1970, "Seven and Seven Is" by Love from 1966, a great galloping riff?!

    • @impalaman9707
      @impalaman9707 Pƙed rokem +1

      Here's a couple more thrashers from 1966: there's one Jeff Beck was doing with the Yardbirds--"I Ain't Done Wrong"--or maybe "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" by the Who

  • @stephenblake2196
    @stephenblake2196 Pƙed rokem

    Nice!!! YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT TECHNICAL STYLES IN DRUMMERS AND BASSPLAYERS AND GUITAR PLAYING DUEL ATTACK EVEN TRIPLE!!! INVENTIVE AND THE ARRANGEMENT IN SONG WRITING IN GENERAL!! OFF THE CHARTS !! NEVER HEARD BEFORE, NEWLY DISCOVERED TONES AND SOUND !! NEVER MIND TECHNOLOGY IN EQUIPMENT!!! WOW!! THE LATE 70'S AND THREW OUT THE 80'S ! ROCK ARTISTS AND THEI MUSIC WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER LEVEL!! TRULY AMAZING MUSICIANS CAME FROM THAT DECADE!! UNMATCHED TILL THIS DAY!! VOCALIST WERE INSANE!! ALONG WITH WELL WRITTEN LYRICS?? TO ME VARIETY IN THE 80'S AND THE POOL OF TALENTED MUSICIANS WAS THE KEY IN WHY THE MUSIC STANDS TODAY TIMELESS MUSICALLY!!! WOW!! Looking back it was the MOST INPORTANT TIME IN ROCK. MUSIC AND HOW IT PROGRESSED??? IT CHANGED OVER NIGHT ?? LIKE THE 90'S BUT THE 90'S WEREN'T INVENTIVE IN FACT THE .MUSIC BECAME STALE AND BORING AGAIN??

  • @williamwalker146
    @williamwalker146 Pƙed rokem +2

    Fantastic episode!
    I think the pioneering songs of thrash is kind of the same as the pioneering songs of speed metal, there's really little distinction in the 1970s.
    1970-1974:
    "Hard Lovin' Man" by Deep Purple
    "Hell Hound" by Sir Lord Baltimore (great call by Pete)
    "Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath
    "Set Me Free" by Sweet
    "In For the Kill" by Budgie
    "Parasite" by Kiss
    "Stone Cold Crazy" by Queen
    1975-1979
    probably something from Sabotage
    "Dissident Aggressor" by Judas Priest
    "He's a Woman-She's a Man" by Scorpions (I remember Dave Mustaine saying once how huge of an influence Taken by Force was on him)
    Riot's Rock City
    "Exciter" by Judas Priest
    "Kill the King" by Rainbow
    "Through the Night" by Axe (great underground speed metal piece)
    first three Motorhead albums (songs like "Overkill" and "Bomber")
    "The Wall" by Squadran (another great underground thrash metal tune)
    "Lady Lou" by Accept
    1980-1983
    I thought they covered everything on that really well. Motorhead, Accept, Venom, Anvil, Raven, Exciter.

  • @dwill1970
    @dwill1970 Pƙed rokem +2

    I would have to mention the song extermination day from Angel Witch that song was originally demoed in mid 70s and it's thrash personified it sounds like a megadeth song and this is 1977,1978👍

  • @angelomicciche3044
    @angelomicciche3044 Pƙed rokem +2

    Sheer Heart Attack is credited as being Queen’s response to Punk.

  • @iangeddes9055
    @iangeddes9055 Pƙed rokem +1

    They mentioned Diamond head saw them last week with Saxon ,Am I evil went down great with crowd and Saxon were phenomenal .

  • @andymudrock322
    @andymudrock322 Pƙed rokem +1

    Hey guys. I'm going to go back just a little further than 1970 for thrash origins.
    1-SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (reprise) (1967)
    2-EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY MONKEY (Beatles White Album 1968)
    3-HELTER SKELTER (Beatles White Album 1968)

  • @magnu75
    @magnu75 Pƙed rokem +3

    How about Maelstrom by GIllan from 1981 & Amon Duul III Burundi Drummer's Nightmare from 1982?

    • @zigmonger6646
      @zigmonger6646 Pƙed rokem

      As i was reading the comments I was thinking about the Gillan song and how I'm going to have to post it... but now that I see you've mentioned it well let me just say I agree that Ian Gillan track the Maelstrom should be at the top of the list especially towards the end when his vocal gets all crazy....but here in America that track like most Gillan solo tracks aren't well known.... unfortunately

    • @magnu75
      @magnu75 Pƙed rokem

      @@zigmonger6646I've actually been thinking that a lot of the Gillan era material fits into this particular genre, not just because of their slightly punk sound driven tracks, and also the way their albums are mixed, but also the musicianship is a very different style of heaviness which is very different to Gillan's previous projects (including Purple), and seems much more fitting with the punk ethos of the time.

  • @lateramae
    @lateramae Pƙed rokem +2

    Black Sabbath's "Symptom of the Universe," Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy," AC/DC's "Let There Be Rock," and Aerosmith's "Rats in the Cellar."

  • @finslaw
    @finslaw Pƙed rokem +1

    Blue Oyster Cult's speedier songs deserve a mention, like Hot Rails to Hell. However, for pre-1970 you have Come and Get It by Blue Cheer which sounds to my ears like metal meets punk.

  • @purpletemple1
    @purpletemple1 Pƙed rokem +1

    Some honorable mentions: Chicken Shack-Cryin' Won't Help You Now (1972). Heavy, dirty track. The Bob Seger System-Tales of Lucy Blue (1969). The drummer's going full-on double bass drum for a good bit of the track. Not saying those purposefully influenced Thrash, but they're good examples of early Thrash-like music. Cheers.

  • @hrothgar64
    @hrothgar64 Pƙed rokem

    Pre 1970, 1966 to be exact: Sabre Dance by Love Sculpture. A fast, heavy instrumental version of Khachaturian's classical piece from his ballet, Gayane, from 1942. Featuring Dave Edmunds on guitar.

  • @soylentgreendip
    @soylentgreendip Pƙed rokem +1

    Nazareth's song Razamataz from 1973 is the first thrash metal song. No and if's or buts. A lot of Americans (and Martin) missed the boat on Nazareth. One of the great bands of the 1970's and beyond.

  • @travb3075
    @travb3075 Pƙed rokem +3

    Ghengis Khan off Killers is very thrash. I've always thought Warrior off Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak sounds like Megadeth

  • @billymac72
    @billymac72 Pƙed rokem +2

    This may seem a weird one, but the Moody Blues’ “Ride My See Saw” has a galloping instrumental mid section that is rather Disposable Heroes-ish. Check it out!

  • @bubbadagger
    @bubbadagger Pƙed rokem +1

    Magic Potion by the Open Mind from 69 had heavy riffs and double kicks

  • @jeffreyrobinson9120
    @jeffreyrobinson9120 Pƙed rokem +1

    I would mention the songs "Under my Wheels" and "You Drive Me Nervous" from Alice Cooper`s "Killer" album as well as "Kick Out The Jams" from The MC5 and "Killing Floor" from The Stooges. The role of punk can`t be overstated when it comes to the origins of thrash. Bands like Black Flag, Husker Du, The Sex Pistols and Death( the three brothers from Detroit) were all very influential.

  • @ficheetah3700
    @ficheetah3700 Pƙed rokem +1

    Punk discussion is interesting. Really, the toneless vocals, speed, aggression and garage feel ("open high hat") does crossover with metal, but the subgenres have more of a shared history with garage or even proto-punk like Stooges & MC5. Germs, Adolescents, early Bad Brains, etc.. are pure speed and attitude. The interesting thing is when those branches start to crossover with Suicidal Tendencies, DRI, etc. By the mid 80s, American hardcore punk (including California pop punk or even later Bad Brains) was basically all metal guitar tones and riffs. The non-metal stuff became Indie/Alternative/college rock but even that later crossed over again (Nirvana, Melvins, Soundgarden).

  • @karenlindsay6253
    @karenlindsay6253 Pƙed rokem +3

    King crimson...larks tongue in aspect....heavy duty..

  • @scarfface24
    @scarfface24 Pƙed rokem +1

    The term “thrash metal” was first used by the late Malcolm Dome (in Kerrang!).

  • @ficheetah3700
    @ficheetah3700 Pƙed rokem +2

    What about Glam? There' also 20th Cententury Boy by Bolan and Queen Bitch by Bowie.

  • @captainbeyond7469
    @captainbeyond7469 Pƙed rokem +3

    I’d jump back to Deep Purple In Rock with Flight of the Rat and Hard Lovin Man.

  • @hamesparde9888
    @hamesparde9888 Pƙed rokem

    I seem to remember watching an interview where Dave Mustaine said that he really liked the guitar tone on the intro to killers.

  • @tonyeckman4822
    @tonyeckman4822 Pƙed rokem

    Kiss- Parasite (especially on the Alive album)
    Going back to the 50's some of the early songs by Bill Haley & The Comets we're pretty fast for their time. Even Elvis (Jailhouse Rock) and Little Richard (Good Golly Miss Molly)
    Hendrix (Manic Depression) too!

  • @MrBdog1021
    @MrBdog1021 Pƙed rokem

    Stone Cold Crazy was the first song that came to mind for this topic

  • @Canuck1000
    @Canuck1000 Pƙed rokem

    Rat Skates (Overkill) mentioned that he or someone in his entourage came up with the word thrash metal (early 80s) as he discussed in his video. I am not 100% sure, but I do remember that he discussed in his video. Good episode.

  • @AlexAlexon3897
    @AlexAlexon3897 Pƙed rokem

    🌅I'd add Speed King, a song Lemmy and Phil Taylor loved; Kill the King, the first example of THAT double bass drum pattern; all of Gillan's contributions - Secret of the Dance, Message in a Bottle, Unchain Your Brain, etc.; Lights Out; Thin Lizzy's Are You Ready?; Wrath and Wroll, the last song on Mott the Hoople's debut; and a handful of Nazareth songs from the '70s. As for '83, Dio's Stand Up and Shout has been overlooked. I agree re. Sex Pistols, especially having seen their first reunion show.🌇

  • @frankcook3612
    @frankcook3612 Pƙed rokem +3

    Blue Oyster Cult-The Red and the Black
    Blue Oyster Cult-Hot Rails to Hell
    Sir Lord Baltimore-Helium Head
    Lucifer’s Friend-Ride the Sky
    Blue Cheer -Just a Little Bit
    The Del Vettes-Last Time Around
    Journey to the Center of the Mind-Amboy Dukes
    Raceway-The Pink Fairies
    Let there Be Rock-AC/DC
    Motor City Madhouse-Ted Nugent

  • @MofosOfMetal
    @MofosOfMetal Pƙed rokem +2

    I had a chat with Mark Briody of Jag Panzer and while not a Thrash band - he did say that back in the early days of the Metal scene - the song 'Fast as a Shark' sent shockwaves around the whole tape-trading and Metal community. It was like it was the state of the art - and that fast(for the time) kick drum actually inspired them to add the song 'Generally Hostile' to the album and to get their drummer to learn double-bass.
    I think the song Chemical Warfare was also a bit of a game-changer. The story there is amazing too - with Gene Hoglan(of Dark Angel) showing Dave Lombardo in the studio some tricks for using double-bass. And we know what happened later with Slayer on Reign in Blood!
    I also think Fight Fire With Fire is WAY Thrashier than anything on Metallica's debut - and that song set a new standard that Metallica wouldn't even really try to compete with on future releases - but other bands would take as their template and run with!

  • @chrisharper6088
    @chrisharper6088 Pƙed rokem

    Couple of suggestions, my first would be the original French version of Antisocial by Trust. Others would be Dead Kennedys with Holidays In Cambodia and from a different angle Thunder and Lightning by Thin Lizzy and Anvil with March of the Crabs. My first thrash album I brought was Anthrax with Fistfull of Metal which includes Metal Thrashing Mad, even so the riff is based on a very Saxon template, but to me a thrash album. Still have Kerrangs from issue 48 to 100, so maybe one day go through them to work out the first mention of thrash.

  • @roccopatrone8843
    @roccopatrone8843 Pƙed rokem +1

    when I saw the topic I immediately thought about Rush, Necromancer from the under-rated Caress of Steel.

  • @chrismorgan7494
    @chrismorgan7494 Pƙed rokem +3

    Dave Edmunds 1969 version of Sabre Dance is easily the first Thrash recording.

  • @ditherschmidt9152
    @ditherschmidt9152 Pƙed rokem

    Gentlemen,👍👍👍👍👍 I take off my hat to you!

  • @wildmansteve5451
    @wildmansteve5451 Pƙed rokem +1

    Genesis’ Dancing With The Moonlit Knight from 1973 has the instrumental breakdown that sounds thrash to me. But really only that one part.

  • @oy2vz241
    @oy2vz241 Pƙed rokem

    Nice sweatshirt hoodie! \m/

  • @pongosnodgrass7014
    @pongosnodgrass7014 Pƙed rokem +1

    Piggy, Away and Blacky supplied groove to some thrash riffing x

  • @johncampbell3390
    @johncampbell3390 Pƙed rokem +1

    Missing a big one. Into the Void the bridge section. Speeds up and then big hand brake right back to the main riff.

  • @gordy3714
    @gordy3714 Pƙed rokem +7

    Ryan Skow would be watching this. The 3 songs around which I reckon inspired Thrash.
    1,Discharge Fight Back 5 track EP.
    2,Exploited Dead Cities.
    3,Two Songs off UK Subs Tomorrows Girl B Sides, Scum of the Earth and Telephone Numbers.
    Sure Ryan would add more.
    On Power Metal The Sweet Set Me Free from 1974. Are you going to find a song like that any earlier. đŸ€”

    • @MrVenom5150
      @MrVenom5150 Pƙed rokem +1

      Yeah man I agree. Early Hardcore most definitely inspired thrash. Discharge for sure, as well as UK hardcore band GBH. (Hetfield even wore their T-shirt a lot)

    • @mrbrick5907
      @mrbrick5907 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@MrVenom5150 Plus Kirk is wearing a white Discharge shirt with the three skulls on loads of those early photos.

    • @MrVenom5150
      @MrVenom5150 Pƙed rokem

      @@mrbrick5907 absolutely!

  • @karenlindsay6253
    @karenlindsay6253 Pƙed rokem

    Great show guys....how about Amboy Dukes Journey to the center of the mind?

  • @godetonter4764
    @godetonter4764 Pƙed rokem +2

    As melodic as Scorpions would become there can be no denying the intensity of He's a Woman, She's a Man in 1977 , but Can't Get Enough from 1979 could well have been the first Thrash Metal song. The song I Can't Get Enough was more Thrash Metal than Motorhead - Overkill. Because of the slamming pre chorus breakdown

  • @Metla666
    @Metla666 Pƙed rokem +2

    Exciter from Unleashed in the East, Pure blazing metal. For me, the crux point of thrash.

  • @griphfunk
    @griphfunk Pƙed rokem +1

    Great episode. I really enjoyed the ending conversation about the new Metallica track. It has to be exhausting to be Metallica. I love Metallica, but man the fans are rough. I can't think of any other band whose die hard fans are so hard to please.

  • @troyv8302
    @troyv8302 Pƙed rokem

    Love your lists. I always thought Barracuda from Heart had a thrash aspect to it with that driving riff.

    • @winstonsyme5899
      @winstonsyme5899 Pƙed rokem +2

      Led Zeppelin “Achilles Last Stand” pre-dates Hearts song. Plus killer, insane drumming and mystic lyrics. Truly epic song.

    • @troyv8302
      @troyv8302 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@winstonsyme5899 That is true. Was just saying this song also has thrash aspects to it. Has the gallop like riff.

    • @danielwolski873
      @danielwolski873 Pƙed rokem +1

      Nancy Wilson said that she borrowed the riff from This Flight Tonight by Nazareth.

  • @ronaldwilliams2456
    @ronaldwilliams2456 Pƙed rokem

    Actually, in San Antonio, Texas, my hometown, we did indeed talk about Heavy Metal back in the Seventies. Of course, I'm sure a lot of what we called metal back then would be considered hard rock today.