EP59: Fela Kuti "Zombie"

EP60: Ted Nugent "Free-For-All"

You would be hard pressed to find a more controversial or polarizing figure in the world of music or anywhere else than Ted Nugent. His views on politics, the environment, women, or any other subject are extreme to say the least and we could not disagree with every one of them more. However, his impact on hard rock is undeniable. From an incredible run that began with The Amboy Dukes in the late sixties and continued into a solo career that ran the entire decade of the 1970's, no chronology of heavy music would be complete without the Motor City Madman. We've chosen the title track of his sophomore LP from 1976 as the centerpiece of our conversation about his music but spend a good majority of this episode trying to answer the question: is it possible to separate the art from the artist? HHP Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62] HHP on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1 [https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1] HHP Instagram https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy [https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy] @historyofheavy

EP59: Fela Kuti "Zombie"

Fela Kuti recorded more than 60 albums, is regarded as the principal innovator of the Afrobeat genre, was an outspoken political voice for the oppressed people of Nigeria and one of the most important figures in the history of world music. But how does he fit into our chronology of heavy? Mike & Dave break it down. Recommended Listening, Watching & Reading Miriam Makeba https://open.spotify.com/artist/18RkLKfeoUgZflWv9os25W?si=3UX0R-PDSGSrhXbhO3Xtlw [https://open.spotify.com/artist/18RkLKfeoUgZflWv9os25W?si=3UX0R-PDSGSrhXbhO3Xtlw] Bobi Wine https://open.spotify.com/artist/6d7TH1WmN4YI15WAygkuMR?si=hrEGxnDxS_qj4JUM-leazA HHP Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62] HHP on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1 [https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1] HHP Instagram https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy [https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy] @historyofheavy

EP58: Death "Politicians In My Eyes"

The proto-punk/garage rock band Death (not the Florida Death metallers) formed in 1971, released one independent single in 1976, broke up in 1977 and then were essentially completely forgotten about. That is until record collectors, seeking rare artifacts began to unearth the 500 copies of that record in the early 2000s. It eventually made its way to Drag City Records who released Death's first full length LP …For All the World To See in 2009. In 2014 the feature length documentary A Band Called Death was released and finally, some forty years after the fact, Death were recognized as the ground breaking, genre bending talent that they were. With the benefit hindsight, we discuss where they fit in our chronology of heavy. RIP Clive Davis Recommended Listening, Watching & Reading A Band Called Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmfsnfMHMc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmfsnfMHMc] HHP Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62] HHP on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1 [https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1] HHP Instagram https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy [https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy] @historyofheavy

EP57: Black Sabbath - Sabotage

1975 saw the last of six consecutive, nearly perfect studio albums from the classic lineup of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward. Sabotage continued the cocaine fueled, high energy experimentation of Vol 4. and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath while adding a new found rage to the formula, brought on by the embittered legal dispute that they were in at the time with their former manager. The resulting intensity of tracks like "Hole in the Sky," "The Writ" and of course "Symptom of the Universe," (which essentially invents thrash metal) makes the album an essential listen in their truly essential catalog. HHP Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62] HHP on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1 [https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1] HHP Instagram https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy [https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy] @historyofheavy

EP56: Lou Reed "Metal Music Machine, Pt.4"

RCA Records had to halt distribution of Metal Machine Music just weeks after its release in 1975, due to customer complaints about its cacophonous, atonal noise . It was so widely derided that it damaged Reed's reputation for years to come and it still sits firmly on many Worst Albums of All-Time lists. However, now with decades of hindsight and hundreds of experimental musicians inspired by his fearlessness behind us, its impact is undeniable. Traces of these structureless, rhythmless "songs" can be found in artists as far reaching as Sonic Youth, Einstürzende Neubauten, PiL, and William Basinski. But does that make it any good? HHP Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qkURdYib8hLz8s20D9yTC?si=1526168526854a62] HHP on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1 [https://www.tiktok.com/@the.history.of.hea?_t=ZP-8z7me40bcbu&_r=1] HHP Instagram https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy [https://instagram.com/the_history_of_heavy] @historyofheavy