Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal Music

189 Pages·2010·3.33 MB·English

by  Andrew L. Cope

Black Sabbath and the Rise of
Heavy Metal Music
Andrew L. Cope
Black SaBBath and the RiSe of
heavy Metal MuSic
This book is lovingly dedicated to my late Mother –
Christina Jean Cope (1927–2003)
Black Sabbath and the Rise of
heavy Metal Music
andRew l. cope
Music School, Staffordshire Performing Arts
© andrew l. cope 2010
all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
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to be identified as the author of this work.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
cope, andrew l.
Black Sabbath and the rise of heavy metal music. – (ashgate popular and folk music
series)
1. Black Sabbath (Musical group) 2. led Zeppelin (Musical group) 3. heavy metal
(Music)–england–Birmingham–history and criticism.
i. title ii. Series
781.6’6’0942496-dc22
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
cope, andrew l.
Black Sabbath and the rise of heavy metal music / andrew l. cope.
p. cm. – (ashgate popular and folk music series)
includes bibliographical references and index.
iSBn 978-0-7546-6881-7 (hardcvoer : alk. paper) – iSBn 978-0-7546-9990-3 (ebook)
1. heavy metal music–history and criticism. 2. Black Sabbath (Musical group)
i. title.
Ml3534.c6653 2009
781.66–dc22
2009044945
iSBn 9780754668817 (hbk)
iSBn 9780754699903 (ebk)
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contents
List of Tables vii
List of Music Examples ix
Foreword xi
General Editor’s Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
introduction 1
1 Birmingham: the cradle of all things heavy 7
2 the dichotomy of Syntax in the Music of Black Sabbath and
led Zeppelin 43
3 the dichotomy of aesthetics in Black Sabbath and
led Zeppelin 71
4 continuity, development and the new wave of
British heavy Metal 95
5 assimilation and Stability 123
Bibliography 147
Discography 153
Filmography 165
Index 167
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list of tables
1.1 typical chord sequence as used by freddie king 18
2.1 Black Sabbath, ‘war pigs’ from Paranoid (1970): table of events 67
2.2 Structure types found within the recordings of led Zeppelin 69
4.1 Judas priest, ‘exciter’ from Stained Class (1978):
table of events 117
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list of Music examples
1.1 typical chuck Berry style intro 13
1.2 Typical Chuck Berry-type guitar fill 13
1.3 typical e blues turnaround 19
2.1 Phrygian mode with the first two degrees harmonised 53
2.2 Black Sabbath, ‘cornucopia’ from Vol 4 (1972) 56
2.3 Black Sabbath, ‘Megalomania’ from Sabotage (1975):
outline of part 1 chord sequence 57
2.4 typical 12-bar riff as used by chuck Berry 58
2.5 alternative 12-bar riff 58
2.6 A pentatonic minor fretted in fifth position 61
2.7 a blues scale 61
2.8 a pentatonic major scale 62
2.9 opening bars of a pentatonic major solo in style of little willie John 63
2.10 e Mixolydian mode 65
2.11 Black Sabbath, ‘war pigs’ from Paranoid (1970): pre-solo link 65
2.12 Black Sabbath, ‘war pigs’ from Paranoid (1970): coda figure 65
4.1 typical back-beat pattern 100
4.2 Motörhead, ‘ace of Spades’ from Ace of Spades (1980):
drum pattern 100
4.3 Rapid back-beat in the style of early Slayer 101
4.4 210 BpM semiquaver blast-beat 101
4.5 double-kick pattern in the style of arch enemy 102
4.6 deep purple, ‘fireball’ from Fireball (1971): drum pattern 102