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RE: The roots and rise of heavy metal in the UK and Australia [Metal Tree: 4]
That would have been cool. Were there any other pre-1980s bands out of Australia you think also could have been considered early METAL before things were called Metal?
Check out these guys, don't know if your call them Metal but hard rockers
Really early heavy metal and Hard rock were the same thing. The sound grew more extreme and evolved to many places after that, but in reality early hard rock, and metal were basically the same thing. Some people just have a stigma against the label heavy metal and thus, said it was not them. Yet they were often heavier than people that were considered metal, and they still claimed they were hard rock.
So during this border period where rock was becoming something heavier. That is where metal was born. :)
Aussie hard rock was at its peak in the 70's, grew out of the pub beer garden music 🎶.
I'd say that qualifies... and I'll be editing my post and adding it. Good find thanks.