"Grinder - searching for meat" is obviously a reference to the unquenchable appetite of the military-industrial complex for young bodies.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:26 (two years ago) link
correct
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:28 (two years ago) link
"You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is about ejaculation, though.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:37 (two years ago) link
also a very post-punk topic iirc
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:42 (two years ago) link
Is Rob Halford the metal Howard Devoto?
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:52 (two years ago) link
going with yes, proof on its way
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:56 (two years ago) link
The question box above is now one of my favourite rock-history paragraphs ever.
Interesting that I said this 21 years (half my life!) ago. I'm not sure I even fully understand it now.
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:07 (two years ago) link
"Sab/Purple = Sun Ra/Steve Allen" 👈🏽 👍🏽
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:12 (two years ago) link
I don't know that anyone regarded Deep Purple as poor cousins to Black Sabbath at the time, if anything I suspect critics liked them better because they had more "old-time-rock-n-roll" energy.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:13 (two years ago) link
If "occult themes" brought critical respect, Uriah Heep would be the most beloved band of all time.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:39 (two years ago) link
the OP's syntax is not at all clear but i don't think he's intentionally setting up DP as the "poor relations" there: they too belong in the tripod of progenitors, while the wack jnr cousins are the power-metal descendants
i am the dave q whisperer
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
Dave Q= David Quantic?
― Otto Insurance (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link