World Cup of Maidenfans 2.0: Round of 32 Match 15

Which is the better artist?

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Forostar said:
I wish these people could luck in making such claims concrete.
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The Beatles were the first popular band to use distorted electric guitars. They weren't the first band to do so, but the first to give that way of playing the guitar the sort of exposure that made people around the world want to imitate it.
 
That's new for me Perun. Interesting.

Ariana said:
Can you hear Beatles in Sabaton?
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Haha. :)

I can hear many bands in Sabaton but not the Beatles.


By the way, their influence is not the only reason I am voting for Slayer. Slayer kicks more ass than the Beatles. Rhythmically more interesting, and when played at loud volume or seen at a concert it's really impressive.

I bet that most people who do not vote for Slayer have never seen them, or have even never witnessed a metal concert by a band that plays more aggressive than Maiden.
 
Perun said:
The Beatles were the first popular band to use distorted electric guitars. They weren't the first band to do so, but the first to give that way of playing the guitar the sort of exposure that made people around the world want to imitate it.
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Naw, that was The Kinks; Dave Davies cutting his speaker cones & all that.
 
I don't like the Beatles save for a few songs, and I didn't vote for them here. But it takes a lot of guts to deny their influence on popular music. Without Sgt. Pepper, bands such as Cream, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or Deep Purple may either never have formed or never gotten beyond covering pop standards. Some of the mentioned bands formed out of admiration for what The Beatles did, others (such as Sabbath) out of rejection. And without these bands, there would be no heavy metal.
 
Forostar said:
I hate Zeppelin. Thankfully Maiden drew much clearer influences from other bands.
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Listen to "Achilles Last Stand" (released in 1976 mind you) and tell me Maiden wasn't hugely influenced by Led Zeppelin. I am not a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but their influence is immense.
 
The Mob Rules was released after Maiden recorded their first gallops...
 
Perun said:
I don't like the Beatles save for a few songs, and I didn't vote for them here. But it takes a lot of guts to deny their influence on popular music. Without Sgt. Pepper, bands such as Cream, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or Deep Purple may either never have formed or never gotten beyond covering pop standards. Some of the mentioned bands formed out of admiration for what The Beatles did, others (such as Sabbath) out of rejection. And without these bands, there would be no heavy metal.
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Halford also often mentioned his admiration for the Beatles. Still, I don't hear these influences that well. Lots of bands I like, especially the older ones, built their own sound or were influenced by others.

Still, you have a case, but my taste leads me to a larger number of bands in which I hear more influences from Slayer than from the Beatles.
 
But who is the "better artist"? I find this question a complicated one. The Beatles were mediocre players at best; but they wrote great songs. They also had far more going for them besides their music. So artistically I think I'd it find it hard to say Slayer were the better artists.
Perun said:
My absolute statement may have been a bit over-the-top, but I still think more people heard what the Beatles did.
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Agreed. I was just being picky!
 
Forostar said:
Halford also often mentioned his admiration for the Beatles. Still, I don't hear these influences that well. Lots of bands I like, especially the older ones, built their own sound or were influenced by others.

Still, you have a case, but my taste leads me to a larger number of bands in which I hear more influences from Slayer than from the Beatles.
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Influences may not be directly audible. The only way I could imagine actually noticing just what these influences are is by clearing your mind and listening to all the popular music from, say, the fifties onwards chronologically. What was different before and after the Beatles hit the stage? Maybe if I'm old and retired I'm going to do that some day.

Forostar said:
Which gallops are you referring to? I am thinking of rhythms a la RTTH and The Trooper.
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I always felt they're a natural progression from songs like Killers, Phantom, Genghis Khan and so forth.

CriedWhenBrucieLeft said:
But who is the "better artist"? I find this question a complicated one. The Beatles were mediocre players at best; but they wrote great songs. They also had far more going for them besides their music. So artistically I think I'd it find it hard to say Slayer were the better artists.
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That's what the poll's question is. :P I prefer listening to Slayer to listening to the Beatles, so it's clear to me.
 
Forostar said:
I bet that most people who do not vote for Slayer have never seen them, or have even never witnessed a metal concert by a band that plays more aggressive than Maiden.
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I've been to many metal concerts, by many bands a lot more extreme than Slayer and I still voted Beatles. It is possible to like The Beatles and metal at the same time you know...:D
 
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