Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal Music (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

by Andrew L . Cope (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2010

  $151.13

  Presents an evaluation of the rules that define heavy metal as a musical genre. This book investigates why, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Birmingham provided the ideal location for the early development of heavy metal and hard rock. It considers how the influence of the London and Liverpool music scenes merged with the cultural climate.