1960s Metal
Rare metal footage from the 1960s — interviews, studio sessions, and behind-the-scenes clips. We're actively searching for footage — check back soon.
Music in the 1960s
The 1960s was a decade of relentless musical innovation. The British Invasion, psychedelia, Motown, folk protest, and the birth of heavy rock all collided. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and James Brown were redefining what popular music could be. Behind the scenes, studios like Abbey Road, Muscle Shoals, and Stax were laboratories of sound. This decade produced some of the most fascinating behind-the-scenes footage ever captured — from D.A. Pennebaker’s fly-on-the-wall documentaries to the Maysles brothers’ concert films.
About Metal
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – British bands Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to...
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