What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.

[BFrank]

11 hours ago, Aggie87 said:

That's a very good late BOC album there, I fully agree.  I got to chat with Eric Bloom briefly about it back in January.  I think "The Alchemist" is his standout moment on the album.

np: Zabriskie Point Soundtrack 2 cd edition

 

Useless trivia - the house that was blown up at the end of the film is about a mile from my house here in AZ.  (the house used in the movie wasn't actually blown up, but a full size model was.  The model's location atop a rocky outcrop is also about 2 miles from my house).

 

That house today:

 

A lot of good songs on that album - also Nightmare Epiphany, The Return of St Cecilia and Florida Man

Wild that you live so close to that house!

[medjuck]

41 minutes ago, BFrank said:

 

A lot of good songs on that album - also Nightmare Epiphany, The Return of St Cecilia and Florida Man

Wild that you live so close to that house!

IIRC (and I often don't) BOC was supposed to do some music for the film "Heavy Metal" and  though  the deal fell through ,they released some songs that mention  characters in the movie.  (Sorry  to be so vague but, though I was involved in the film and the soundtrack,  I didn't know much about heavy metal music so left that to others.  I did meet Bruce Lundvall who was representing Columbia records, so he and I talked about jazz while others dealt with the rock. I remember showing rough cuts of the film to Ronnie Dio and Don Felder but had no idea who they were. ) 

Edited yesterday at 06:27 AM by medjuck

[HutchFan]

[Aggie87]

11 hours ago, medjuck said:

IIRC (and I often don't) BOC was supposed to do some music for the film "Heavy Metal" and  though  the deal fell through ,they released some songs that mention  characters in the movie.  (Sorry  to be so vague but, though I was involved in the film and the soundtrack,  I didn't know much about heavy metal music so left that to others.  I did meet Bruce Lundvall who was representing Columbia records, so he and I talked about jazz while others dealt with the rock. I remember showing rough cuts of the film to Ronnie Dio and Don Felder but had no idea who they were. ) 

You're pretty much spot-on.  Per Wikipedia:  

"Blue Öyster Cult wrote and recorded a song called "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the film, but the producers declined to use the song because the lyrics provided a capsulized summary of the "Taarna" vignette. "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" was used instead."

Re-reading the lyrics for Vengeance, it does essentially tell the story of Taarna, so I guess it makes sense that it wouldn't have been included.  

[jlhoots]

Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud

[Aggie87]

Nick Cave - Idiot Prayer

 

[BFrank]

23 hours ago, medjuck said:

IIRC (and I often don't) BOC was supposed to do some music for the film "Heavy Metal" and  though  the deal fell through ,they released some songs that mention  characters in the movie.  (Sorry  to be so vague but, though I was involved in the film and the soundtrack,  I didn't know much about heavy metal music so left that to others.  I did meet Bruce Lundvall who was representing Columbia records, so he and I talked about jazz while others dealt with the rock. I remember showing rough cuts of the film to Ronnie Dio and Don Felder but had no idea who they were. ) 

Didn't know any of that. 

Are BOC really "heavy metal"? Not sure how I would classify them, actually.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

6 hours ago, BFrank said:

Didn't know any of that. 

Are BOC really "heavy metal"? Not sure how I would classify them, actually.

The entire "Heavy Metal" soundtrack isn't really a bunch "heavy metal" musicians, so Blue Oyster Cult fits fine. From the track listing, maybe Black Sabbath fits the bill, but most of the others are "What the heck are they doing on there?" musicians. Donald Fagen? Cheap Trick? Stevie Nicks? Devo?

Sammy Hagar – Heavy Metal

Riggs – Heartbeat

Devo – Working In The Coal Mine

Blue Öyster Cult – Veteran Of The Psychic Wars

Cheap Trick – Reach Out

Don Felder – Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)

Donald Fagen – True Companion

Nazareth – Crazy (A Suitable Case For Treatment)

Riggs – Radar Rider

Journey – Open Arms

Grand Funk Railroad – Queen Bee

Cheap Trick – I Must Be Dreamin'

Black Sabbath – The Mob Rules

Don Felder – All Of You

Trust – Prefabricated

Stevie Nicks – Blue Lamp

[Aggie87]

I believe the movie was named "Heavy Metal" because it was based on the comic magazine of the same name that was popular in those days - not because they intended to use heavy metal music as the soundtrack.  The comic featured short stories/vignettes that were generally unrelated but often were sci-fi or fantasy related, and usually PG or maybe R rated on occasion.  The movie did essentially the same thing, but connected the stories.  

So they used current or established rock musicians for the most part.  Although Riggs and Trust were bands I wasn't aware of prior to the movie's release.

As a side note, Jerry Riggs, the main guy from Riggs, is a guitar player in 38 Special now, and they play "Radar Rider" as a spotlight track for him.