Ratt

With all due respect to William S. Burroughs, Steppenwolf and the late Lester Bangs, it's
time that a phrase they slipped into the rock & roll lexicon was retired. Heavy metal, a
scientific term that Burroughs borrowed for his novel Nova Express, was later picked up by
Steppenwolf in "Born to Be Wild." Bangs then adopted it to describe the loud blues-based
rock & roll being spewed out by the likes of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Bef... More >