mrstickball on 06 May 2009
You forgot Cream. They were prototypical metal. Sabbath was and is heavily influenced by them.
The only 2 bands that ever had (IMO) a good heavy tone from the 60s were The Kinks (You Really Got Me) and Cream (White Room, Sunshine Of Your Love). Of course, Sabbath had 'the' metal tone, which evolved from the old Cream and Kinks sound.
From a technical standpoint, the amps just couldn't handle, easily, metal sounds in the early days. So it's amazing as to what they did. Few bands today actually have to work to get a metal sound - anyone can sound like a metal band, but it took some balls to risk their entire amplifier rig just to get the right tone.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
