HW: More (literary) Bandits Talk

[Jon Jarrett]

On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Max Wilcox wrote:

>         And, if what I've read is to be believed, the term Heavy Metal was used
> as a musical distinction from a character in a Burroughs book, the Heavy
> Metal Kid, I believe. It was then used by someone in the soundtrack from
> Easy Rider, in Born to Be Wild, and the rest is then history.
>         Here endeth the lesson.
> -Max Wilcox

        Although the liner notes to BOC's `Career of Evil' say it was
Sandy Pearlman invented the term. But then, they _would_, wouldn't they? I
prefer the Burroughs link. Right, I'll stop now as well...
                                                           Jon

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