HW -Canterbury Connection?

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

in my dim and distant memory I seem to recal that a really early Soft
machine track from somewhere netween '67 and '69 was the first to use the
phrase 'heavy metal' in this context, but just not got the time to go
checking this out - anyone here an expert who may know.
On Feb 26th the six classic seventies Caravan albums are out, remastered to
perfection with loads of bonus tracks, and at mid-price too (usual CDS
towers availability), and on that date the band are receiving some kind of
award in London and announcing the line-up for this year's Canterbury Music
Festival to be held in August. A while ago, I heard a rumour that Hawkwind
might be headlining, so watch out for the news just in case it was true. I
must stress that this is not inside info being leaked, merely exactly what I
say - a rumour I was told about,.
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael R Godwin" <hssmrg at BATH.AC.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: BOC: "recognizing genius"


> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Douglas Pearson wrote:
> > I have no idea who first used the term to apply to music ... Hapdash and
> > the Colored Coat perhaps?  But it's probably safe to say that all
> > subsequent usage of the term was inspired by/borrowed from Burroughs
(and
> > it would probably be a not-too-risky bet to make that even if Pearlman
was
> > one of the first to apply the term to music, that he got the idea from
> > Meltzer).
>
> IIRC, the first Hapshash record came out in 67 or maybe 68 and was
> credited to "Hapshash and the Coloured Coat featuring the Human Host and
> the Heavy Metal Kids". I don't think there was any claim that the _music_
> was heavy metal - the title just namechecked William Burroughs. I remember
> bands like Spooky Tooth at that time being described as heavy, but not
> heavy metal. I almost believe that Pearlman was the first to use the term
> to describe a musical style, but I think there were probably others before
> him.
>
> As for the BOC claim to have written "about half of their catalog" - my
> recollection is that the Pearlman writing credits fall off after the first
> couple of albums. And they are all co-credits (presumably as lyricist) - I
> don't think he has ever written a complete song.
>
> - Mike Godwin