Rising in the sixties and seventies heavy metal rock music was huge in America. Originating blues-rock and psychedelic rock, heavy metal adds a thick and powerful sound which is distorted with an amplifier. Heavy metal is also characterized with having long guitar solos, emphatic beats, and extreme volume. The lyrics of the music tend to be connected to masculinity and machismo. Bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Twisted Sister were iconic in the age of the "metal". Attracting "metalheads" and "headbangers" to their shows. In the eighties, metal was at it's prime. With glam metal bands such as Motley Crue, metal became a commercial force. Because of its popularity and commercial aspects metal was able to send messages to the mind of the youth throughout the Cold War.
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