Balls to the Freakin' Wall Heavy Metal circa 1976!

The video is not an official video, but it's pretty cool and one of my all time favorite songs! Heavy as it gets in 1976. Love the wah solos!

Oh wait, sorry, allow me to be politically correct,
Balls to the Freakin' Wall "Hard Rock" circa 1976!

Come on Ult, you know that Metal didn't even exist until the 80's!!! All the mags and fans are just wrong!!!!

LOL!!!!!

Sounds like HEAVY METAL to me!!!!!!!!!

I don't care what you call it, hard rock, heavy metal, rock 'n' roll. "Rocks" is one of my all time favorite albums! It's heavy as a freight train, especially for 1976. Tylers vocals were so cool in the 70's. The band had a raw, raunchy sound that sort of disappeared with the gloss and studio sheen of the 80's.

One of the better Aerosmith songs. Good stuff !

Always thought their version was cool as well.

ultmetal wrote:

I don't care what you call it, hard rock, heavy metal, rock 'n' roll. "Rocks" is one of my all time favorite albums! It's heavy as a freight train, especially for 1976. Tylers vocals were so cool in the 70's. The band had a raw, raunchy sound that sort of disappeared with the gloss and studio sheen of the 80's.

Rocks was one of the heaviest of the heavy metal albums of the 70's!!!

thejokeriv wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I don't care what you call it, hard rock, heavy metal, rock 'n' roll. "Rocks" is one of my all time favorite albums! It's heavy as a freight train, especially for 1976. Tylers vocals were so cool in the 70's. The band had a raw, raunchy sound that sort of disappeared with the gloss and studio sheen of the 80's.

Rocks was one of the heaviest of the heavy metal albums of the 70's!!!

Yes it was, but it still had diversity. It's wasn't "samey", as a lot of bands tend to get now. They had the heavier songs, the ballads, the mid-paced rockers, etc., not unlike another classic from 1976 "Sad Wings of Destiny".

Love this song,Love Testaments version too!

ultmetal wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I don't care what you call it, hard rock, heavy metal, rock 'n' roll. "Rocks" is one of my all time favorite albums! It's heavy as a freight train, especially for 1976. Tylers vocals were so cool in the 70's. The band had a raw, raunchy sound that sort of disappeared with the gloss and studio sheen of the 80's.

Rocks was one of the heaviest of the heavy metal albums of the 70's!!!

Yes it was, but it still had diversity. It's wasn't "samey", as a lot of bands tend to get now. They had the heavier songs, the ballads, the mid-paced rockers, etc., not unlike another classic from 1976 "Sad Wings of Destiny".

Yep, back when it was accepted that Heavy Metal bands would do diverse songs

Both of these songs, whatever you want to label them are kickass songs.

ultmetal wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I don't care what you call it, hard rock, heavy metal, rock 'n' roll. "Rocks" is one of my all time favorite albums! It's heavy as a freight train, especially for 1976. Tylers vocals were so cool in the 70's. The band had a raw, raunchy sound that sort of disappeared with the gloss and studio sheen of the 80's.

Rocks was one of the heaviest of the heavy metal albums of the 70's!!!

Yes it was, but it still had diversity. It's wasn't "samey", as a lot of bands tend to get now. They had the heavier songs, the ballads, the mid-paced rockers, etc., not unlike another classic from 1976 "Sad Wings of Destiny".

I agree that Rocks is one of the greatest rock albums from the 70's and also the diversity you are talkin' about as well. One of my faves from it is "Sick As A Dog", a bit different than the rest of the album with Joe Perry and Steven Tyler(!) playing bass on it and Tom Hamilton playing guitar on it. That song always stuck out on that album for me way back as a kid and it still does. Oh, and that rest of the album is heavy as anything anybody put out in the 70's.

Great song and as far as I'm concerned metal started with Black Sabbath so for me it has exist since at least 1970.

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

Great song and as far as I'm concerned metal started with Black Sabbath so for me it has exist since at least 1970.

Thats a fact!!!!!!!!

One of my fave Aerosmith tunes, hadn't heard that in a LONG time. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing Ult, cool video, and one of the only Aerosmith tracks I really dig. Rocks is a great album!