Although there wasn’t as big of a change throughout the 80’s and 90’s as there was in the 20 years prior, there was quite a bit of change in rock in this time period. Metal became a much bigger genre than it was originally. New bands rose to fame; some of which are still famous and performing today, such as Metallica, and Avenged Sevenfold. Other bands, such as Van Halen, got bigger and evolved to match the present day style of rock. More and more genres and subgenres started to form. Rock has never stopped growing and evolving. Although Metal was formed many years before and was already becoming a big thing, it wasn’t until the 80’s that it really started to explode and become a huge thing. Not only was Metal becoming a huge thing, but …show more content…
Started by drummer, Lars Ulrich, Metallica has grown to become the 7th biggest selling act in American History. Metallica started out just like any other band. They started with small gigs in Los Angeles, and their career took off when they released their first demo. “No Life ‘Til Leather”, which was the title of their demo, made it’s way from LA, all the way over to New York, where it ended up at Jon Zazula’s record shop, which was known as the Metal Heaven. Jon requested that Metallica come out east and record an album as well as perform a couple shows. They arrived in New York in a stolen U-Haul as fast as they could. Their first album, “Kill ‘Em All”, was released towards the end of 1983. Not only did this record cause their fame to skyrocket in the U.S., but they also became huge in Europe. One of their biggest, most well known albums, “Master of Puppets”, was recorded in 1985, through the same studios as “Kill ‘Em All” was recorded with. After the recording of “Master of Puppets”, the band was asked to go on a tour by Ozzy Osbourne, who was previously the vocalist for Black Sabbath. However, a terrible tragedy happened on this tour. On an overnight drive in Sweden, the tour bus skidded out of control, and flipped. The accident killed the biggest influence on the bands music, Cliff Burton. Although Cliff was gone, the band decided that Cliff would’ve wanted the band to go on and finish the tour, and that’s exactly what they did. After 40 auditions, the band decided on Jason Newsted as the new bassist for