MUSC 2019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Rob Halford
Lecture 20 - Metal (end), Hip Hop
April 18, 2018
11:46 AM
Rob Halford
• Came out as a homosexual
o His audience were homophobic people - language included homophobic slang, insults
o It was a huge deal
o He stayed hidden for the first part of his career
o This led to his audience, the demographic, to learn about tolerance, that someone who
played heavy metal could be gay
• He was a heavy metal rock star, a British guitarist
Van Halen
• Eddie Van Halen (guitarist)
o Developed "tapping", aka. "hammer on"
• Tapped on the neck of the guitar
o Allowed the guitarist the ability to play a lot faster
o He spent hours developing the technique
• Overdrive technique - overloading signal into the amplifier that distorted the sound slightly, giving
it a "hot sound" that made the amplifier smoke a little
• Based in Los Angeles
• David Lee Roth
o Demonstrated musical and sexual prowess
o Charismatic lead
o Did pyro techniques, performance techniques, to feel more powerful
• Song: "Eruption"
o Guitar solo
o Demonstrated tapping, overdrive
o Blew many peoples minds that they would add it on an album - these types of songs are
usually performed live
• Song: "Running with the Devil"
o Pyro techniques
o Screams are in a high range
o Flashy instrumentation
o About how nothing intimidates you, and you're willing to just run with the devil
o Fresh sounding at the time
• Suggests virtuosity, prowess
▪ Audience were powerless people in someway, this song allows them to tap into
some form of power
▪ Sounds polished
MTV allows heavy metal to crossover
Hair metal
• Pop-friendly version of metal
• Focuses on image performance
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