Django invented heavy metal, listen 16sec-32sec.

Rip · December 2021

wim · December 2021

Of course, who do you think Djent was named for? 😉

Check also the Honeysuckle Rose bridge in 1949, it's metal https://youtu.be/3q3Racq5Yuo?t=99 (about @1:40)

Buco · December 2021

All of Rhythm Future. It's been on my wish list for years to record some of these riffs metal guitar style.

billyshakes · December 2021

I like that you posted that comment on youtube 3 years ago and eventually found your way here.

juanderer · December 2021

Rip invented 1000+ days-delayed cross-posting.

Russell Letson · December 2021

I'm hearing sax-inspired hard bop. Which, I suspect, is what Django was hearing--quite accurately.

Note how easily the head transfers to a full-band bop context--and how un-metallic the guitar solo is:

Here are some less-frantic, more swing-y examples of what Django could have been listening to:

King_Cardboard · December 2021

check out this version

wim · December 2021

billyshakes · December 2021

The socks are the best! Ha ha. Nice video, Wim.

Rip · December 2021

All time exists simultaneously...

but this django clip is like 2 steps away from black sabath.

Rip · December 2021

wow!! i never heard this. it seems like a logical thing to do. thanks!

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