Did Barracuda popularize chug?

[SpiderWars]

This was the first song that I remember that had the first incarnation of chugging. I always thought the last few bars of the song were especially cool in that regard. I'm not a huge Heart fan per se but this song and Magic Man are all time greats imo.

 

[Donnie B.]

Ahem,

 

[Shask]

For earlier, I think of Black Sabbath, and Children of the Grave.

 

[311boogieman]

Love this song. Fun to play too. Very chuggy. Alt picking is super cool but
I'm sure there are some better examples.
Priest maybe?
Communication Breakdown
For me - I will probably always give Eddie and Unchained the credit because because.

 

[Mailman1971]

Good god that Zepplin. ?
Gallop chug. It’s all there.
but yes Heart on Magic Man to me..... was the first Chug that I remember.

 

[Mailman1971]

Too many to think of. ?

 

[SpiderWars]

Ahem,

Now Zeppelin...they were my band at that time. Huge Zeppelin fan. But that just doesn't chug imo.

Edit: I LOVE that song tho!

 

[Mailman1971]

Hard to beat Barracuda after just listening to it now. Haha ?
That song is pure chug.

 

[SpiderWars]

For earlier, I think of Black Sabbath, and Children of the Grave.

OK, yeah that does chug and way earlier. But I was 7...too heavy for my virgin ears. I wouldn't discover Sabbath for another 2-3 years.

 

[Mailman1971]

Funny I was born 71. Never really knew half the heavy stuff till teen years. My first experience with sabbath was Paranoid
Probably early teen.

 

[RaceU4her]

i recorded this a while back with my recto i believe but the backing track sucks, would love to find a good backing track

https://app.box.com/embed/s/qyeq3rny5sbskatsq1p1fm60rfdq2jwq

 

[Mailman1971]

Again. Too many out there ?
Least for me
raised on Kiss and AC/DC.
No chugging there in the 70s. Haha

 

[Mailman1971]

Foghat...... Boston..... sweet.....
No chugs. ?

 

[japetus]

Heh. These nerds these days think they invented djent. It was around 50 years ago. The more things change the more they stay the same

 

[Mailman1971]

Holy hell that was awesome!!!
Smiled thru the whole clip.
?

 

[SpiderWars]

Heh. These nerds these days think they invented djent. It was around 50 years ago. The more things change the more they stay the same

Yep. There's a heavy for every era.

 

[psychodave]

Queen’s Stone Cold Crazy is from 1974. It’s certainly a chug metal tune... even Metallica covers it.

 

[Snave]

For earlier, I think of Black Sabbath, and Children of the Grave.

Yep, this and Deep Purple the year prior (1970).

 

[stephen sawall]

Tony Iommi....1968.
About eight years before Barracuda.

Black Sabbath was my favorite band in 1972.

I recommend to Roger Fisher the amp he now uses. We were having a discussion about amps and I recommend the THD Flexi to him many years ago. It's been his main amp since then.

Twenty five years ago I was hanging out with Howard Leese and he sat in with my band at a few shows.

I meet Nancy Wilson in 1986. She introduced herself to me at a show I did at the Central Tavern in Seattle.

 

[LP Freak]

Wasn’t it referred to as a gallop back in the day?