Earlier Burroughs Usage of "Heavy Metal"
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon May 12 13:38:02 UTC 2003
The precursor of the musical sense of "heavy metal" is William S.
Burroughs' usage of "heavy metal" in his books. The OED quotes a 1964
Burroughs book. I previously posted an antedating from a 1962 book of
his. Here is a further antedating:
1961 William S. Burroughs _The Soft Machine_ 11 Just look there (another
Heavy Metal Boy sank through the earth's crust and we got some good
pictures...).
Fred Shapiro
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