America in the 1980s saw the rise of two very distinct variations of heavy metal.


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Will the victims of the events in Attica ever receive any kind of justice from the state.


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Metallica were riding high of off the success of their 3rd album Master of Puppets. Yet it was at that moment that they suffered an inimaginable tragedy when their friend, bass player, and guiding force Cliff Burton died suddenly in a bus accident in Europe. This is the story of how Metallica picked up the pieces and pressed on creating in the process their heaviest album ever.

On Governor Rockefeller's orders rather than continue negotiations New York state police lead the assault on Attica's D year. An assault the leads to the deaths of 29 inmates and 10 hostages. Yet despite the state troopers being responsible for each and everyone of these deaths initial reports claim otherwise as the state of New York attempts to cover up what happened in Attica.


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With Commissioner Oswald failing to alleviate the growing tensions in Attica events lead to an unplanned and spontaneous riot on the 9th of September 1971. Yet following the initial violence and chaos of the riot a number of prisoners take advantage of the situation and organize a protest of sorts to try and force the state of New York to improve the conditions of its prisons.


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I once again return to my history of heavy metal with new research into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. While Black Sabbath provide the initial rough blue prints for heavy metal these bands would expand on those themes and really begin to codify what heavy metal was.


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As we begin our journey into the Attica prison rebellion we get to see that the inmates in Attica were far from alone in their discontent in relation to the degrading, oppressive and unsanitary conditions of America's and especially New York state's prisons.

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Our history of Led Zeppelin comes to an end as the band reunites to record yet another album and there are even talks of touring America. Yet before those plans could be realized tragedy strikes yet again ending the band permanently.


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The hurricane strikes Galveston with little warning flooding the entire city and wreaking unimaginable destruction.


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I once again return to one of my favorite subjects as I go back to the begin to examine the origins of heavy metal in this new recording complete with additional research.


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