who invented heavy metal
Mountain was the first band I recall hearing that sounded like what became known as heavy metal later on. Blue Cheer was heavy but more fuzzy and still somehow groovy to me. Mountain had that tight sharp brash distortion. They were really just very heavy blues band, something like Cream, but the guitar tone and whole band playing sounded just like all the early metal bands that came along afterward, to me.
And hey, Vinnie, get a life.