[Huskrrrr]

I don’t know enough to make an educated decision as to the first hard rock tune, but for me life changed when Jon Lord hooked up his Hammond organ to a Marshall amp and Deep Purple covered “Hush.”

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Deep Purple

I think they can take credit for being one of, if not the first metal band.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

but for me life changed when Jon Lord hooked up his Hammond organ to a Marshall amp and Deep Purple covered “Hush.”

Ha! One of my all-time favorites. Where have the Hammond organs gone? What a great sound.

Hard to believe that this song was released in '67. It was a revolutionary sound --as revolutionary as Hendrix.