This is the sound of a group called Booker T and the MG's. Heavy metal because it's inspired by the sounds of heavy metal in their factory. They had a metal cap on one of his fingers and it affected the way that he played the guitar, creating that harsh metallic sound. I've just come across a folder in my hard drive here amongst my music entitled Bukowski. It may be being read by him but let me play this to you. This is three minutes and 23 seconds long. He wrote sort of very gritty and emotionally charged tough working class stories about guys who sort of, I can't really explain it really. There's something kind of nihilistic about it and yet

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