1978 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1978.
Contents |
[edit] Newly formed bands
[edit] Albums
- AC/DC - Powerage
- AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
- Alice Cooper - From the Inside
- Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
- Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
- Budgie - Impeckable
- Foreigner - Double Vision
- Journey - "Infinity"
- Judas Priest - Stained Class
- KISS - Ace Frehley
- KISS - Gene Simmons
- KISS - Paul Stanley
- KISS - Peter Criss
- Krokus - Painkiller
- Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live
- Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
- Gary Moore - Back on the Streets
- Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo!
- Ted Nugent - Weekend Warriors
- Queen - Jazz
- Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
- Ram Jam - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
- Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo
- Rush - Hemispheres
- Scorpions - Taken by Force
- Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
- Shakin' Street - Vampire Rock
- Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
- UFO - Obsession
- Van Halen - Van Halen
- Whitesnake - Snakebite
- Whitesnake - Trouble
- Y&T - Struck Down
[edit] Disbandments
[edit] Events
- Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen joins at 15 as a permanent member.
- The Who's Keith Moon dies of a drug overdose at 32.
| Preceded by: 1977 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1978 |
Followed by: 1979 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Accept Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3498/biography. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Anvil Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3563. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Savage Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20373/biography. Retrieved 2009-09-29.[dead link]
