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Appearance
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.
Newly formed bands
Albums
February
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
X | Alice Cooper | Welcome to My Nightmare[4] |
X | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti[5] |
March
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
15 | Kiss | Destroyer[6] |
23 | Judas Priest | Sad Wings of Destiny[7] |
26 | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak[8] |
31 | Led Zeppelin | Presence[9] |
??? | Sweet | Give Us a Wink[10] |
April
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
1 | Rush | 2112[11] |
X | Bad Company | Straight Shooter[12] |
May
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
3 | Aerosmith | Rocks[13] |
14 | AC/DC | High Voltage (international edition)[14] |
17 | Rainbow | Rising[15] |
??? | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune[16] |
??? | UFO | No Heavy Petting[17] |
June
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
25 | Alice Cooper | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[18] |
??? | Uriah Heep | High and Mighty[19] |
July
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
X | UFO | Force It[20] |
September
October
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
9 | Scorpions | Virgin Killer[26] |
16 | Thin Lizzy | Johnny the Fox[27] |
??? | Ted Nugent | Free-for-All[28] |
November
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
11 | Kiss | Rock and Roll Over[29] |
December
Day | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|
10 | Queen | A Day at the Races[30] |
Unknown
Events
- Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.[32]
- Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heep, dies from a heroin overdose on the 8th of December.[33]
References
- ^ "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Iron Maiden Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Welcome to My Nightmare". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Physical Graffiti". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Give Us a Wink". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "2112". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Straight Shooter". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Rising". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "High and Mighty". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Force It". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Technical Ecstasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Ted Nugent". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "In Trance". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Moxy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Motörhead Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Gary Thain Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.