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1971 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1971.

Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Deaths

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Albums

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January

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Day Artist Album
Mountain Nantucket Sleighride
Uriah Heep Salisbury
ZZ Top ZZ Top's First Album

February

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Day Artist Album
19 Yes The Yes Album
24 Cactus One Way... or Another

March

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Day Artist Album
9 Alice Cooper Love It to Death[1]
19 Jethro Tull Aqualung
Humble Pie Rock On

April

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Day Artist Album
5 Flower Travellin' Band Satori
15 Grand Funk Railroad Survival
30 Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy
Blue Cheer Oh! Pleasant Hope
James Gang Thirds

May

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Day Artist Album
Edgar Broughton Band Edgar Broughton Band

June

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Day Artist Album
14 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus

July

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Day Artist Album
6 MC5 High Time
30 Budgie Budgie
Deep Purple Fireball

August

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Day Artist Album
2 The Who Who's Next
6 Black Sabbath Master of Reality
25 Blues Creation Demon & Eleven Children
Golden Earring Seven Tears

September

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Day Artist Album
21 T. Rex Electric Warrior
Mountain Flowers of Evil
Uriah Heep Look At Yourself

October

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Day Artist Album
8 Hawkwind In Search of Space
18 Cactus Restrictions
Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts
UFO UFO 2: Flying

November

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Day Artist Album
5 Pink Floyd Meddle
8 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
12 Yes Fragile
Nazareth Nazareth
15 Grand Funk Railroad E Pluribus Funk
19 Mott the Hoople Brain Capers
27 Alice Cooper Killer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition
Steppenwolf For Ladies Only

December

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Day Artist Album
3 King Crimson Islands
ELO The Electric Light Orchestra

References

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  1. ^ "Alice Cooper official site".
Preceded by Heavy Metal Timeline
1971
Succeeded by