1975 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975.
Newly formed bands
- Angel
- Iron Maiden
- Jameson Raid
- Legs Diamond
- Lone Star
- Motörhead[1]
- Ted Nugent[2]
- Rainbow[3]
- Riot
- The Runaways
- Starz
- Triumph
- White Spirit
- White Wolf
Albums
February
Day | Artist | Album |
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??? | Alice Cooper | Welcome to My Nightmare[4] |
15 | Rush | Fly By Night (album) |
24 | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti[5] |
March
Day | Artist | Album |
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19 | Kiss | Dressed to Kill[6] |
April
Day | Artist | Album |
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??? | Aerosmith | Toys in the Attic[7] |
??? | Bad Company | Straight Shooter[8] |
May
Day | Artist | Album |
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??? | Uriah Heep | Return to Fantasy[9] |
June
Day | Artist | Album |
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4 | Rainbow | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow[10] |
27 | Black Sabbath | Sabotage[11] |
July
Day | Artist | Album |
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??? | UFO | Force It[12] |
September
Day | Artist | Album |
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??? | Budgie | Bandolier[13] |
10 | Kiss | Alive![14] |
12 | Thin Lizzy | Fighting[15] |
??? | Ted Nugent | Ted Nugent[16] |
17 | Scorpions | In Trance[17] |
24 | Rush | Caress of Steel [18] |
October
Day | Artist | Album |
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10 | Deep Purple | Come Taste the Band[19] |
November
Day | Artist | Album |
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21 | Queen | A Night at the Opera[20] |
December
Day | Artist | Album |
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??? | AC/DC | T.N.T.[21] |
Unknown
Events
- Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.[23]
- Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heep, dies from a heroin overdose on 8 December.[24]
References
- ^ "Motörhead Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Ted Nugent Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Rainbow Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Welcome to My Nightmare". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Physical Graffiti". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Dressed to Kill". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Toys in the Attic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Straight Shooter". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Return to Fantasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Sabotage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Force It". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Bandolier". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Alive!". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Fighting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Ted Nugent". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "In Trance". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Caress of Steel". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- ^ "Come Taste the Band". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "A Night at the Opera". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "T.N.T." 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.