1975 in heavy metal music

1975 in music
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List of years in heavy metal music (table)
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975.

Bands formed

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Events

Deaths

Albums

January

Day Artist Album
Iron Butterfly Scorching Beauty

February

Day Artist Album
14 Rush Fly By Night
17 AC/DC High Voltage (Australia/New Zealand version)
24 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti[3]
28 Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare[4]
Humble Pie Street Rats

March

Day Artist Album
19 Kiss Dressed to Kill[5]
24 Lynyrd Skynyrd Nuthin' Fancy
28 Bad Company Straight Shooter
Golden Earring Switch

April

Day Artist Album
1 Journey Journey
3 Nazareth Hair of the Dog
8 Aerosmith Toys in the Attic[6]

May

Day Artist Album
5 James Gang Newborn
9 Hawkwind Warrior on the Edge of Time
Camel The Snow Goose

June

Day Artist Album
13 Uriah Heep Return to Fantasy[7]
Elf Trying to Burn the Sun

July

Day Artist Album
28 Black Sabbath Sabotage
UFO Force It[8]

September

Day Artist Album
5 Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery
Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow[9]
10 Kiss Alive![10]
12 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Thin Lizzy Fighting[11]
17 Scorpions In Trance[12]
24 Rush Caress of Steel [13]
26 Montrose Warner Bros. Presents Montrose!
Budgie Bandolier[14]
Ted Nugent Ted Nugent[15]

October

Day Artist Album
3 The Who The Who by Numbers
10 Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff
Iron Butterfly Sun and Steel

November

Day Artist Album
7 Deep Purple Come Taste the Band[16]
21 Queen A Night at the Opera[17]

December

Day Artist Album
1 AC/DC T.N.T.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Rainbow Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  2. ^ "Ted Nugent Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  3. ^ "Physical Graffiti". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  4. ^ "BPI".
  5. ^ "Dressed to Kill". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. ^ Huxley 2015, eBook.
  7. ^ "Return to Fantasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  8. ^ "Force It". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  9. ^ "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  10. ^ "Alive!". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  11. ^ "Fighting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  12. ^ "In Trance". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  13. ^ "Caress of Steel". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  14. ^ "Bandolier". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  15. ^ "Ted Nugent". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  16. ^ "Deep Purple certifications".
  17. ^ "A Night at the Opera". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  18. ^ "T.N.T." Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.

Works cited

  • Huxley, Martin (2015). Aerosmith: The Fall and the Rise of Rock's Greatest Band. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-09653-1.
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