1975 in heavy metal music

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

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Bands reformed

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Bands disbanded

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Events

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Deaths

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Albums

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January

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Day Artist Album
Iron Butterfly Scorching Beauty

February

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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

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

April

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

May

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

June

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

July

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

September

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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

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

November

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

December

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

References

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  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

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  • 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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1975
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