1975 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975.
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Newly formed bands
Albums
February
Day | Artist | Album |
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14 | Rush | Fly By Night |
24 | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti[4] |
28 | Alice Cooper | Welcome to My Nightmare[5] |
March
Day | Artist | Album |
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19 | Kiss | Dressed to Kill[6] |
April
Day | Artist | Album |
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2 | Bad Company | Straight Shooter[7] |
8 | Aerosmith | Toys in the Attic[8] |
? | Nazareth | Hair of the Dog |
June
Day | Artist | Album |
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13 | Uriah Heep | Return to Fantasy[9] |
July
Day | Artist | Album |
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28 | Black Sabbath | Sabotage |
? | UFO | Force It[10] |
August
Day | Artist | Album |
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4 | Rainbow | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow[11] |
September
Day | Artist | Album |
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10 | Kiss | Alive![12] |
12 | Thin Lizzy | Fighting[13] |
17 | Scorpions | In Trance[14] |
24 | Rush | Caress of Steel [15] |
? | Ted Nugent | Ted Nugent[16] |
Budgie | Bandolier[17] | |
November
Day | Artist | Album |
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7 | Deep Purple | Come Taste the Band[18] |
21 | Queen | A Night at the Opera[19] |
Events
- Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.[22]
- Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heep, dies from a heroin overdose on 8 December.[23]
References
- "Motörhead Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- "Ted Nugent Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- "Rainbow Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- "Physical Graffiti". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "BPI".
- "Dressed to Kill". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Straight Shooter". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- Huxley 2015, eBook.
- "Return to Fantasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Force It". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Alive!". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Fighting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "In Trance". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Caress of Steel". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- "Ted Nugent". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Bandolier". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Deep Purple certifications".
- "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.
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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