1975 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975.
| By location |
|---|
| By genre |
| By topic |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
Newly formed bands
Albums
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Alice Cooper | Welcome to My Nightmare[4] |
| 15 | Rush | Fly By Night (album) |
| 24 | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti[5] |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Kiss | Dressed to Kill[6] |
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Aerosmith | Toys in the Attic[7] |
| ??? | Bad Company | Straight Shooter[8] |
| 30 | Nazareth | Hair of the Dog |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | Uriah Heep | Return to Fantasy[9] |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Rainbow | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow[10] |
| 27 | Black Sabbath | Sabotage[11] |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| ??? | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Deep Purple | Come Taste the Band[19] |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Queen | A Night at the Opera[20] |
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.
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