1970 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.

Contents 1 Newly formed bands 2 Albums 3 Disbandments 4 Events

[edit] Newly formed bands

• Aerosmith
• Blue Öyster Cult
• Queen

[edit] Albums

• Alice Cooper - Easy Action
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Paranoid
• Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock
• Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk, Closer To Home, Live Album
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
• The MC5 - Back In The USA
• The Stooges - Fun House
• Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy... Very 'umble

[edit] Disbandments

[edit] Events

• Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die within weeks of each other at 27.

Preceded by: 1969

Heavy Metal Timeline 1970

Followed by: 1971