1975 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975.
Contents |
[edit] Newly formed bands
- Girlschool (first known as Painted Lady)
- Iron Maiden (by Steve Harris)
- Magnum[1]
- Motörhead
- Quiet Riot[2]
- Rainbow
- Ted Nugent
[edit] Albums
- AC/DC - High Voltage (Australian album)
- AC/DC - T.N.T
- Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
- Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
- Black Sabbath - Sabotage
- Budgie - Bandolier
- Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band
- Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
- Grand Funk Railroad - Caught in the Act
- Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
- Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
- Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
- Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
- Scorpions - In Trance
- Queen - A Night at the Opera
- Rush - Caress of Steel
- Rush - Fly by Night
- KISS - Dressed to Kill
- KISS - Alive!
- Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
- Thin Lizzy - Fighting
- UFO - Force It
- Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy
[edit] Disbandments
[edit] Events
- Queen releases Bohemian Rhapsody. It soars to #1 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
- Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.
- Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heep, dies from an heroin overdose on the 8th of december.
| Preceded by: 1974 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1975 |
Followed by: 1976 |
