1976 in heavy metal music
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1976 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1976.
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Newly formed bands
- Diamond Head[1]
- Ethel the Frog
- The Godz
- Heavy Load
- Kick Axe
- Marseille
- Ratt
- Rose Tattoo
- Running Wild
- Savage
- Saxon
- Sister
- Vow Wow
- Whitesnake
Albums
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kiss | Destroyer[2] |
| 23 | Judas Priest | Sad Wings of Destiny[3] |
| 26 | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak[4] |
| 31 | Led Zeppelin | Presence[5] |
| ??? | Sweet | Give Us a Wink[6] |
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rush | 2112[7] |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Aerosmith | Rocks[8] |
| 14 | AC/DC | High Voltage (international edition)[9] |
| 17 | Rainbow | Rising[10] |
| ??? | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune[11] |
| ??? | UFO | No Heavy Petting[12] |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Alice Cooper | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[13] |
| ??? | Uriah Heep | High and Mighty[14] |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)[15] |
| 25 | Black Sabbath | Technical Ecstasy[16] |
| 28 | Led Zeppelin | The Song Remains the Same[17] |
October
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Scorpions | Virgin Killer[18] |
| 16 | Thin Lizzy | Johnny the Fox[19] |
| ??? | Ted Nugent | Free-for-All[20] |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Kiss | Rock and Roll Over[21] |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Queen | A Day at the Races[22] |
Disbandments
- Deep Purple
- Sammy Hagar leaves Montrose to go solo.[23]
Events
- Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke joins Motörhead and Larry Wallis leaves after a month.
- Deep Purple's guitarist Tommy Bolin dies from overdose on December 4 during the Private Eyes tour, just after his last show on stage.
References
- ^ "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4082/biography. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Destroyer". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11055. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r10659. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Jailbreak". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r20002. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Presence". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11467. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Give Us a Wink". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r19518. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "2112". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17123. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Rocks". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r171. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "High Voltage". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r78. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Rising". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1813154. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2156. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r51752. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4548. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "High and Mighty". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r51830. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r403594. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Technical Ecstasy". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2004. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11466. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17519. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r20001. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Free-for-All". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r45822. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11057. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2218694. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4423/biography. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
| Preceded by: 1975 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1976 |
Followed by: 1977 |
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