1973 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1973

Newly formed bands

• AC/DC
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Bad Company
• The Dictators
• JPT Scare Band
• Kiss^[1]
• Max Webster
• Montrose^[2]
• Primevil
• Vardis

Albums

January

Day	Artist	Album
13	Aerosmith	Aerosmith[3]
???	Deep Purple	Who Do We Think We Are[4]

February

Day	Artist	Album
25	Alice Cooper	Billion Dollar Babies[5]
???	Blue Öyster Cult	Tyranny and Mutation[6]

March

Day	Artist	Album
28	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy[7]

July

Day	Artist	Album
???	The Amboy Dukes	Call of the Wild[8]
13	Queen	Queen I

August

Day	Artist	Album
13	Lynyrd Skynyrd	(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)[9]

September

Day	Artist	Album
???	Uriah Heep	Sweet Freedom[10]

October

Day	Artist	Album
???	Montrose	Montrose[11]
???	Suzi Quatro	Suzi Quatro (album)

November

Day	Artist	Album
16	The Kinks	Preservation: Act 1
???	Alice Cooper	Muscle of Love[12]

December

Day	Artist	Album
1	Black Sabbath	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath[13]

Unknown

• Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On a Friend^[14]

Events

• Vocalist Rob Halford replaces Al Atkins in Judas Priest.
• Vocalist Ian Gillan quits Deep Purple, as does Roger Glover. They are replaced by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes respectively.

References

1. "Kiss Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
2. "Montrose Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
3. "Aerosmith". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
4. "Who Do We Think We Are". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
5. "Billion Dollar Babies". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
6. "Tyranny and Mutation". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
7. "Houses of the Holy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
8. "Call of the Wild". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
9. "Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
10. "Sweet Freedom". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
11. "Montrose". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
12. "Muscle of Love". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
13. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
14. "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.