1975 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975.

Newly formed bands

• Angel
• Iron Maiden
• Jameson Raid
• Legs Diamond
• Lone Star
• Molly Hatchet
• Motörhead^[1]
• Ted Nugent^[2]
• Quiet Riot^[3]
• Rainbow^[4]
• Riot
• The Runaways
• Starz
• Triumph
• White Spirit
• White Wolf

Albums

February

Day	Artist	Album
???	Alice Cooper	Welcome to My Nightmare[5]
15	Rush	Fly By Night (album)
24	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti[6]

March

Day	Artist	Album
19	Kiss	Dressed to Kill[7]

April

Day	Artist	Album
???	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic[8]
???	Bad Company	Straight Shooter[9]

May

Day	Artist	Album
???	Uriah Heep	Return to Fantasy[10]

June

Day	Artist	Album
4	Rainbow	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow[11]
27	Black Sabbath	Sabotage[12]

July

Day	Artist	Album
???	UFO	Force It[13]

September

Day	Artist	Album
???	Budgie	Bandolier[14]
10	Kiss	Alive![15]
12	Thin Lizzy	Fighting[16]
???	Ted Nugent	Ted Nugent[17]
17	Scorpions	In Trance[18]
24	Rush	Caress of Steel [19]

October

Day	Artist	Album
10	Deep Purple	Come Taste the Band[20]

November

Day	Artist	Album
21	Queen	A Night at the Opera[21]

December

Day	Artist	Album
???	AC/DC	T.N.T.[22]

Unknown

Moxy - Moxy^[23]

Events

• Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.^[24]
• Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heep, dies from a heroin overdose on the 8th of December.^[25]

References

1. "Motörhead Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
2. "Ted Nugent Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
3. "Quiet Riot Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
4. "Rainbow Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
5. "Welcome to My Nightmare". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
6. "Physical Graffiti". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
7. "Dressed to Kill". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
8. "Toys in the Attic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
9. "Straight Shooter". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
10. "Return to Fantasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
11. "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
12. "Sabotage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
13. "Force It". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
14. "Bandolier". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
15. "Alive!". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
16. "Fighting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
17. "Ted Nugent". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
18. "In Trance". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
19. "Caress of Steel". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
20. "Come Taste the Band". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
21. "A Night at the Opera". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
22. "T.N.T.". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
23. "Moxy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
24. "Motörhead Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
25. "Gary Thain Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.