1975 in heavy metal music

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

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Newly formed bands

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

Albums

February

Day	Artist	Album
???	Alice Cooper	Welcome to My Nightmare[4]
15	Rush	Fly By Night (album)
24	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti[5]

March

Day	Artist	Album
19	Kiss	Dressed to Kill[6]

April

Day	Artist	Album
???	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic[7]
???	Bad Company	Straight Shooter[8]

May

Day	Artist	Album
???	Uriah Heep	Return to Fantasy[9]

June

Day	Artist	Album
4	Rainbow	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow[10]
27	Black Sabbath	Sabotage[11]

July

Day	Artist	Album
???	UFO	Force It[12]

September

Day	Artist	Album
???	Budgie	Bandolier[13]
10	Kiss	Alive![14]
12	Thin Lizzy	Fighting[15]
???	Ted Nugent	Ted Nugent[16]
17	Scorpions	In Trance[17]
24	Rush	Caress of Steel [18]

October

Day	Artist	Album
10	Deep Purple	Come Taste the Band[19]

November

Day	Artist	Album
21	Queen	A Night at the Opera[20]

December

Day	Artist	Album
???	AC/DC	T.N.T.[21]

Unknown

Moxy - Moxy[22]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Events

• Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.[23]
• Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heep, dies from a heroin overdose on 8 December.[24]

References

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

Preceded by 1974

Heavy Metal Timeline 1975

Succeeded by 1976