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
Albums
March
Day | Artist | Album |
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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] |
May
Day | Artist | Album |
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3 | Aerosmith | Rocks[8] |
14 | AC/DC | High Voltage (international edition)[9] |
17 | Rainbow | Rising[10] |
21 | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune[11] |
??? | UFO | No Heavy Petting[12] |
June
Day | Artist | Album |
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25 | Alice Cooper | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[13] |
??? | Uriah Heep | High and Mighty[14] |
September
Day | Artist | Album |
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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] |
29 | Rush | All the World's a Stage[18] |
October
Day | Artist | Album |
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9 | Scorpions | Virgin Killer[19] |
16 | Thin Lizzy | Johnny the Fox[20] |
??? | Ted Nugent | Free-for-All[21] |
November
Day | Artist | Album |
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11 | Kiss | Rock and Roll Over[22] |
December
Day | Artist | Album |
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10 | Queen | A Day at the Races[23] |
Release date unknown
Disbandments
- Deep Purple (reformed in 1984)
- Sammy Hagar leaves Montrose to go solo.[24]
Events
- Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke joins Motörhead and Larry Wallis leaves after a month.
- Deep Purple's guitarist Tommy Bolin dies from an overdose on December 4 during the Private Eyes tour, just after his last show on stage.
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References
- "Diamond Head Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- "Destroyer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Sad Wings of Destiny". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Jailbreak". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Presence". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Give Us a Wink". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "2112". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Rocks". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "High Voltage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Rising". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Agents of Fortune". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "No Heavy Petting". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "High and Mighty". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Technical Ecstasy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "The Song Remains the Same". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Virgin Killer". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Johnny the Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Free-for-All". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Rock and Roll Over". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "A Day at the Races". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- "Sammy Hagar Bio". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
Preceded by 1975 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1976 |
Succeeded by 1977 |
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