1971 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1971.

Contents

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Deaths

Albums

January

DayArtistAlbum
Mountain Nantucket Sleighride
Uriah Heep Salisbury
ZZ Top ZZ Top's First Album

February

DayArtistAlbum
19 Yes The Yes Album
24 Cactus One Way... or Another

March

DayArtistAlbum
9 Alice Cooper Love It to Death [1]
19 Jethro Tull Aqualung
Humble Pie Rock On

April

DayArtistAlbum
5 Flower Travellin' Band Satori
15 Grand Funk Railroad Survival
30 Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy
Blue Cheer Oh! Pleasant Hope
James Gang Thirds

May

DayArtistAlbum
Edgar Broughton Band Edgar Broughton Band

June

DayArtistAlbum
14 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus

July

DayArtistAlbum
6 MC5 High Time
30 Budgie Budgie
Deep Purple Fireball

August

DayArtistAlbum
2 The Who Who's Next
6 Black Sabbath Master of Reality
25 Blues Creation Demon & Eleven Children
Golden Earring Seven Tears

September

DayArtistAlbum
21 T. Rex Electric Warrior
Mountain Flowers of Evil
Uriah Heep Look At Yourself

October

DayArtistAlbum
8 Hawkwind In Search of Space
18 Cactus Restrictions
UFO UFO 2: Flying

November

DayArtistAlbum
5 Pink Floyd Meddle
8 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
9 Alice Cooper Killer
12 Yes Fragile
Nazareth Nazareth
Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts
15 Grand Funk Railroad E Pluribus Funk
19 Mott the Hoople Brain Capers
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition
Steppenwolf For Ladies Only

December

DayArtistAlbum
3 King Crimson Islands
ELO The Electric Light Orchestra

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References

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