1973 in heavy metal music

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

Contents

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Events

Deaths

Albums

January

DayArtistAlbum
5 Aerosmith Aerosmith [3]
12 Deep Purple Who Do We Think We Are [4]

February

DayArtistAlbum
7 Iggy and the Stooges Raw Power
25 Flower Travellin' Band Make Up
Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation [5]
Camel Camel

March

DayArtistAlbum
1 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon
23 King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic
28 Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy [6]
Alice Copper Billion Dollar Babies

April

DayArtistAlbum
Uriah Heep Uriah Heep Live

May

DayArtistAlbum
5 Nazareth Razamanaz
11 Hawkwind Space Ritual
Wishbone Ash Wishbone Four
18 Yes Yessongs
Edgar Broughton Band Oora

June

DayArtistAlbum
Bang Music
Budgie Never Turn Your Back On a Friend [7]

July

DayArtistAlbum
13 Jethro Tull A Passion Play
Queen Queen I
15

26

Grand Funk Railroad

Zz Top

We're an American Band

Tres hombres

August

DayArtistAlbum
13 Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) [8]
Buffalo Volcanic Rock
Golden Earring Moontan

September

DayArtistAlbum
3 Uriah Heep Sweet Freedom [9]
21 Thin Lizzy Vagabonds of the Western World
28 Status Quo Hello!
The Amboy Dukes Call of the Wild [10]

October

DayArtistAlbum
17 Montrose Montrose [11]
26 The Who Quadrophenia

November

DayArtistAlbum
9 Nazareth Loud 'n' Proud
16 The Kinks Preservation: Act 1
20 Alice Cooper Muscle of Love [12]
Lucifer's Friend I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer

December

DayArtistAlbum
1 Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
7 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery
Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1974.

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

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1977.

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1978.

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References

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  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. "Tyranny and Mutation". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. "Houses of the Holy". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  7. "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  8. "Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  9. "Sweet Freedom". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  10. "Call of the Wild". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  11. "Montrose". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  12. "Muscle of Love". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-04-25.
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