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

Newly formed bands

• Magnum¹
• Motörhead]²
• Quiet Riot³
• Rainbow⁴
• Ted Nugent⁵

Albums

• Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic⁶
• Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare⁷
• Black Sabbath - Sabotage⁸
• Budgie - Bandolier⁹
• Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band¹⁰
• Dictators - Go Girl Crazy!
• Grand Funk Railroad - Caught in the Act
• Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
• Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
• Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
• Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
• Scorpions - In Trance
• Queen - A Night at the Opera
• Rush - Caress of Steel
• Rush - Fly by Night
• KISS - Dressed to Kill
• KISS - Alive!
• Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
• Thin Lizzy - Fighting
• UFO - Force It
• Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy

Disbandments

Events

• Queen releases Bohemian Rhapsody. It soars to #1 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
• Motörhead's original drummer, Lucas Fox, leaves the band. He is replaced by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.
• Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heep, dies from an heroin overdose on the 8th of December.

References