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{{Year nav topic5|1970|heavy metal music}}
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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 1970.
This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 1970.


== Newly formed bands ==
== Bands formed ==
*[[A Foot in Coldwater]]
*[[A Foot in Coldwater]]
* [[Aerosmith]]
* [[Aerosmith]]
*[[Aunt Mary]]
*[[Babe Ruth (band)|Babe Ruth]]
*[[Babe Ruth (band)|Babe Ruth]]
*[[Bakery (band)|Bakery]]
*[[Bakery (band)|Bakery]]
* [[Bang (American band)|Bang]]
* [[Bang (American band)|Bang]]
*[[Blackfeather]]
*[[Blackfeather]]
*Blast (Belgium)
*[[Frumpy]]
*[[Fuzzy Duck (band)|Fuzzy Duck]]
*[[Fuzzy Duck (band)|Fuzzy Duck]]
*[[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*[[Heart (band)|Heart]]
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*[[Kahvas Jute]]
*[[Kahvas Jute]]
*[[Kin Ping Meh]]
*[[Kin Ping Meh]]
*Load Control (Belgium)
* [[Lucifer's Friend]]
* [[Lucifer's Friend]]
* [[Mahogany Rush]]
* [[Mahogany Rush]]
* Murasaki (Japan)
* [[Necromandus]]
* [[Necromandus]]
* [[Night Sun]]
* [[Night Sun]]
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* [[Toad (band)|Toad]]
* [[Toad (band)|Toad]]
* [[Warhorse (British band)|Warhorse]]
* [[Warhorse (British band)|Warhorse]]
== Bands disbanded ==
*[[Jimi Hendrix Experience]]
*[[Vanilla Fudge]]

== Events ==
* In the November 12, 1970 issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, music journalist [[Mike Saunders (musician)|Mike Saunders]] coined the term "heavy metal" while reviewing [[Humble Pie]]'s debut album, ''[[As Safe as Yesterday Is]]''.
* Vocalist [[Klaus Meine]] and guitarist [[Michael Schenker]], younger brother of [[Rudolf Schenker]], joined [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]].

== Deaths ==
*September 18 – [[Jimi Hendrix|James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix]] died at the age of 27.


== Albums ==
== Albums ==

=== January===
=== January===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 15
|[[MC5]]
|''[[Back in the USA (album)|Back in the USA]]''
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |
| [[The Guess Who]]
| [[The Guess Who]]
| ''[[American Woman (album)|American Woman]]''
| ''[[American Woman (album)|American Woman]]''
|-
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 13
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 13
| [[Black Sabbath]]
| [[Black Sabbath]]
| ''[[Black Sabbath (album)|Black Sabbath]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1998|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Black Sabbath|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref>
| ''[[Black Sabbath (album)|Black Sabbath]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1998|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Black Sabbath|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref>
|-
|-
|
|[[Van der Graaf Generator]]
|''[[The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other]]''
|}

=== March===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200"| Artist
! width="250"| Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 7
| [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]]
| ''[[Climbing!]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 25
|[[Jimi Hendrix]]
|''[[Band of Gypsys]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 27
|[[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]
|''[[Easy Action]]''
|}

=== April===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200" | Artist
! width="250" | Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 20
| [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]
| ''[[Benefit (album)|Benefit]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 22
|[[Iron Butterfly]]
|''[[Live (Iron Butterfly album)|Live]]''
|-
|
|[[Cream (band)|Cream]]
|''[[Live Cream]]''
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 15
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 11
|[[The Who]]
|''[[Live at Leeds]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 15
| [[King Crimson]]
| [[King Crimson]]
| ''[[In the Wake of Poseidon]]''
| ''[[In the Wake of Poseidon]]''
|-
|}
|}


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! width="250"| Album
|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 5
| [[Alice Cooper]]
| ''[[Easy Action]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r4540|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Easy Action|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 5
| [[Deep Purple]]
| [[Deep Purple]]
| ''[[Deep Purple in Rock]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r187662|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Deep Purple in Rock|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
| ''[[Deep Purple in Rock]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r187662|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Deep Purple in Rock|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 19
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 15
|[[Grand Funk Railroad]]
|''[[Closer to Home]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 19
| [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
| [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
| ''[[Very 'eavy... Very 'umble]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r275386|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
| ''[[Very 'eavy... Very 'umble]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r275386|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 26
|[[Free (band)|Free]]
|''[[Fire and Water (Free album)|Fire and Water]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |
|[[Edgar Broughton Band]]
|''[[Sing Brother Sing]]''
|-
|[[Pretty Things]]
|''[[Parachute (The Pretty Things album)|Parachute]]''
|}

=== July ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Day
! width="200" | Artist
! width="250" | Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 1
| [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]]
| ''[[Cactus (Cactus album)|Cactus]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 7
|[[The Stooges]]
|[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 8
| [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]
| ''[[Cosmo's Factory]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 24
|[[Yes (band)|Yes]]
|''[[Time and a Word]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |
|[[Humble Pie]]
|''[[Humble Pie (album)|Humble Pie]]''
|-
|[[James Gang]]
|''[[James Gang Rides Again]]''
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 14
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 13
| [[Hawkwind]]
|[[Iron Butterfly]]
|''[[Metamorphosis (Iron Butterfly album)|Metamorphosis]]''
| ''[[Hawkwind (album)|Hawkwind]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1999|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Paranoid|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 14
| [[Hawkwind]]
| ''[[Hawkwind (album)|Hawkwind]]''<ref name="AllMusic Paranoid">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1999|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Paranoid|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref>
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 18
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 18
| [[Black Sabbath]]
| [[Black Sabbath]]
| ''[[Paranoid (album)|Paranoid]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1999|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Paranoid|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref>
| ''[[Paranoid (album)|Paranoid]]''<ref name="AllMusic Paranoid" />
|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| align="center" rowspan="1"|
| [[Blue Cheer]]
| [[Blue Cheer]]
| ''[[The Original Human Being]]''
| ''[[The Original Human Being]]''
|-
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| 5
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 5
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| ''[[Led Zeppelin III]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11457|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Led Zeppelin III|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
| ''[[Led Zeppelin III]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11457|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Led Zeppelin III|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 21
|[[Flower Travellin' Band]]
|''[[Anywhere (Flower Travellin' Band album)|Anywhere]]''
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |
| [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| ''[[UFO 1]]''
| ''[[UFO 1]]''
|-
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"| ???
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 16
|[[Grand Funk Railroad]]
|''[[Live Album (Grand Funk Railroad album)|Live Album]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 20
|[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
|''[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer (album)|Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 27
|[[The Kinks]]
|''[[Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |
| [[Lucifer's Friend]]
| [[Lucifer's Friend]]
| ''[[Lucifer's Friend (album)|Lucifer's Friend]]''
| ''[[Lucifer's Friend (album)|Lucifer's Friend]]''
|-
|[[Slade]]
|''[[Play It Loud]]''
|-
|-
| [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]
| [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]
| ''[[Steppenwolf 7]]''
| ''[[Steppenwolf 7]]''
|-
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"| ???
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 4
|[[Wishbone Ash]]
|''[[Wishbone Ash (album)|Wishbone Ash]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 9
|[[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]
|''[[Pendulum (Creedence Clearwater Revival album)|Pendulum]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 11
|[[King Crimson]]
|''[[Lizard (album)|Lizard]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |
|[[Free (band)|Free]]
|''[[Highway (Free album)|Highway]]''
|-
| [[Sir Lord Baltimore]]
| [[Sir Lord Baltimore]]
| ''[[Kingdom Come (Sir Lord Baltimore album)|Kingdom Come]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r67996|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Kingdom Come|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>
| ''[[Kingdom Come (Sir Lord Baltimore album)|Kingdom Come]]''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r67996|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Kingdom Come|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Van der Graaf Generator]]
|''[[H to He, Who Am the Only One]]''
|}
|}

=== Unknown ===
*Asterix - ''[[Asterix (Asterix album)|Asterix]]''

== Disbandments ==
* [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]


== References ==
== References ==

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.

Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Events

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Deaths

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Albums

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January

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Day Artist Album
15 MC5 Back in the USA
The Guess Who American Woman

February

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Day Artist Album
13 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath[1]
Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other

March

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Day Artist Album
7 Mountain Climbing!
25 Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys
27 Alice Cooper Easy Action

April

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Day Artist Album
20 Jethro Tull Benefit
22 Iron Butterfly Live
Cream Live Cream

May

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Day Artist Album
11 The Who Live at Leeds
15 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon

June

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Day Artist Album
5 Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock[2]
15 Grand Funk Railroad Closer to Home
19 Uriah Heep Very 'eavy... Very 'umble[3]
26 Free Fire and Water
Edgar Broughton Band Sing Brother Sing
Pretty Things Parachute

July

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Day Artist Album
1 Cactus Cactus
7 The Stooges Fun House
8 Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
24 Yes Time and a Word
Humble Pie Humble Pie
James Gang James Gang Rides Again

August

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Day Artist Album
13 Iron Butterfly Metamorphosis
14 Hawkwind Hawkwind[4]

September

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Day Artist Album
18 Black Sabbath Paranoid[4]
Blue Cheer The Original Human Being

October

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Day Artist Album
5 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III[5]
21 Flower Travellin' Band Anywhere
UFO UFO 1

November

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Day Artist Album
16 Grand Funk Railroad Live Album
20 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer
27 The Kinks Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Lucifer's Friend Lucifer's Friend
Slade Play It Loud
Steppenwolf Steppenwolf 7

December

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Day Artist Album
4 Wishbone Ash Wishbone Ash
9 Creedence Clearwater Revival Pendulum
11 King Crimson Lizard
Free Highway
Sir Lord Baltimore Kingdom Come[6]
Van der Graaf Generator H to He, Who Am the Only One

References

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  1. ^ "Black Sabbath". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  2. ^ "Deep Purple in Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  3. ^ "Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  4. ^ a b "Paranoid". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  5. ^ "Led Zeppelin III". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  6. ^ "Kingdom Come". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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