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{{Year in music|1969}}
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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 1969.
This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 1969.


== Newly Formed Bands ==
== Bands formed ==
* [[The Allman Brothers Band]]
* [[Aguaturbia]]
* [[April Wine]]
* [[April Wine]]
* [[Argent (band)|Argent]]
* [[Argent (band)|Argent]]
* [[Atomic Rooster]]
* [[Atomic Rooster]]
* [[Bang (American band)|Bang]]
* [[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]]
* [[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]]
* [[Blind Faith]]
* [[Bloodrock]]
* [[Bloodrock]]
*[[Blue Mountain Eagle (band)|Blue Mountain Eagle]]
*[[Blues Creation]]
*[[Brownsville Station (band)|Brownsville Station]]
* [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]]
* [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]]
* [[Coven (band)|Coven]]
* [[Coven (band)|Coven]]
* [[Crushed Butler]]
* [[Crushed Butler]]
* [[Dust (band)|Dust]]
* [[Dust (band)|Dust]]
*[[Elonkorjuu]]
*[[Eloy (band)|Eloy]]
*[[Epitaph (band)|Epitaph]]
*[[Faces (band)|Faces]]
*[[Focus (band)|Focus]]
*[[Focus (band)|Focus]]
* [[Gary Moore]]
* [[Gary Moore]]
* [[Gypsy Sun and Rainbows]]
*[[Grand Funk Railroad]]
*[[Granicus (band)|Granicus]]
* [[Hawkwind]]<ref>[[#refBorthwick2001|Borthwick & Moy 2001]], p. 57 "''Certain elements of psychedelic coding found their way into genres as diverse as soul, funk, proto-metal (the "space rock" of Hawkwind, for instance), folk (Roy Harper, The Flying Burrito Brothers), jazzy rock (Steely Dan's early work), indie, dance genres such as acid house and trance, ambient and commercial chart pop.''"</ref>
* [[Hawkwind]]<ref>[[#refBorthwick2001|Borthwick & Moy 2001]], p. 57 "''Certain elements of psychedelic coding found their way into genres as diverse as soul, funk, proto-metal (the "space rock" of Hawkwind, for instance), folk (Roy Harper, The Flying Burrito Brothers), jazzy rock (Steely Dan's early work), indie, dance genres such as acid house and trance, ambient and commercial chart pop.''"</ref>
* [[High Tide (band)|High Tide]]
* [[High Tide (band)|High Tide]]
*[[Hot Tuna]]
*[[Hookfoot]]
*[[Humble Pie]]
* [[Iron Claw (band)|Iron Claw]]
* [[Iron Claw (band)|Iron Claw]]
* [[Jacula]]
* [[Josefus]]
* [[Josefus]]
* [[Judas Priest]]
* [[Judas Priest]] (as Freight)
* [[King Crimson]]
* [[King Crimson]]
* [[Leaf Hound]]
* [[Leaf Hound]]
*[[Little Free Rock]]
* [[May Blitz]]
* [[May Blitz]]
*[[Morly Grey]]
* [[Mott the Hoople]]
* [[Mott the Hoople]]
* [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]]<ref>[[#refBuckley2003|Buckley 2003]], p. 702 "''Although Mountain will probably be remembered only for the anthemic "Mississippi Queen" and the seemingly endless "Nantucket Sleighride", Felix Papparlardi (bass/keyboards) and Leslie West (guitar/vocals) were the musical fuel of a band that, along with Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, pioneered the bottom heavy sludge that would become heavy metal.''"</ref>
* [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]]<ref>[[#refBuckley2003|Buckley 2003]], p. 702 "''Although Mountain will probably be remembered only for the anthemic "Mississippi Queen" and the seemingly endless "Nantucket Sleighride", Felix Papparlardi (bass/keyboards) and Leslie West (guitar/vocals) were the musical fuel of a band that, along with Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, pioneered the bottom heavy sludge that would become heavy metal.''"</ref>
* [[Steeleye Span]]
*[[Neon Rose]]
*[[November (band)|November]]
* [[Thin Lizzy]]<ref>[[#refWeinstein2000|Weinstein 1994]], p. 66 "''But until the late 1980s there were almost no black heavy metal musicians (Exceptions such as the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy can be counted on the fingers of one hand.)''"</ref>
* [[Thin Lizzy]]<ref>[[#refWeinstein2000|Weinstein 1994]], p. 66 "''But until the late 1980s there were almost no black heavy metal musicians (Exceptions such as the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy can be counted on the fingers of one hand.)''"</ref>
*[[Titanic (band)|Titanic]]
*[[Toe Fat]]
*[[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]]
*[[Truth and Janey]]
* [[Tucky Buzzard]]
* [[Tucky Buzzard]]
* [[UFO (band)|UFO]]<ref>[[#refBuckley2003|Buckley 2003]], p. 1116 "''In the end, UFO are probably best regarded as having brought a touch of class to heavy metal, for having great tunes and a cool logo, and for being so out of it that even "Mad Mickey" Schenker couldn't stand the heat.''"</ref>
* [[UFO (band)|UFO]]<ref>[[#refBuckley2003|Buckley 2003]], p. 1116 "''In the end, UFO are probably best regarded as having brought a touch of class to heavy metal, for having great tunes and a cool logo, and for being so out of it that even "Mad Mickey" Schenker couldn't stand the heat.''"</ref>
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== Albums ==
== Albums ==
* [[The Jeff Beck Group]] - ''[[Beck-Ola]]''
*[[Morgen (band)|Morgen]] – ''Morgen''
*[[Writing on the Wall (band)|Writing on the Wall]] - The Power of the Picts
* [[Blue Cheer]] - ''[[New! Improved! Blue Cheer]]''
=== January ===
* [[Blue Cheer]] - ''[[Blue Cheer (album)|Blue Cheer]]''
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
* [[Alice Cooper]] - ''[[Pretties for You]]''
!Day
* [[Coven (band)|Coven]] - ''[[Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls]]''
! width="200" |Artist
* [[Cream (band)|Cream]] - ''[[Goodbye (Cream album)|Goodbye]]''
! width="250" |Album
* [[Deep Purple]] - ''[[Deep Purple (album)|Deep Purple]]''
|-
* [[Deep Purple]] - ''[[The Book of Taliesyn]]''
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 13
* [[Edgar Broughton Band]] - ''[[Wasa Wasa]]''
|[[Led Zeppelin]]
* [[Grand Funk Railroad]] - ''[[On Time]]''
* [[Grand Funk Railroad]] - ''[[Grand Funk (album)|Grand Funk]]''
|''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]]''
|-
* [[High Tide (band)|High Tide]] - ''[[Sea Shanties (High Tide album)|Sea Shanties]]''
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 17
* [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]] - ''[[As Safe As Yesterday Is]]''
|[[Iron Butterfly]]
* [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]] - ''[[Town and Country (album)|Town and Country]]''
* [[Iron Butterfly]] - ''[[Ball (Iron Butterfly album)|Ball]]''
|''[[Ball (Iron Butterfly album)|Ball]]''
|}
* [[King Crimson]] - ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]''

* [[The Kinks]] - ''[[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)]]''
=== February ===
* [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]]''
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
* [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]''
!Day
* [[MC5]] - ''[[Kick Out the Jams]]''
! width="200" |Artist
* [[Mott the Hoople]] - ''[[Mott the Hoople (album)|Mott the Hoople]]''
! width="250" |Album
* [[Slade]] - ''[[Beginnings (Ambrose Slade album)|Beginnings]]''
|-
* [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] - ''[[At Your Birthday Party]]''
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 5
* [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] - ''[[Monster (Steppenwolf album)|Monster]]''
|[[Cream (band)|Cream]]
* [[The Stooges]] - ''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]
|''[[Goodbye (Cream album)|Goodbye]]''
* [[Vanilla Fudge]] - ''[[Near the Beginning]]''
|-
* [[Vanilla Fudge]] - ''[[Rock & Roll (Vanilla Fudge album)|Rock & Roll]]''
| rowspan="2" |
* [[The Who]] - ''[[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]''
|[[MC5]]
|''[[Kick Out the Jams]]''
|-
|[[Vanilla Fudge]]
|''[[Near the Beginning]]''
|}

=== March ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |
|[[Blue Cheer]]
|''[[New! Improved!]]''
|-
|[[James Gang]]
|''[[Yer' Album]]''
|-
|[[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]
|''[[At Your Birthday Party]]''
|}

=== May ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 9
|[[Slade]]
|''[[Beginnings (Ambrose Slade album)|Beginnings]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 19
|[[The Who]]
|''[[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]''
|}

=== June ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 25
|[[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]
|''[[Pretties for You]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |
|[[Deep Purple]]
|''[[Deep Purple (album)|Deep Purple]]''
|-
|[[The Jeff Beck Group]]
|''[[Beck-Ola]]''
|-
|[[Coven (band)|Coven]]
|''[[Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls]]''
|-
|}

=== July ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |
|[[Blossom Toes]]
|''[[If Only for a Moment]]''
|-
|[[Edgar Broughton Band]]
|''[[Wasa Wasa]]''
|-
|[[Leslie West]]
|''[[Mountain (Leslie West album)|Mountain]]''
|}

=== August ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 5
|[[The Stooges]]
|''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 25
|[[Grand Funk Railroad]]
|''[[On Time]]''
|-
|
|[[Humble Pie]]
|''[[As Safe as Yesterday Is]]''
|}

=== September ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" |
|[[Vanilla Fudge]]
|''[[Rock & Roll (Vanilla Fudge album)|Rock & Roll]]''
|}

=== October ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 10
|[[King Crimson]]
|''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]''
|-
|[[The Kinks]]
|''[[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 22
|[[Led Zeppelin]]
|''[[Led Zeppelin II]]''
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |
|[[High Tide (band)|High Tide]]
|''[[Sea Shanties (High Tide album)|Sea Shanties]]''
|}

=== November ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |
|[[Humble Pie]]
|''[[Town and Country (album)|Town and Country]]''
|-
|[[Little Free Rock]]
|''Little Free Rock''
|-
|[[Mott the Hoople]]
|''[[Mott the Hoople (album)|Mott the Hoople]]''
|-
|[[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]
|''[[Monster (Steppenwolf album)|Monster]]''
|}

=== December ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Day
! width="200" |Artist
! width="250" |Album
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 29
|[[Grand Funk Railroad]]
|[[Grand Funk (album)|''Grand Funk'' (''The Red Album'')]]
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |
|[[Blue Cheer]]
|''[[Blue Cheer (album)|Blue Cheer]]''
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


{{Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music}}
==References==
{{reflist}}


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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1969.

Bands formed

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Albums

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January

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Day Artist Album
13 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin
17 Iron Butterfly Ball

February

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Day Artist Album
5 Cream Goodbye
MC5 Kick Out the Jams
Vanilla Fudge Near the Beginning

March

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Day Artist Album
Blue Cheer New! Improved!
James Gang Yer' Album
Steppenwolf At Your Birthday Party

May

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Day Artist Album
9 Slade Beginnings
19 The Who Tommy

June

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Day Artist Album
25 Alice Cooper Pretties for You
Deep Purple Deep Purple
The Jeff Beck Group Beck-Ola
Coven Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls

July

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Day Artist Album
Blossom Toes If Only for a Moment
Edgar Broughton Band Wasa Wasa
Leslie West Mountain

August

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Day Artist Album
5 The Stooges The Stooges
25 Grand Funk Railroad On Time
Humble Pie As Safe as Yesterday Is

September

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Day Artist Album
Vanilla Fudge Rock & Roll

October

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Day Artist Album
10 King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King
The Kinks Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
22 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II
High Tide Sea Shanties

November

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Day Artist Album
Humble Pie Town and Country
Little Free Rock Little Free Rock
Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople
Steppenwolf Monster

December

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Day Artist Album
29 Grand Funk Railroad Grand Funk (The Red Album)
Blue Cheer Blue Cheer

References

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  1. ^ Borthwick & Moy 2001, p. 57 "Certain elements of psychedelic coding found their way into genres as diverse as soul, funk, proto-metal (the "space rock" of Hawkwind, for instance), folk (Roy Harper, The Flying Burrito Brothers), jazzy rock (Steely Dan's early work), indie, dance genres such as acid house and trance, ambient and commercial chart pop."
  2. ^ Buckley 2003, p. 702 "Although Mountain will probably be remembered only for the anthemic "Mississippi Queen" and the seemingly endless "Nantucket Sleighride", Felix Papparlardi (bass/keyboards) and Leslie West (guitar/vocals) were the musical fuel of a band that, along with Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, pioneered the bottom heavy sludge that would become heavy metal."
  3. ^ Weinstein 1994, p. 66 "But until the late 1980s there were almost no black heavy metal musicians (Exceptions such as the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy can be counted on the fingers of one hand.)"
  4. ^ Buckley 2003, p. 1116 "In the end, UFO are probably best regarded as having brought a touch of class to heavy metal, for having great tunes and a cool logo, and for being so out of it that even "Mad Mickey" Schenker couldn't stand the heat."
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