1969 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1969.
Bands formed
- The Allman Brothers Band
- April Wine
- Argent
- Atomic Rooster
- Bang
- Blackfoot
- Blind Faith
- Bloodrock
- Blue Mountain Eagle
- Blues Creation
- Brownsville Station
- Cactus
- Coven
- Crushed Butler
- Dust
- Elonkorjuu
- Eloy
- Epitaph
- Faces
- Focus
- Gary Moore
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Granicus
- Hawkwind[1]
- High Tide
- Hookfoot
- Humble Pie
- Iron Claw
- Jacula
- Josefus
- Judas Priest (as Freight)
- King Crimson
- Leaf Hound
- Little Free Rock
- May Blitz
- Morly Grey
- Mott the Hoople
- Mountain[2]
- Neon Rose
- November
- Thin Lizzy[3]
- Titanic
- Toe Fat
- Trapeze
- Truth and Janey
- Tucky Buzzard
- UFO[4]
- Uriah Heep
- Wishbone Ash
- ZZ Top
Albums
- Morgen – Morgen
- Writing on the Wall - The Power of the Picts
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin |
| 17 | Iron Butterfly | Ball |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Cream | Goodbye |
| MC5 | Kick Out the Jams | |
| Vanilla Fudge | Near the Beginning |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Cheer | New! Improved! | |
| James Gang | Yer' Album | |
| Steppenwolf | At Your Birthday Party |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Slade | Beginnings |
| 19 | The Who | Tommy |
June
| 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
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Blossom Toes | If Only for a Moment | |
| Edgar Broughton Band | Wasa Wasa | |
| Leslie West | Mountain |
August
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | The Stooges | The Stooges |
| 25 | Grand Funk Railroad | On Time |
| Humble Pie | As Safe as Yesterday Is |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Fudge | Rock & Roll |
October
| 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
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Humble Pie | Town and Country | |
| Little Free Rock | Little Free Rock | |
| Mott the Hoople | Mott the Hoople | |
| Steppenwolf | Monster |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Grand Funk Railroad | Grand Funk (The Red Album) |
| Blue Cheer | Blue Cheer |
References
- ^ 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."
- ^ 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."
- ^ 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.)"
- ^ 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."