1969 in heavy metal music
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Newly Formed Bands
- Aguaturbia
- April Wine
- Argent
- Atomic Rooster
- Blackfoot
- Bloodrock
- Cactus
- Coven
- Crushed Butler
- Dust
- Focus
- Gary Moore
- Gypsy Sun and Rainbows
- Hawkwind[1]
- High Tide
- Iron Claw
- Josefus
- Judas Priest[2]
- King Crimson
- Leaf Hound
- May Blitz
- Mott the Hoople
- Mountain[3]
- Steeleye Span
- Thin Lizzy[4]
- Tucky Buzzard
- UFO[5]
- Uriah Heep[6]
- Wishbone Ash
- ZZ Top
- ^ 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."
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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."
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