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1970 in heavy metal music

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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.
Preceded by Heavy Metal Timeline
1970
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