Surf Wiki
Save to docs
arts

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1972 in heavy metal music

none

none

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1972.

Bands formed

  • Beck, Bogert & Appice
  • Bleak House
  • Bonfire (as Cacumen)
  • Frankenstein
  • Geordie (featuring Brian Johnson on vocals)
  • The Handsome Beasts
  • Heavy Metal Kids (featuring Gary Holton on vocals)
  • Jerusalem
  • Magnum
  • Mother's Finest
  • Petra
  • Poobah
  • Pop Mašina
  • Progresiv TM
  • Resurrection Band
  • Tarkus
  • Tempest
  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
  • Styx
  • The Tubes
  • Twisted Sister (as Silver Star)
  • Urchin
  • Van Halen (as Genesis, later Mammoth)
  • West, Bruce and Laing

Bands reformed

  • The Stooges

Bands disbanded

  • Cactus
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • MC5 (reformed in 1974)
  • Steppenwolf (reformed in 1974)
  • The Jeff Beck Group
  • Van der Graaf Generator (reformed in 1975)

Albums

  • Bang – Bang
  • Night Sun – ''Mournin'''
  • Warpig – Warpig

January

DayArtistAlbum
Blue Öyster Cult*Blue Öyster Cult*
Lucifer's Friend*...Where the Groupies Killed the Blues*

February

DayArtistAlbum
9Scorpions*Lonesome Crow*
10Flower Travellin' Band*Made in Japan*

March

DayArtistAlbum
3Jethro Tull*Thick as a Brick*
10Thin Lizzy*Shades of a Blue Orphanage*
24Jerusalem*Jerusalem*
30Deep Purple*Machine Head*
Humble Pie*Smokin'*

April

DayArtistAlbum
4ZZ Top*Rio Grande Mud*
24Mountain*Live: The Road Goes Ever On*
28Wishbone Ash*Argus*

May

DayArtistAlbum
19Uriah Heep*Demons & Wizards*
31James Gang*Straight Shooter*

June

DayArtistAlbum
13Alice Cooper*School's Out*
16Golden Earring*Together*
Buffalo*Dead Forever*
Tarkus*Tarkus*

August

DayArtistAlbum
28Cactus*'Ot 'n' Sweaty*
ElfElf

September

DayArtistAlbum
1Budgie*Squawk*
15Grand Funk Railroad*Phoenix*
Black Sabbath*Vol. 4*

November

DayArtistAlbum
24Hawkwind*Doremi Fasol Latido*
Bang*Mother / Bow to the King*
Uriah Heep*The Magician's Birthday*

December

DayArtistAlbum
15Status Quo*Piledriver*
22Deep Purple*Made in Japan*

References

References

  1. "Blue Öyster Cult". [[Allmusic]].
  2. "Machine Head 50 yrs".
  3. "Argus". [[Allmusic]].
  4. "Demons and Wizards". [[Allmusic]].
  5. "Phoenix". [[Allmusic]].
  6. "Black Sabbath, Vol. 4". [[Allmusic]].
  7. "The Magician's Birthday". [[Allmusic]].
  8. "Made in Japan". [[Allmusic]].
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1970s-in-heavy-metal-music 1972-in-music
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1972 in heavy metal music — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report