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1973 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1973.

Bands formed

  • AC/DC
  • Ace Frehley
  • Bachman-Turner Overdrive
  • Bad Company
  • Cheap Trick
  • The Dictators
  • Edda Művek
  • Journey
  • JPT Scare Band
  • Kaipa
  • Kansas
  • Kiss
  • Lazy
  • Mass (as Black Mass)
  • Max Webster
  • Montrose
  • Primevil
  • Quiet Riot
  • Stray Dog
  • Vardis
  • Vitacit
  • Witchfynde

Bands disbanded

  • Flower Travellin' Band

Events

  • Rob Halford became the new vocalist for Judas Priest, taking over from Al Atkins who departed at the end of 1972. John Hinch also joined the band as their drummer.
  • Tensions within Deep Purple led to vocalist Ian Gillan leaving and bassist Roger Glover being let go, marking the end of the band's Mark II era. They were replaced by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, respectively.
  • Guitarist Michael Schenker left Scorpions and joined UFO, replacing Bernie Marsden.

Deaths

  • Helmut Eisenhut, drummer of Scorpions.

Albums

January

DayArtistAlbum
5Aerosmith*Aerosmith*
12Deep Purple*Who Do We Think We Are*

February

DayArtistAlbum
7Iggy and the Stooges*Raw Power*
27Alice Copper*Billion Dollar Babies*
Flower Travellin' Band*Make Up*
Blue Öyster Cult*Tyranny and Mutation*

March

DayArtistAlbum
23King Crimson*Larks' Tongues in Aspic*
28Led Zeppelin*Houses of the Holy*

April

DayArtistAlbum
Uriah Heep*Uriah Heep Live*

May

DayArtistAlbum
11Hawkwind*Space Ritual*
Wishbone Ash*Wishbone Four*
Nazareth*Razamanaz*
Edgar Broughton BandOora

June

DayArtistAlbum
Bang*Music*
Budgie*Never Turn Your Back On a Friend*

July

DayArtistAlbum
13Jethro Tull*A Passion Play*
Queen*Queen I*
Grand Funk Railroad*We're an American Band*

August

DayArtistAlbum
13Lynyrd Skynyrd*(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)*
Buffalo*Volcanic Rock*
Golden Earring*Moontan*

September

DayArtistAlbum
3Uriah Heep*Sweet Freedom*
21Thin Lizzy*Vagabonds of the Western World*
James Gang*Bang*
The Amboy Dukes*Call of the Wild*

October

DayArtistAlbum
17Montrose*Montrose*
26The Who*Quadrophenia*

November

DayArtistAlbum
9Nazareth*Loud 'n' Proud*
16The Kinks*Preservation: Act 1*
20Alice Cooper*Muscle of Love*
30Black Sabbath*Sabbath Bloody Sabbath*
Lucifer's Friend*I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer*

References

References

  1. "Kiss Bio". [[Allmusic]].
  2. "Montrose Bio". Allmusic.
  3. "Aerosmith". [[Allmusic]].
  4. "Who Do We Think We Are". [[Allmusic]].
  5. "Tyranny and Mutation". [[Allmusic]].
  6. "Houses of the Holy". [[Allmusic]].
  7. "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend". [[Allmusic]].
  8. "Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd". [[Allmusic]].
  9. "Sweet Freedom". [[Allmusic]].
  10. "Call of the Wild". [[Allmusic]].
  11. "Montrose". [[Allmusic]].
  12. "Muscle of Love". [[Allmusic]].
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