1972 in heavy metal music
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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
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
January
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Öyster Cult | Blue Öyster Cult[1] | |
| Lucifer's Friend | ...Where the Groupies Killed the Blues |
February
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Scorpions | Lonesome Crow |
| 10 | Flower Travellin' Band | Made in Japan |
March
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jethro Tull | Thick as a Brick |
| 10 | Thin Lizzy | Shades of a Blue Orphanage |
| 24 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem |
| 30 | Deep Purple | Machine Head[2] |
| Humble Pie | Smokin' |
April
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ZZ Top | Rio Grande Mud |
| 24 | Mountain | Live: The Road Goes Ever On |
| 28 | Wishbone Ash | Argus[3] |
May
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Uriah Heep | Demons & Wizards[4] |
| 31 | James Gang | Straight Shooter |
June
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Alice Cooper | School's Out |
| 16 | Golden Earring | Together |
| Buffalo | Dead Forever | |
| Tarkus | Tarkus |
August
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Cactus | 'Ot 'n' Sweaty |
| Elf | Elf |
September
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budgie | Squawk |
| 15 | Grand Funk Railroad | Phoenix[5] |
| Black Sabbath | Vol. 4[6] |
November
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Hawkwind | Doremi Fasol Latido |
| Bang | Mother / Bow to the King | |
| Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday[7] |
December
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Status Quo | Piledriver |
| 22 | Deep Purple | Made in Japan[8] |
References
- ^ "Blue Öyster Cult". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Machine Head 50 yrs".
- ^ "Argus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Demons and Wizards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Phoenix". Allmusic. Retrieved 2006-07-02.
- ^ "Black Sabbath, Vol. 4". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "The Magician's Birthday". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Made in Japan". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-25.