1969 in heavy metal music explained

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1969.

Bands formed

Albums

January

DayArtistAlbum
13Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin
17Iron ButterflyBall

February

DayArtistAlbum
5CreamGoodbye
MC5Kick Out the Jams
Vanilla FudgeNear the Beginning

March

DayArtistAlbum
Blue CheerNew! Improved!
James GangYer' Album
SteppenwolfAt Your Birthday Party

May

DayArtistAlbum
9SladeBeginnings
19The WhoTommy

June

DayArtistAlbum
25Alice CooperPretties for You
Deep PurpleDeep Purple
The Jeff Beck GroupBeck-Ola
CovenWitchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls

July

DayArtistAlbum
Blossom ToesIf Only for a Moment
Edgar Broughton BandWasa Wasa
Leslie WestMountain

August

DayArtistAlbum
5The StoogesThe Stooges
25Grand Funk RailroadOn Time
Humble PieAs Safe as Yesterday Is

October

DayArtistAlbum
10King CrimsonIn the Court of the Crimson King
The KinksArthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
22Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin II
High TideSea Shanties

November

DayArtistAlbum
Humble PieTown and Country
Little Free RockLittle Free Rock
Mott the HoopleMott the Hoople
SteppenwolfMonster

December

DayArtistAlbum
29Grand Funk RailroadGrand Funk (The Red Album)
Blue CheerBlue Cheer

Notes and References

  1. [#refBorthwick2001|Borthwick & Moy 2001]
  2. [#refBuckley2003|Buckley 2003]
  3. [#refWeinstein2000|Weinstein 1994]
  4. [#refBuckley2003|Buckley 2003]