This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970. Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed between 1969 and 1974. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Newly formed bands

• Aerosmith
• Blue Öyster Cult
• Queen

Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, regarded by some as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. [1][2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the bands members are actually from that city. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Queen are a seminal English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ...

Albums

• Alice Cooper - Easy Action
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Paranoid
• Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock
• Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk, Closer To Home, Live Album
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
• The MC5 - Back In The USA
• The Stooges - Fun House
• Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy... Very 'umble

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Easy Action is a 1970 album by Alice Cooper. ... It has been suggested that Polka Tulk be merged into this article or section. ... Black Sabbath is the self-titled debut album of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath released in the UK on Friday 13 February 1970. ... Paranoid is the second album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was released in 1970. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Deep Purple in Rock is a hard rock album by Deep Purple released in 1970. ... Grand Funk Railroad is an American power trio band. ... Grand Funk is Grand Funk Railroads second studio album, and was released in December of 1969 by Capitol Records. ... Closer To Home is Grand Funk Railroads third studio album, and was released in July of 1970 by Capitol Records. ... Live Album is Grand Funk Railroads first live album, and was released in November of 1970 by Capitol Records. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... Led Zeppelin III, the third album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, was released October 5, 1970 by Atlantic Records. ... The MC5 was a rock music band that came out of Detroit, USA in 1966, and was an important precursor of and influence on punk rock (see protopunk). ... Back In the USA is the second album by protopunkers MC5, released in 1970. ... The Stooges are an American rock band that was first active from about 1967 to 1974, and then reformed in 2003. ... This article is about the album Fun House. For the game show of the same name, see Fun House (game show). ... Uriah Heep are an English rock band, formed in 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley (previously a member of The Gods and Toe Fat) to join Spice, a band signed to his own Bronze Records label. ... US issue Uriah Heep Very eavy. ...

Disbandments

Events

• Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die within weeks of each other at 27.