This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1971. Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...

Newly formed bands

Albums

• Alice Cooper - Killer
• Alice Cooper - Love It to Death
• Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
• Budgie - Budgie
• Deep Purple - Fireball
• Grand Funk Railroad - Survival
• Grand Funk Railroad - E Pluribus Funk
• Jethro Tull - Aqualung
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
• The MC5 - High Time
• Nazareth - Nazareth
• UFO - UFO, Flying
• Uriah Heep - Salisbury
• Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Killer is the 1971 album by Alice Cooper. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... It has been suggested that Im Eighteen be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Master of Reality is an album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). ... Budgie is a hard rock band from Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. ... Budgie is Budgies first album. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Fireball is a hard rock album by Deep Purple. ... Grand Funk Railroad is an American power trio band. ... Survival is Grand Funk Railroads fourth studio album, and was released in April of 1971 by Capitol Records. ... Grand Funk Railroad is an American power trio band. ... E Pluribus Funk is Grand Funk Railroads fifth studio album, and was released in November of 1971 by Capitol Records. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... is the fourth album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on November 8 1971. ... 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). ... High Time was the third album released by the protopunkers MC5; it was released in 1971. ... Nazareth is an earthy and versatile Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, Love Hurts, in the middle of the 1970s. ... Track listing Witchdoctor Woman (Charlton, McCafferty) - 4:09 Dear John (Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet) - 3:48 Empty Arms (Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet) - 3:15 I Had a Dream (Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet) - 3:23 Red Light Lady (Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet) - 6:00 Fat Man (Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet) - 3... UFO are an English rock band formed in 1969. ... Band: UFO CD: UFO Parental Advisory: No In-Print: Yes Released Date: October 5, 1971 Number Of Discs: 1 Genre: Rock and Roll and Heavy Metal music Track listing Unidentified Flying Object Boogie Cmon Everybody Shake It About (Come Away) Melinda Timothy Follow Me Home Treacle People Who Do... Flying is an album by UFO released in 1972. ... Uriah Heep is 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. ... Salisbury (1971) is the second album released by British rock band Uriah Heep. ... Uriah Heep is 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. ... Look at Yourself is the third album released by British rock band Uriah Heep. ...

Disbandments

Events

• Jim Morrison dies at 27.