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1978 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1978.

Contents

Newly formed bands

  • Ángeles del Infierno
  • Anvil
  • Dokken
  • Earthshaker
  • Electric Sun
  • Exciter
  • Fist
  • Gamma
  • Gillan
  • Girlschool
  • Leño
  • London
  • Yngwie Malmsteen
  • Mama's Boys
  • The Next Band
  • Nightwing
  • Pagan Altar
  • The Rods
  • Saint Vitus
  • Samson
  • Savatage
  • Thor
  • Trespass
  • Tygers of Pan Tang
  • Whitesnake
  • Wild Horses
  • Wrathchild America

    • Albums

  • AC/DC - Powerage
  • AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
  • Alice Cooper - From the Inside
  • Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
  • Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
  • Budgie - Impeckable
  • Foreigner - Double Vision
  • Judas Priest - Stained Class
  • KISS - Ace Frehley
  • KISS - Gene Simmons
  • KISS - Paul Stanley
  • KISS - Peter Criss
  • Krokus - Painkiller
  • Magnum - Kingdom of Madness
  • Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live
  • Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
  • Gary Moore - Back on the Streets
  • Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo!
  • Ted Nugent - Weekend Warriors
  • Queen - Jazz
  • Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
  • Ram Jam - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
  • Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo
  • Rush - Hemispheres
  • Scorpions - Taken by Force
  • Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
  • Shakin' Street - Vampire Rock
  • Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
  • UFO - Obsession
  • Van Halen - Van Halen
  • Whitesnake - Snakebite
  • Whitesnake - Trouble
  • Y&T - Struck Down

    • Disbandments

  • Lone Star

    • Events

  • Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen joins at 15 as a permanent member.
  • The Who's Keith Moon dies of a drug overdose at 32.

    • References

    1978 in heavy metal music Wikipedia
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