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1980 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1980.

Contents

Newly formed bands

  • Anthem
  • Barón Rojo
  • Battleaxe
  • Bitch
  • Black Rose
  • Blitzkrieg
  • Bulldozer
  • Exodus
  • Grave Digger
  • Heaven
  • Holy Moses
  • King's X
  • Lionheart
  • Los Suaves
  • Loudness
  • Malice
  • Manowar
  • Metal Church
  • More
  • Ozzy Osbourne (solo career)
  • Overkill
  • Rok Mašina
  • Sacred Rite
  • Saint
  • Salem
  • Sound Barrier
  • Tank
  • Turbo
  • Vixen
  • Warning
  • White Sister
  • Wrathchild

    • Disbandments

  • Led Zeppelin

    • Events

  • Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies at 33 on February 19 after a binge of heavy drinking.
  • October: Iron Maiden comp guitarist Dennis Stratton leaves and is replaced by Adrian Smith.
  • John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dies at 32 on September 25, after a binge of heavy drinking. His death was similar to Bon Scott's, and caused Led Zeppelin to disband.
  • April: Brian Johnson joins AC/DC replacing Bon Scott as lead singer.
  • May 18: Peter Criss, drummer of Kiss, leaves the band. Eric Carr takes his place.
  • Sounds Music Paper Editor Dave Lewis, invents the term New Wave Of British Heavy Metal to accompany a article Geoff Barton wrote on three young British Heavy Metal bands touring together, namely Samson, Iron Maiden and Angelwitch.

    • References

    1980 in heavy metal music Wikipedia
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