1980 in heavy metal music

none February 2024 1980 1980 heavy metal music This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1980. Newly formed bands 35007 Ángeles del Infierno Agnostic Front Alkatrazz Anthem Balance Barón Rojo Battleaxe Bitch Black Rose Blitzkrieg Bulldozer Destiny Die Krupps Gene Loves Jezebel Grave Digger Heaven Holy Moses Iron Angel Joshua Killer Kruiz Lionheart Litfiba Living Death Los Suaves Maninnya Blade Manowar Metal Church More Ostrogoth Ozzy Osbourne (solo career) Overkill Pokolgép Queensrÿche Riff The Rods Rok Mašina Sacred Rite Saint Sound Barrier Starfighters Stormwitch Suicidal Tendencies Syron Vanes Tank Turbo Vanadium Vixen Warlord Warning White Sister Wrathchild Albums & EPs 20em AC/DC - Back in Black Accept - I'm a Rebel Aerosmith – Greatest Hits Alice Cooper - Flush the Fashion Angel Witch - Angel Witch Atomic Rooster – Atomic Rooster A II Z - The Witch of Berkeley (live) Beowulf - Slice of Life Blackfoot - Tomcattin' Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Blue Öyster Cult - Cultösaurus Erectus Bow Wow - Glorious Road Bow Wow - Telephone Budgie - If Swallowed, Do Not Induce Vomiting (EP) Budgie - Power Supply Chevy - The Taker Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire Def Leppard - On Through the Night Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations Ethel the Frog - Ethel the Frog Fargo - No Limit Fist (UK) - Turn the Hell On Fist (Can) - Hot Spikes Gamma - Gamma 2 Gillan - Glory Road Girl - Sheer Greed Girlschool - Demolition Grand Prix - Grand Prix The Hunt - Back on the Hunt Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Judas Priest - British Steel Killer (Bel) - Ready for Hell Kiss - Unmasked Krokus - Metal Rendez-vous Limelight - Limelight Magnum - Marauder (live) Mama's Boys - Official Album Manilla Road - Invasion Mass (band))- Angel Power Metal for Muthas - (Compilation, various artists) Metal for Muthas - Volume II - Cut Loud - (Compilation, various artists) Muthas Pride - (Compilation, EP, various artists) Metal Explosion - From The Friday Rock Show - (Compilation, various artists) Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - What's Next Michael Schenker Group - The Michael Schenker Group Molly Hatchet - Beatin' the Odds Gary Moore - G-Force Motörhead - Ace of Spades Mythra - Death & Destiny (EP) Ted Nugent - Scream Dream Ocean - "A" Live + B (side one is live) Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion Plasmatics - New Hope for the Wretched Quartz - Stand Up and Fight Rail - Arrival Reckless - Reckless The Rods - Rock Hard Rush - Permanent Waves Samson - Head On Saxon - Wheels of Steel Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law Schoolboys – Singin' Shoutin''' (EP) Scorpions - Animal Magnetism Shakin' Street - Shakin' Street Snow - Snow (EP) Speed Queen - Speed Queen Thin Lizzy - Chinatown Triumph - Progressions of Power Trust - Répression Tygers of Pan Tang - Wild Cat UFO - No Place to Run Van Halen - Women and Children First Vardis - 100 M.P.H. (live) Whitesnake - Ready an' Willing Whitesnake - Live...in the Heart of the City White Spirit - White Spirit Wild Horses - Wild Horses, aka The First Album Wishbone Ash - Just Testing Witchfynde - Give 'Em Hell Witchfynde - StagefrightDisbandments Led ZeppelinLehourites Chris Zeppelin set to play for 1st time since '80 https://books.google.com/books?id=D8tOAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA44 20 February 2024 Star-News 8 December 2007 en Events Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies at 33 on February 19 after a binge of heavy drinking.Fricke Dave Strip is part of AC-DC Show https://books.google.com/books?id=HUcgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA21 20 February 2024 The Tuscaloosa News 10 October 1980 en 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,Pruitt Chris PAge, Plant revive classics on 'No Quarter' https://books.google.com/books?id=vhgVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12 20 February 2024 Ocala Star-Banner 21 November 1994 en 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 an article Geoff Barton wrote on three young British Heavy Metal bands touring together, namely Samson, Iron Maiden and Angelwitch. References Heavy Metal Timeline 1979 1981 1980 Category:1980s in heavy metal music Metal