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1977 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1977.

Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Events

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Deaths

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Albums

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January

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Day Artist Album
7 The Runaways Queens of Noise
10 Ramones Leave Home
21 Pink Floyd Animals
Sammy Hagar Sammy Hagar

February

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Day Artist Album
11 Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood
Angel On Earth as It Is in Heaven

March

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Day Artist Album
8 Foreigner Foreigner
21 AC/DC Let There Be Rock (Australia/New Zealand version)

April

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Day Artist Album
8 Judas Priest Sin After Sin
The Clash The Clash
29 Alice Cooper Lace and Whiskey
Krokus To You All
Sweet Off the Record

May

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Day Artist Album
13 Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever
Heart Little Queen
Quartz Quartz
UFO Lights Out

June

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Day Artist Album
20 Ram Jam Ram Jam
30 Kiss Love Gun
Buffalo Average Rock 'n' Roller

July

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Day Artist Album
7 Rainbow On Stage[1] (live album)
Styx The Grand Illusion
15 Yes Going for the One
25 Bow Wow Signal Fire

August

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Day Artist Album
12 Motörhead Motörhead[2]
29 Rush A Farewell to Kings
Taste Knights of Love

September

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Day Artist Album
2 Thin Lizzy Bad Reputation

October

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Day Artist Album
7 The Runaways Waitin' for the Night
10 Sammy Hagar Musical Chairs
14 Kiss Alive II
17 Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors
21 Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell
28 Queen News of the World
Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

November

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Day Artist Album
3 Triumph Rock & Roll Machine
4 Ramones Rocket to Russia
10 Riot Rock City
Blue Öyster Cult Spectres
Nazareth Expect No Mercy
Uriah Heep Innocent Victim

December

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Day Artist Album
1 Bow Wow Charge
9 Aerosmith Draw the Line[3]
Scorpions Taken by Force

Unknown release date

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Artist Album
Goddo Goddo
Mass Back To The Music
Moxy Ridin' High
Thor Keep the Dogs Away

References

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  1. ^ "News in brief" (PDF). Record Mirror. 18 June 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Motörhead certification".
  3. ^ LTD, BubbleUp (2021-12-09). "AeroHistory: Draw the Line". www.aerosmith.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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1977
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