This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970.
Bands formed A Foot in Coldwater Aerosmith Babe Ruth Bakery Bang Blackfeather Blast (Belgium) The Doobie Brothers Fuzzy Duck Heart Help Il Rovescio della Medaglia Irish Coffee Kahvas Jute Kin Ping Meh Load Control (Belgium) Lucifer's Friend Mahogany Rush Murasaki (Japan) Necromandus Night Sun Paladin Patto Queen Rail Road Speed, Glue & Shinki Suck T2 Toad Warhorse
Bands disbanded Jimi Hendrix Experience Vanilla Fudge
Events In the November 12, 1970 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, music journalist Mike Saunders coined the term "heavy metal" while reviewing Humble Pie's debut album, As Safe as Yesterday Is. Vocalist Klaus Meine and guitarist Michael Schenker, younger brother of Rudolf Schenker, joined Scorpions.
Deaths September 18 – James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix died at the age of 27.
Albums
January Day Artist Album 15MC5Back in the USA The Guess Who American Woman
February Day Artist Album 13 Black Sabbath Black SabbathVan der Graaf GeneratorThe Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
March Day Artist Album 7 Mountain Climbing! 25Jimi HendrixBand of Gypsys 27Alice CooperEasy Action
April Day Artist Album 22Iron ButterflyLive 24 Jethro Tull BenefitCreamLive Cream
May Day Artist Album 11The WhoLive at Leeds 15 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon
June Day Artist Album 5 Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock 15Grand Funk RailroadCloser to Home 19 Uriah Heep Very 'eavy... Very 'umble 26FreeFire and WaterEdgar Broughton BandSing Brother SingPretty ThingsParachute
July Day Artist Album 1 Cactus Cactus 7The StoogesFun House 8 Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's FactoryHumble PieHumble PieJames GangJames Gang Rides Again
August Day Artist Album 13Iron ButterflyMetamorphosis 14 Hawkwind Hawkwind
September Day Artist Album 18 Black Sabbath Paranoid Blue Cheer The Original Human Being
October Day Artist Album 5 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III 21Flower Travellin' BandAnywhere UFO UFO 1
November
Day Artist Album 16Grand Funk RailroadLive Album 27The KinksLola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Lucifer's Friend Lucifer's Friend SladePlay It Loud Steppenwolf Steppenwolf 7
December Day Artist Album 4Wishbone AshWishbone Ash 9Creedence Clearwater RevivalPendulum 11King CrimsonLizardFreeHighway Sir Lord Baltimore Kingdom ComeVan der Graaf GeneratorH to He, Who Am the Only One
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