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John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dies at 32 on September 25, [3] 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.
Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s is a series of compilation albums of heavy metal songs of the 1980s, the heyday of the genre. The title comes from the song by Skid Row , which does not appear in the series.
Head On is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Samson, released in 1980.The cover art features the band's masked drummer, Thunderstick.This is the first album with future Iron Maiden-frontman Bruce Dickinson on vocal duties, although some later re-issues of the debut do feature alternative bonus versions of songs, re-done with Dickinson vocals.
Media in category "Non-free Heavy Metal magazine covers" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. H. File:HeavyMetal v1n11-Feb1978.jpg;
Pantera's original logo, used during their glam metal era in the 1980s. The band was originally named Gemini, then Eternity, before finally settling on Pantera [14] and consisted of Vinnie Paul Abbott on drums, Darrell Abbott on lead guitar, and Terry Glaze on rhythm guitar; the lineup was completed with two more members, lead vocalist Donny Hart and bassist Tommy D. Bradford.
We’re all naked really.” Record label EMI weren’t quite so free-spirited and refused to distribute it. When the album was eventually released, it was sold clandestinely inside brown paper ...
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. [2] It is said that the band is one of the most influential European heavy metal bands of the 1980s. [3]
This is a list of heavy metal artists from the formative years of the movement (formed between 1963 and 1981). For bands formed after 1981, please consult the lists for each heavy metal subgenre. In the late 1960s, a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal. [1] [2]