In 1973, Mammoth changed its name to Van Halen. According to Roth, this was his idea. He felt it was a name that held long-term identity, artistic and marketing advantages, like Santana . They continued to play Pasadena, San Bernardino, and Venice at clubs, festivals, backyard parties and city parks…
Read More
The band eventually stuck to the name Heart, which has been their name since 1973.
The New Cactus Band, formed by Duane Hitchings, released one album, Son of Cactus (1973), which featured none of the original Cactus members. Mike Pinera , formerly of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly , came in on guitar, along with Roland Robinson on bass and Jerry Norris on drums. The…
Read More
Kiss was formed in 1973.
In 1973, Black Oak Arkansas released their fourth LP, Raunch ‘n’ Roll Live , and took the unorthodox tack of including previously unreleased new songs on their first live concert album such as “Gigolo”, “Gettin’ Kinda Cocky”, as well as two more BOA classics: “Hot Rod”, featuring Dandy’s double-entendre lyrics,…
Read More
In 1973, Blackmore steered Deep Purple through a significant personnel change, with Ian Gillan and Roger Glover being replaced by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes .
Their second album Tyranny and Mutation , released in 1973, was written while the band was on tour for their first album. It contained songs such as “The Red and the Black” (an ode to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a rewrite of “I’m on the Lamb But I…
Read More
Wylde quit at the end of 1972; he was replaced by two guitarists, Lindsay Wells (ex-Healing Force) and Tim Piper, which returned Blackfeather to the harder, guitar-based style of the Robinson-era group. They performed at the second Sunbury Pop Festival in January 1973. The set was released in the following…
Read More
Houses of the Holy topped charts worldwide, and the band’s subsequent concert tour of North America in 1973 broke records for attendance, as they consistently filled large auditoriums and stadiums. At Tampa Stadium in Florida, they played to 56,800 fans, breaking the record set by the Beatles’ 1965 Shea Stadium…
Read More
Wallach, Clifford and Wexler started playing together in 1973 in a cover band called Ice that played parties locally