Judas Priest performed “Rocka Rolla” on BBC Two ‘s The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975, as well as the “Dreamer Deceiver”–”Deceiver” pair the year before the songs appeared on Sad Wings of Destiny . Hinch left the band for reasons that are disputed and was replaced with Alan Moore,…
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Kiss wanted to express the excitement felt at its concerts (which its studio albums had so far failed to do) with its first live album. Compiled from concerts recorded between May and July in Wildwood, New Jersey , Detroit and Cleveland , and released on September 10, 1975, Alive! achieved…
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Released in September 1975, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow met a positive critical reception and was a top 20 UK and top 30 US hit.
Lemmy wanted the music to be “fast and vicious, just like the MC5 “. His stated aim was to “concentrate on very basic music: loud, fast, city, raucous, arrogant, paranoid, speedfreak rock n roll … it will be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your…
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Produced by Black Sabbath and Mike Butcher, Sabotage was released in July 1975.
Blackmore’s departure from Deep Purple was announced on 21 June.
Formed in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, Quiet Riot became one of the more successful hard rock acts in Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s. Originally known as Mach 1, the name was soon changed to Little Women before the name Quiet Riot was finally settled…
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Lemmy was dismissed from Hawkwind in May 1975 after being arrested in Canada for drug possession; he said “the band dismissed me for doing the wrong drugs”. Now on his own, Lemmy decided to form a new band called Motörhead, the name being inspired by the final song he had…
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Following the positive experience of recording with Dio, Blackmore decided to leave Deep Purple, playing his last show with them in Paris in April 1975.
With Hotter Than Hell quickly dropping off the charts, Kiss was pulled from its tour to quickly record a new album. Casablanca head Bogart stepped in to produce the next album, trading in the murky, distorted sound of Hotter Than Hell for a cleaner and slightly poppier sound. Dressed to…
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