1971 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1971.

Bands formed

• Aquelarre
• Buffalo
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Camel
• Captain Beyond
• Cirith Ungol
• Color Humano
• Eagles
• Foghat
• The Flying Hat Band
• GoodThunder
• Hard Stuff
• Jo Jo Gunne
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Molly Hatchet
• New York Dolls
• Pentagram
• Pescado Rabioso
• Steely Dan
• White Witch

Bands disbanded

• Blue Cheer (reformed in 1974)
• Derek and the Dominos
• Iron Butterfly (reformed in 1974)
• The Stooges

Deaths

• October 29 – Howard Duane Allman, founder and guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band, died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24.

Albums

• Sir Lord Baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore

January

February

March

April

May

July

August

September

October

November

December

References