This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1969.
Bands formed Aguaturbia The Allman Brothers Band April Wine Argent Atomic Rooster Bang Blackfoot Blind Faith Bloodrock Blue Mountain Eagle Blues Creation Brownsville Station Budka Suflera Cactus Coven Crushed Butler Dust Elonkorjuu Eloy Epitaph Faces Focus Gary Moore Grand Funk Railroad Granicus HawkwindBorthwick & Moy 2001, p. 57 "Certain elements of psychedelic coding found their way into genres as diverse as soul, funk, proto-metal (the "space rock" of Hawkwind, for instance), folk (Roy Harper, The Flying Burrito Brothers), jazzy rock (Steely Dan's early work), indie, dance genres such as acid house and trance, ambient and commercial chart pop." High Tide Hot Tuna Hookfoot Humble Pie Iron Claw Jacula Josefus Judas Priest (as Freight) King Crimson Leaf Hound Little Free Rock May Blitz Morly Grey Mott the Hoople MountainBuckley 2003, p. 702 "Although Mountain will probably be remembered only for the anthemic "Mississippi Queen" and the seemingly endless "Nantucket Sleighride", Felix Papparlardi (bass/keyboards) and Leslie West (guitar/vocals) were the musical fuel of a band that, along with Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, pioneered the bottom heavy sludge that would become heavy metal." Neon Rose November Thin LizzyWeinstein 1994, p. 66 "But until the late 1980s there were almost no black heavy metal musicians (Exceptions such as the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy can be counted on the fingers of one hand.)" Titanic Toe Fat Trapeze Truth and Janey Tucky Buzzard UFOBuckley 2003, p. 1116 "In the end, UFO are probably best regarded as having brought a touch of class to heavy metal, for having great tunes and a cool logo, and for being so out of it that even "Mad Mickey" Schenker couldn't stand the heat." Uriah Heep Wishbone Ash ZZ Top
Albums Morgen – Morgen Writing on the Wall - The Power of the Picts
January DayArtistAlbum 17Iron ButterflyBall 20Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin
February DayArtistAlbum 5CreamGoodbyeMC5Kick Out the JamsVanilla FudgeNear the Beginning
March DayArtistAlbumBlue CheerNew! Improved!James GangYer' AlbumSteppenwolfAt Your Birthday Party
May DayArtistAlbum 9SladeBeginnings 19The WhoTommy
June DayArtistAlbum 25Alice CooperPretties for YouDeep PurpleDeep PurpleThe Jeff Beck GroupBeck-OlaCovenWitchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls
July DayArtistAlbumBlossom ToesIf Only for a MomentEdgar Broughton BandWasa WasaLeslie WestMountain
August DayArtistAlbum 5The StoogesThe Stooges 25Grand Funk RailroadOn TimeHumble PieAs Safe as Yesterday Is
September DayArtistAlbumVanilla FudgeRock & Roll
October DayArtistAlbum 10King CrimsonIn the Court of the Crimson KingThe KinksArthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) 22Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin IIHigh TideSea Shanties
November DayArtistAlbumHumble PieTown and CountryLittle Free RockLittle Free RockMott the HoopleMott the HoopleSteppenwolfMonster
December DayArtistAlbum 29Grand Funk RailroadGrand Funk (The Red Album)Blue CheerBlue Cheer
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