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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.
May 18: Peter Criss, drummer of Kiss, leaves the band. Eric Carr takes his place. Sounds Music Paper Editor Dave Lewis, invents the term New Wave Of British Heavy Metal to accompany an article Geoff Barton wrote on three young British Heavy Metal bands touring together, namely Samson, Iron Maiden and Angelwitch.
George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles in the 1980s. He achieved this with his songs " Faith " and " Careless Whisper ". He is one of two recording acts to achieve more than one year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one single in the history of the chart, with the other being The Beatles ...
This is a list of notable hard rock bands and musicians. 0–9. 3 Doors Down [1] A. AC/DC ... [80] B'z [81] C. Cactus [82] ... Heavy Metal Kids [169] Jimi Hendrix ...
The following list of glam metal bands and artists includes bands and artists that have been described as glam metal or its interchangeable terms, hair metal, [1] [2] hair band, [3] pop metal [1] and lite metal [1] by professional journalists at some stage in their career. Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal [4] and is influenced by 1970s ...
Poison frontman Bret Michaels is a prime ambassador for the era of '80s hair metail in "Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal," which takes its name from a Poison song ...
List of music artists and bands from England; List of bands from Bristol; List of bands and artists from Merseyside; List of bands originating in Leeds; List of Cornish musicians; List of music artists and bands from Manchester; Scotland List of bands from Glasgow; List of Scottish musicians; Wales List of Welsh musicians; By genre or type
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