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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1968.
Day | Artist | Album |
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16 | Blue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum |
22 | Iron Butterfly | Heavy |
29 | Steppenwolf | Steppenwolf |
30 | The Velvet Underground | White Light/White Heat |
Day | Artist | Album |
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Vanilla Fudge | The Beat Goes On |
Day | Artist | Album |
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14 | Cream | Wheels of Fire |
Iron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | |
Vanilla Fudge | Renaissance | |
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown |
Day | Artist | Album |
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17 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple |
29 | The Jeff Beck Group | Truth |
Day | Artist | Album |
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Blue Cheer | Outsideinside |
Day | Artist | Album |
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16 | Jimi Hendrix Experience | Electric Ladyland |
Deep Purple | The Book of Taliesyn | |
Steppenwolf | The Second |
Day | Artist | Album |
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22 | The Kinks | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society |
Day | Artist | Album |
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20 | Pretty Things | S.F. Sorrow |
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Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical style has varied throughout their career. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the second studio album by the American rock band Iron Butterfly, released in June 1968. It is most known for its title track, a 17-minute composition which occupies the whole of Side B.
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1969.