1960s in Heavy Metal Music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music during the 1960s.

Famous quotes containing the words heavy, metal and/or music:

    “What sport shall we devise here in this garden
    To drive away the heavy thought of care?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.”
    —Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)

    “O I shall hear skull skull,
    Hear your lame music,
    Believe music rejects undertaking,
    Limps back.”
    —Owen Dodson (b. 1914)