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:

    “My hardships, thank God, do not involve dirt or heavy lifting.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “And, indeed, is there not something holy about a great kitchen?... The scoured gleam of row upon row of metal vessels dangling from hooks or reposing on their shelves till needed with the air of so many chalices waiting for the celebration of the sacrament of food. And the range like an altar, yes, before which my mother bowed in perpetual homage, a fringe of sweat upon her upper lip and the fire glowing in her cheeks.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.”
    —José Bergamín (1895–1983)