Musical groups established in 1975

Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Kilmister was the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Though several guitarists and drummers played in Motörhead, most of their best-selling albums and singles featured drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke. From 1992 until the band's break-up in 2015, the

English heavy metal band

English punk rock band

German and Caribbean disco and funk group

American band

English musical group; rock band

American rock band

British musical group; heavy metal band

British-Australian soft rock group

English musical group

American rock band

Swiss hard rock band

Irish rock band

English punk rock band

Italian pop group

Aswad are a British reggae group, noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. They have been performing since the mid-1970s, and have released 21 albums. Their UK hit singles include the number one "Don't Turn Around" (1988) and "Shine" (1994). "Aswad" is Arabic for "black". They are three-time Grammy Award nominees.

American rock band

reggae band from Birmingham, England

American southern rock/hard rock band

youth symphony orchestra

Spanish music group

British musical group; jazz fusion band

British musical group; Punk Band

Japanese musical group; rock band (1977-)

English musical group; The Beatles parody band

band

American heavy metal band

American musical group

Croatian musical group

country pop music group from the Netherlands

Irish band

Israeli pop vocal group

German rock band

Canadian musical group; rock band

Shalamar (, ) is an American R&B and soul music vocal group created by Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius in 1977 and active throughout the 1980s. Shalamar's classic lineup on the SOLAR label consisted of Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel. It was originally a disco-driven group created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey and show creator and producer Don Cornelius. They went on to be an influential dance trio managed by Dick Griffey. Initially signed to Soul Train Records they transferred to Griffey's Solar Records after the Cornelius-Griffey Entertainment company was dissolved.

American funk and R&B band

British punk rock group

Normaal () is a Dutch rock band from the Achterhoek region, who sang in Achterhooks, a local variety of the Low Saxon. , who was an arts student at an arts academy, stationed in Amsterdam in the 1970s, started the band in 1975 as a reaction to disco and glamrock, in addition to the overall "Dutch snobbery" towards people from the Low Saxon-speaking regions, and use of the English language by many other Dutch artists. "Normaal" meaning "normal", suggesting the same: "act normally". The band has since gained national fame, and have had more top 40 hits in the Dutch chart than any other Dutch ban

Canadian singer-songwriter duo

band

American musical group; punk band

Australian rock band

band fronted by Ian Gillan

band

American pop band

band from the UK

band

French musical group

funk/disco band

English rock band

Spanish folk music group

British musical group

American rock band

British band

fictional Muppet rock band

English heavy metal band

'''Chocolat's''' is a Belgian disco-latino group which made 12 albums between 1975 and 1981, and sold more than 6 million records.

British rock band

Buldožer (Transl. Bulldozer) was a Slovenian and Yugoslav rock band formed in 1975 in Ljubljana. One of the first avant-garde acts on the Yugoslav rock scene, Buldožer were noted for their experimentation with a variety of genres, musical parodies, humorous and satirical lyrics and provocative and self-ironic imagery and public performances. They are often described as the forefathers of the Yugoslav new wave scene and are generally considered one of most prominent and influential acts of the Yugoslav rock scene in general.

American musical group