1976 53 dated entries
Genres held to have emerged
- Arena rock / AOR rock
- Traditional heavy metal metal
A genre's date is an approximation historians argue about, unlike the events above it — the same distinction the timeline draws.
Bands formed
- Black Flag
- Buzzcocks
- Diamond Head
- Foreigner
- Pendragon
- Ratt
- Running Wild
- Saxon
- The Cars
- The Clash
- The Cramps
- The Damned
- The Feelies
- Wire
Scenes that began
- 1976 London punk London · 1976–1979