On the heels of the hard rock of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, a great impact has a movement called the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with bands such as Iron Maiden, Saxon, Judas Priest, Samson, Def Leppard and others.

Released in 1979 at the beginning of the year appears first in STATES the Pink Floyd album, The Wall and remains in the same for 9 consecutive weeks . The 45 of the year is Call me by Blondie.

Among the covers we point out these: Lennon, Weather Report, Whitesake, Rainbow, the Police, AC/DC, the Kinks. On February 18, Bon Scott died, and AC/DC (who were on the verge of disbanding over the loss of their lead singer) paid tribute to him with Back in Black, which sold 50 million copies .

On September 25, the drummer of the Led Zeppelin, John’ Bonzo’ Bonham while in the villa of Jimmy Page and the band closes its career with this statement: “We wish to make it known that the loss of our dear friend and our deep sense of respect for his family have led us to decide – in complete harmony between ourselves and our manager – that we can no longer continue as we were.” .

The year then ends again with tragedy : the death of John Lennon, murdered on Dec. 8 in New York City. His death represented more than the mere loss of a musical genius and the end of an era , but symbolized the negation of a spirit and life force that embodied almost everything that is fantastic and important about rock music and life.