1995 in music

Events

January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. Garcia is not injured in the accident.
February 1 - Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel at 7AM.
February 6 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in prison on a sexual abuse charge.
February 12 - Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared from Highway 101 when he was trying to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. He tried calling his family, related people and 911 for somebody to help him, but they did not.
February 14 - Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards' Vauxhall (Opel outside UK) Cavalier is found in a service station on the Bristol side of the Severn bridge, with evidence that he had been living in it. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, no evidence would suggest this.
February 19 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Bay Watch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún. (The bride wore a white bikini.)
February 25 - Lyle Lovett has an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico, breaking his collarbone. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards. (He ended up winning 2 awards)
March 1 - R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a Switzerland concert after suffering a brain aneurysm, which requires immediate surgery
March 3 - R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry undergoes successful brain surgery, following a brain aneurysm two days earlier in Switzerland.
March 17 - Madonna holds a premiere for her new Bedtime Stories video. The party is called the "world's biggest pajama party" due to the fact that the 1500 guests wear pjs and teddy bears.
March 25 - In New Zealand, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder is rescued after being carried 250 feet offshore by a riptide.
March 28 - Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce that they are separating after 21 months of marriage
March 31 - Selena is shot and killed by her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had been fired for embezzlement.
March 31 - During a performance in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Jimmy Page narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushed the stage with a knife. The man was tackled by security guards who were injured in the brawl.
April 29 - Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility. Shakur is serving a 4½ year jail term on sexual assault charges
May 5 - Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges.
May 2 - EJCF was held in Basel. Next time was in 1998.
June 1 - Alan Wilder leaves the band Depeche Mode.
Alanis Morissette releases her massive breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill, which has sold over 20 million copies
August - The First Tibetan Freedom Concert is organized by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys in Los Angeles. The proceeds from the ticket event go to the Millareppa Foundation, which exposes human rights violations in Tibet by the Chinese government. Artists appearing included The Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers and A Tribe Called Quest.
August 9 - Jerry Garcia dies of a heart attack while in drug rehab at Serenity Knolls in Marin County, California. The remaining members of the Grateful Dead choose to disband it due to this event.
August 28 - Oingo Boingo announces that the band will break up following a series of Halloween shows in L.A. Lead singer Danny Elfman goes on to a career scoring major motion pictures, including nearly every film directed by Tim Burton.
August 28 - The official end of Sarah Records is marked with a "farewell party" featuring live sets by many of the label's acts. It is the last live appearance by The Orchids before they split up.
September 2 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
October - The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires.
November 19 - Part One of The Beatles Anthology television mini-series airs on ABC. The first installment ends with the music video for "Free As A Bird", the first new Beatles recording since their break up in 1970.
November 20 - Part Two of The Beatles Anthology television mini-series airs on ABC. (Volume One of The Beatles Anthology CD series is also released on this day.)
November 21 - Part Three of The Beatles Anthology television mini-series airs on ABC.
December 21 - Madonna is subpoenaed to testify at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, CA on January 3, 1996 against her stalker, Robert Hoskins. Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles, CA in May of 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her. Madonna was not at home during the incident. If she ignores the order, a $5 million warrant will be issued for her arrest.
Sam Phillips makes her motion picture debut in the Bruce Willis action film, Die Hard With a Vengeance. Phillips plays one of the main terrorists in the film.
Garth Brooks will release his 6th studio album, "Fresh Horses", which will debut at #2 on the pop charts and remain at #1 on the country charts for several weeks.
3 members R.E.M., Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, fall ill to various illnesses while on the "Monster Tour". Berry suffered an aneurism which required immediate surgery, Stipe suffered a hiatal hernia and Mills underwent an appendectomy.
Nada Surf's career begins
Nada Surf recorded High/Low, which will be a blockbuster album in 1996
Phil Collins recorded Dance Into the Light, which will be a blockbuster album in 1996
Tool recorded Ænima, which will be a blockbuster album in 1996
MxPx releases Teenage Politics
The Offspring re-issues The Offspring (the 1989 album)
Ritmi i Rrugës form - the pioneering and most successful Albanian rap group.
System of a Down forms
The Ataris form
Days of the New form
Eve 6 forms
Godsmack forms
Nickelback forms
Coal Chamber forms
Big Drill Car disbands
Dire Straits disbands
Living Colour disbands
Skinny Puppy disbands
Kyuss disbands in October
MP3 files start flourishing on the Internet
Idlewild forms
A watershed year for death metal, across the whole spectrum: legendary melodic death metal albums Slaughter of the Soul, The Gallery, and The Jester Race released by At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, and In Flames, respectively; Death's Symbolic Morbid Angel's Domination and Vader's De Profundis; on the more brutal side of death metal, landmark albums Pierced From Within, None So Vile are released by Suffocation.

Albums released

King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime - Faith No More
Me Against the World - 2Pac
Thank You For The Music - ABBA (4-CD box set)
Head Over Heels - Paula Abdul
Daydream - Mariah Carey
The Bridge - Ace of Base
Ballbreaker - AC/DC (their first album in five years)
Kupu-Kupu Kertas - Ebiet G. Ade
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (her American debut album)
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (final album)
Stomp 442 - Anthrax
Die for the Government - Anti-Flag
Slaughter of the Soul - At the Gates
The Final Experiment - Ayreon
Nemisisters - Babes In Toyland
All Ages - Bad Religion
The Beatles Anthology, volume 1 - The Beatles
Maria Bethânia Ao Vivo - Maria Bethânia
Deluxe - Better Than Ezra
Post - Björk
Imaginations From the Other Side - Blind Guardian
Soup - Blind Melon (final album)
Cheshire Cat - Blink-182
Kiss Your Ass Goodbye - Blue Meanies
The Great Escape - Blur
These Days - Bon Jovi
E 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Jou a Rive - Boukan Ginen
Libete (Pran Pou'l!) - Boukman Eksperyans
Outside - David Bowie
Methodrone - Brian Jonestown Massacre
Fresh Horses - Garth Brooks
A Man Called Destruction - Alex Chilton
Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
Set Your Goals - CIV
Ragged Ass Road - Tom Cochrane
Tone Dialing - Ornette Coleman and Prime Time
Mina D'Agua do Meu Canto - Gal Costa
Landcruising - Carl Craig
III (Temples of Boom) - Cypress Hill
Comme si j'étais là... - Dalida (remix album)
Dandy's Rule OK? - The Dandy Warhols
Symbolic - Death
Alive in Studio A - Bruce Dickinson
Once Upon the Cross - Deicide
D'Eux - Céline Dion
In Debt - Disco Inferno
Pet Your Friends - Dishwalla
NOLA - Down
A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater
E-40 - In A Major Way
Savage Poetry - Edguy
Elastica - Elastica (debut)
Close Your Eyes - Kurt Elling
Cha Cha Cha - EMF (final album before disbanding)
Erasure - Erasure
Sparkle and Fade - Everclear
Flood - Everon
Jealous One's Envy - Fat Joe
Demanufacture - Fear Factory
Big Choice - Face to Face
Short Bus - Filter
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (debut)
Land of the Free - Gamma Ray
Garbage - Garbage (their debut album)
Mandylion - The Gathering
Up - Great Big Sea
Liquid Swords - GZA
Insomniac - Green Day
Sickness - Gridlock
Palm 掌心 (zhǎng xin) - Guang Liang Pin Guan (光良品冠)
It Matters to Me - Faith Hill
Cracked Rear View - Hootie & the Blowfish
Burnt Offerings - Iced Earth
The Jester Race - In Flames
The Riddle Box - Insane Clown Posse
Otro Mundo - Intocable
HIStory - Michael Jackson
Bad Habits - Colin James
Pieces of You- Jewel (debut)
Roots to Branches - Jethro Tull
Made in England - Elton John
Karnak - Karnak
Now That I've Found You: A Collection - Alison Krauss
...And the Circus Leaves Town - Kyuss (final album)
Leftism - Leftfield
Ask The Fish - Leftover Salmon
Circus - Lenny Kravitz
Five Smokin' Tracks From Lit - Lit
Gush - Lowlife (final album)
Above - Mad Season
Something To Remember - Madonna
Sittin' On Chrome - Masta Ace Incorporated
Hidden Treasures - Megadeth
Bolo Ta Ra Ra - Daler Mehndi
Destroy Erase Improve - Meshuggah
Question the Answers - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Infamous - Mobb Deep
Dopes to Infinity - Monster Magnet
Wolfheart - Moonspell
Domination - Morbid Angel
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Southpaw Grammar - Morrissey
World of Morrissey - Morrissey
Sacrifice - Motörhead
Teenage Politics - MxPx
Diaspora - Natacha Atlas
Brainbloodvolume - Ned's Atomic Dustbin (final album)
Revolutions of Time...the journey 1975-1993 (3-CD box set) - Sony Music - Willie Nelson
Further Down the Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
(What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
The Offspring - The Offspring (a re-issue)
The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard (solo debut)
Orchid - Opeth (debut)
Naveed - Our Lady Peace
Ozzmosis - Ozzy Osbourne
Wowee Zowee - Pavement
Draconian Times - Paradise Lost
Original Soundtracks No. 1 - Passengers
About Time - Pennywise
Goofyfoot - Phranc
P-U-L-S-E - Pink Floyd (live)
To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
Hello - Poe (debut)
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (debut)
Different Class - Pulp
The Bends - Radiohead
Herzeleid - Rammstein (debut)
Adios Amigos - The Ramones (Last studio album released)
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon
...And Out Come the Wolves - Rancid
One Hot Minute - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Return Of (The Rentals) - The Rentals (debut)
Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots
Promise - Sade
Dead Winter Dead - Savatage
Dreaming Of You - Selena
Mengapa Tiada Maaf - Yuni Shara
Ledbetter Heights - Kenny Wayne Shepherd (debut)
Frogstomp - Silverchair
Vodou Beat - Simbi
Clouds In My Coffee - Carly Simon (three-disc career retrospective box set)
Subhuman Race - Skid Row
Sleater-Kinney - Sleater-Kinney
It's Five O' Clock Somewhere - Slash's Snakepit (debut)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins (double CD set)
Wreckage From the Past - Social Distortion (a re-issue)
Washing Machine - Sonic Youth
Let Your Dim Light Shine - Soul Asylum
Two Headed - Spirit of the West
The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing - Strapping Young Lad (debut)
Fourth Dimension - Stratovarius
Acid Yantra - Sun Dial
Incidental Music 1991-95 - Superchunk
Here's Where the Strings Come In - Superchunk
I Should Coco - Supergrass (debut)
The Movie (soundtrack) - Soundtrack
Raoul and the Kings of Spain - Tears for Fears
Hanky Panky - The The
Infernal Love - Therapy?
311 - 311
Tambu - Toto
Maxinquaye - Tricky
I Am an Elastic Firecracker - Tripping Daisy
Balance - Van Halen
Peel Slowly and See - The Velvet Underground
Running on Ice - Vertical Horizon
A Northern Soul - The Verve
Still Not Black Enough - W.A.S.P.
Stanley Road - Paul Weller
2000 - Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head - White Zombie

Top hits

"All Over You" - Live
"Alright" - Supergrass
"As I Lay Me Down" - Sophie B. Hawkins
"Baby" - Brandy
"Beautiful Life" - Ace of Base
"Breakfast At Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something
"Buddy Holly" - Weezer
"Bullet With Butterfly Wings" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Bulls On Parade" - Rage Against The Machine
"Can't Stop Lovin' You" - Van Halen
"Carnival" - Natalie Merchant
"Connection" - Elastica
"Don't Take It Personal" - Monica
"Dreaming of you" - Selena
"Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)" - Whitney Houston
"Fantasy" - Mariah Carey
"1st Of Tha Month" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"Freak Like Me" - Adina Howard
"Good" - Better Than Ezra
"Hand In My Pocket" - Alanis Morissette
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" - Filter
"Hook" - Blues Traveler
"I Alone" - Live
"I Want You"- Madonna
"If You Love Me" - Brownstone
"In the House of Stone and Light" - Martin Page
"It's Midnight Cinderella" - Garth Brooks
"J.A.R." - Green Day
"Kiss From A Rose" - Seal
"Life's a Bitch" - Nas
"Lightning Crashes" - Live
"Lump" - The Presidents of the United States of America
"Misery" - Soul Asylum
"Missing" - Everything But The Girl
"1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Only Wanna Be With You" - Hootie & the Blowfish
"Rock And Roll Is Dead" - Lenny Kravitz
"Roll To Me" - Del Amitri
"Run-Around" - Blues Traveler
"Runaway" - Janet Jackson
"Scream" - Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson
"She's Every Woman" - Garth Brooks
"Stutter" - Elastica
"The Sweetest Taboo" - Sade
"This Ain't a Love Song" - Bon Jovi
"This Is How We Do It" - Montell Jordan
"Tomorrow" - Silverchair
"Water Runs Dry" - Boyz II Men
"When I Come Around" - Green Day
"Waterfalls" - TLC
"Wonderwall" - Oasis
"You Are Not Alone" - Michael Jackson
"You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morissette
"You'll See" - Madonna

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1995

Classical music

Osvaldas Balakauskas - Requiem
Sally Beamish - Viola Concerto
Harrison Birtwistle - Panic (premiered at Last Night of the Proms)
Elliott Carter - String Quartet No.5
Mario Davidovsky - Violin Concertino
Mario Davidovsky - Flashbacks for flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion
Ludovico Einaudi - Chatrang Overture
Ulrich Leyendecker - Violin Concerto
Theo Loevendie - Piano Concerto
Krzysztof Penderecki - Violin Concerto No. 2 Metamorphosen
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - Passacaglia Immaginaria
Michael Tippett - The Rose Lake
Malcolm Williamson - A Year of Birds