1995 in music

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Years in music:	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
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Years:	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

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1 Events
2 Bands that formed in 1995
3 Bands that broke up in 1995
4 Albums released
5 Top hits
6 Classical music
7 Opera
8 Musical theater
9 Musical films
10 Deaths
11 Awards
12 Charts
- 12.1 KROQ
- 12.2 Triple J Hottest 100
13 External Charts

[edit] 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 one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge.
February 12 - Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappears from Highway 101 as he tries to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. He tries calling his family and 911 for help, but receives none.
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.
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 two awards.)
March 1 - R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a Switzerland concert after suffering a brain aneurysm. He undergoes a successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland.
March 8 - Ingo Schwichtenberg commits suicide by jumping under a subway train.
March 17 - Madonna holds a premiere for her new "Bedtime Story" video. The party is called the "world's biggest pajama party" due to the fact that the 1500 guests wear pajamas 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 four-and-a-half 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 sells 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.
October 16 - Goa trance album Twisted released.
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 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
The Offspring re-issues The Offspring (the 1989 album)
Ritmi i Rrugës form - the pioneering and most successful Albanian rap group.
MP3 files start flourishing on the Internet
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.