1993 in music
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See also: 1992 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music'
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2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Musical theater 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Awards |
Events
- January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February of 1992.
- January 12 - The original members of Cream reunite for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, California
- January 13 - Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia for simulating a sex act onstage.
- February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview in 15 years.
- February 14 - Harry Nilsson suffers a non fatal heart attack
- March 4 - Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- April - Green Day signs a contract to Reprise Records
- April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
- April 16 - Paul McCartney headlines a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate "Earth Day". Other performers included Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley
- April 21 - Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries Suzanne Accosta
- April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter M. Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California
- April 24 - Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young and more than 30 other artists perform at Farm Aid 6 in Ames, Iowa
- April 29 - An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of The Simpsons.
- October 3 - Sinead O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live
- November 19 - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder was arrested in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness after a bar room brawl.
- The Wu-Tang Clan's musical career begins
- Beck's musical career begins
- Bush's musical career begins
- Weezer's musical career begins
- Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges in a four minute statement which is broadcast live on television.
- Big Ass Truck form
- Citizen King form
- The Crystal Method form
- Jimmy Eat World form
- Nada Surf form
- Oasis form in Manchester, England
- Natalie Merchant leaves 10,000 Maniacs after being in the band for twelve years.
Albums released
- Dirt - Alice In Chains
- Breaking Things - All
- Sound of White Noise - Anthrax
- Rise - Bad Brains
- Recipe For Hate - Bad Religion
- Crazy Legs - Jeff Beck
- Flyswatter - Blink-182 (debut EP demo)
- Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
- Candlebox (album) - Candlebox
- Both Sides - Phil Collins
- Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde
- Coverdale Page - Coverdale Page
- Near Death Experience - Cro-Mags
- August and Everything After - Counting Crows (debut)
- Focus - Cynic
- Individual Thought Patterns - Death
- - Deicide
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Wolverine Blues - Entombed
- Soul of a New Machine - Fear Factory (debut)
- Mr. Machinery Operator - fIREHOSE
- Transmissions from the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips
- In on the Kill Taker - Fugazi
- Insanity and Genuius - Gamma Ray
- Superstar Car Wash - Goo Goo Dolls (first album in three years)
- The Spagetti Incident - Guns 'N' Roses
- Take Me As I Am - Faith Hill (debut)
- Spilt Milk - Jellyfish
- Jerky Boys 1 - Jerky Boys (debut)
- Nightcap - Jethro Tull
- Bridges To Bert - Leftover Salmon
- Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
- Aurora Gory Alice - Letters To Cleo
- Far Gone - Love Battery
- Houdini - Melvins
- Boces - Mercury Rev
- Something for Joey - Mercury Rev
- Covenant - Morbid Angel
- Bargainville - Moxy Fruevous
- Gun Crazy - Mr. T Experience
- Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew - Mudhoney
- Live Seeds - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- In Utero - Nirvana (final album)
- White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean - NOFX
- Don't Miss the Train - No Use for a Name
- Igniton - The Offspring
- I Hear Black - Overkill
- Icon - Paradise Lost
- Vs - Pearl Jam
- Unknown Road - Pennywise
- Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
- 4-Track Demos - PJ Harvey
- Pablo Honey - Radiohead (debut)
- Counterparts - 15th studio album by Rush
- Edge of Thorns - Savatage
- Chaos A.D - Sepultura
- Out the Shizzy - 7 Seconds
- Smeared - Sloan
- Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
- Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab
- The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Stereolab
- 40 Oz. to Freedom - Sublime (debut)
- Music - 311 (debut)
- Undertow - Tool (debut full-length)
- Kingdom of Desire - Toto
- Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative
- Zooropa - U2
- Pop Smear - The Verve Pipe (debut full-length)
- Pull - Winger
Top hits
- "Bombtrack" - Rage Against the Machine
- "Both Sides Of The Story" - Phil Collins
- "Bullet In The head" - Rage Against the Machine
- "Creep" - Radiohead
- "Cryin'" - Aerosmith
- "Date Rape" - Sublime
- "Deeper And Deeper" - Madonna
- "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
- "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - Meatloaf
- "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers
- "Killing In The Name" - Rage Against the Machine
- "Man On The Moon" - R.E.M
- "On the Sea" - Vertical Horizon
- "Pets" - Porno for Pyros
- "Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots
- "Rooster" - Alice in Chains
- "Sober" - Tool
- "Two Princes" - The Spin Doctors
- "The World Around Me" - King's X
Musical theater
- Annie Warbucks off-Broadway production
- Blood Brothers Broadway production
- Cyrano Broadway production
- Goodbye Girl Broadway production
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Broadway revival
- Kiss of the Spiderwoman Broadway production
- My Fair Lady Broadway revival
- She Loves Me Broadway revival
Births
Deaths
- March 28 - Buddy Red Bow (44), Lakota country and western singer
- April 30 - Mick Ronson, guitarist, liver cancer
- December 4 - Frank Zappa, American rock musician/composer
- December 5 - Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter for Gin Blossoms
- June 5 - Harold Jenkins a.k.a Conway Twitty country rock singer
Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Rod Stewart
Grammy Awards
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
Mercury Music Prize
- Suede - Suede wins.