1993 in music

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 - Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live
• 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

Albums Released

• Dirt - Alice In Chains
• Breaking Things[?] - All
• Rise[?] - Bad Brains
• Recipe For Hate[?] - Bad Religion
• Flyswatter - Blink-182 (debut EP demo)
• Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
• Self-Titled[?] - 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)
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall[?] - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Soul of a New Machine[?] - Fear Factory (debut)
• Mr. Machinery Operator[?] - fIREHOSE
• In on the Kill Taker[?] - Fugazi
• 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)
• Jerky Boys 1 - Jerky Boys (debut)
• Nightcap[?] - Jethro Tull
• Are You Gonna Go My Way?[?] - Lenny Kravitz
• Far Gone[?] - Love Battery[?]
• Houdini[?] - Melvins
• Boces[?] - Mercury Rev
• Something for Joey[?] - Mercury Rev
• Gun Crazy[?] - Mr. T Experience[?]
• Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew[?] - Mudhoney
• 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
• Vs[?] - Pearl Jam
• Unknown Road[?] - Pennywise
• Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
• 4-Track Demos[?] - PJ Harvey
• Pablo Honey - Radiohead (debut)
• 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)
• 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

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

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 of 1993[?]
• Eurovision Song Contest 1993