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 6 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in prison on a sexual assault charge.
• February 19 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Bay Watch[?] actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancun[?]. (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 required imediate 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 pj's 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 announced that they were 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.
• April 29 - Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility. Shakur is serving a 4 1/2 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 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.
• 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 imediate surgery, Stipe suffered a hiatal hernia[?] and Mills underwent an appendectmy[?].
• 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)
• Lit performs for the first time
• System of a Down form
• The Ataris form
• Days of the New[?] form
• Eve 6 form
• Godsmack form
• Nickelback form
• Coal Chamber form
• Winger disband

Albums Released

• Ballbreaker[?] - AC/DC (their first album in five years)
• Alice in Chains[?] - Alice in Chains
• Stomp 442 - Anthrax
• Die For The Government - Anti-Flag
• Trailer[?] - Ash
• Ill Communication[?] - The Beastie Boys
• The Beatles Anthology, volume 1 - The Beatles
• Deluxe - Better Than Ezra
• Cheshire Cat - Blink-182
• Kiss Your Ass Goodbye[?] - Blue Meanies
• These Days - Bon Jovi
• Nola[?] - Down
• Sparkle & Fade - Everclear
• Flood - Everon
• Insomniac - Green Day
• It Matters to Me[?] - Faith Hill
• Cracked Rear View[?] - Hootie & the Blowfish
• Jerky Boys 2 - The Jerky Boys[?]
• Roots to Branches - Jethro Tull
• Circus[?] - Lenny Kravitz
• Five Smokin' Tracks From Lit[?] - Lit
• Teenage Politics - MxPx
• Tragic Kingdom[?] - No Doubt
• (What's the Story) Morning Glory[?] - Oasis
• The Offspring - The Offspring (a re-issue)
• Smash - The Offspring
• Ozzmosis - Ozzy Osbourne
• Presidents of the United States of America - Presidents of the United States of America
• Different Class[?] - Pulp
• The Bends - Radiohead
• One Hot Minute[?] - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Weight[?] - Rollins Band
• Mellon Collie Infinte and the Sadness[?] - The Smashing Pumpkins
• Mainliner (The Wreckage Of The Past[?] - Social Distortion (a re-issue)
• Let Your Dim Light Shine[?] - Soul Asylum
• Jerky Boys: The Movie - Sountrack
• Hanky Panky - The The
• The Blue Album - 311
• Undertow - Tool
• 19 Songs[?] - The Unseen
• Running on Ice[?] - Vertical Horizon
• Chocolate and Cheese[?] - Ween
• Weezer (1994) - Weezer

Top Hits

• "Geek Stink Breath" - Green Day
• "Rock And Roll Is Dead" - Lenny Kravitz
• "I'll Be There For You" - Rembrandts[?]
• "One Of Us" - Joan Osborne
• "Carnival" - Natalie Merchant
• "Only Wanna Be With You" - Hootie & the Blowfish
• "Hook" - Blues Traveler
• "Hand In My Pocket" - Alanis Morissette
• "Wonderwall" - Oasis
• "Roll To Me" - Del Amitri[?]
• "Breakfast At Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something[?]
• "Misery" - Soul Asylum
• "Run-Around" - Blues Traveler
• "Buddy Holly" - Weezer
• "You Gotta Be" - Des'ree[?]
• "Take A Bow" - Madonna
• "Fantasy" - Mariah Carey
• "When I Come Around" - Green Day
• "Don't Take It Personal" - Monica
• "You Oughta Know" - Alanis Moriesette[?]
• "Missing" - Everything But The Girl[?]
• "As I Lay Me Down" - Sophie B. Hawkins
• "Today" - The Smashing Pumpkins
• "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails
• "Good" - Better Than Ezra
• "You Are Not Alone" - Michael Jackson
• "You'll See" - Madonna
• "Baby" - Brandy

Births

Deaths

• February 18 - Bob Stinson[?], The Replacements, complications caused by drug and alcohol abuse
• February 23 - Melvin Franklin[?], The Temptations, brain seizure
• March 26 - Eazy-E (31), AIDS
• March 31 - Selena
• April 14 - Burl Ives
• August 19 - Pierre Schaeffer, composer and pioneer of musique concrete
• August 23 - Dwayne Goettel[?], Skinny Puppy, drug overdose
• Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead
• Dean Martin
• November 21 - Peter Grant[?], manager of The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, myocardial infarction

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Allman Brothers Band, Al Green, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Martha and the Vandellas, Neil Young and Frank Zappa
• Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Charles Wesley (writer of "Hark The Herald Angels Sing")

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1995

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1995