This is a timeline of alternative rock, from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present. Alternative music redirects here. ...

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1976

• Newly formed bands
  • The Cure
  • The Fall
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees
  • U2
  • XTC

This article is about the English rock band. ... This article is about the band. ... Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... XTC are an influential new wave band from Swindon, England. ...

1977

• Newly formed bands
  • The Feelies
  • X

• Events
  • Twin/Tone Records is founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Feelies were an alternative rock band from Haledon, New Jersey. ... For other bands named X, see X (band). ... Twin/Tone Records was a record label based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota that operated from 1977 until 1994 and helped several local groups receive national attention. ... Minneapolis redirects here. ...

1978

• Newly formed bands
  • Bauhaus
  • Echo and the Bunnymen
  • Public Image Ltd.
  • Pulp (as Arabacas Pulp)

• Events
  • Manchester journalist and nightclub manager Tony Wilson founds Factory Records
  • Rough Trade Records is founded in London.
  • SST Records is founded in Long Beach, California by Greg Ginn.

Bauhaus are an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978 by Peter Murphy (vocals), Daniel Ash (guitar), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass). ... Echo & the Bunnymen is a British rock group formed in Liverpool in 1978. ... Public Image Ltd. ... Pulp were a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson, was the music mogul behind some of Manchesters most successful bands. ... FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the... Rough Trade Records, now a member of the RIAA[1], began as an independent record label, based in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... SST Records is a Lawndale, California based independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by Black Flag founder/guitarist Greg Ginn. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles County Government  - Mayor Bob Foster Area  - City  65. ... Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. ...

1979

• Newly formed bands
  • Cocteau Twins
  • Fastbacks
  • Hüsker Dü
  • The Replacements
  • Social Distortion

• Events
  • Bauhaus release their single for "Bela Lugosi's Dead", which is generally viewed as the first ever gothic rock song
  • Touch and Go is founded in Chicago, Illinois
  • Sub Pop is founded as the fanzine Subterranean Pop in Seattle, Washington.

Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1982 to 1997. ... Clockwise from top left: Kurt Bloch, Lulu Gargiulo, band, Kim Warnick The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. ... This article is about the rock band called Hüsker Dü. For other uses, see Husker Du. ... For other uses, see The Replacements (disambiguation). ... Social Distortion (sometimes referred to simply as Social D) is a seminal punk rock band formed in 1978 in Orange County, California. ... Bela Lugosis Dead is an influential gothic rock song (often considered to be the first) written by the band Bauhaus. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which began life in 1979 in East Lansing, Michigan as a magazine put out by Tesco Vee. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ... Seattle redirects here. ...

1980

• Newly formed bands
  • Depeche Mode
  • Minutemen
  • Mission of Burma
  • Meat Puppets
  • New Order
  • R.E.M.
  • The Sisters of Mercy

• Albums
  • Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
  • The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

• Events
  • Dischord Records is founded in Washington D.C. by Ian MacKaye
  • Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis hangs himself, the rest of the band continue as New Order.

Depeche Mode (pronounced ) are an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. ... The Minutemen were an American Punk rock band from San Pedro, California comprised of singer/guitarist D. Boon, singer/bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... Mission of Burma is a post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA comprising guitarist Roger Miller, bassist Clint Conley and drummer Peter Prescott, with Bob Weston (originally Martin Swope) as tape manipulator and sound engineer. ... The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in the Sunnyslope neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. ... This article is about the alternative rock/electronic band New Order. ... REM or R.E.M. is an acronym for: Rapid Eye Movement, a phase during sleep U.S. rock music band R.E.M., formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 Roentgen equivalent man, a unit for measuring levels of exposure to radiation. ... For the religious organisation of this name, see Sisters of Mercy. ... In the Flat Field is the debut album by British gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1980 on 4AD. As such, it is one of the first goth albums ever released. ... Crazy Rhythms is the Feelies first album. ... Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (pronounced ), born April 16, 1962), is an American singer and guitarist. ... This article is about the band. ... Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the vocalist and lyricist of the band Joy Division, which he joined in 1976. ... This article is about the alternative rock/electronic band New Order. ...

1981

• Newly formed bands
  • 10,000 Maniacs
  • Butthole Surfers
  • Dream Syndicate
  • James
  • Ministry
  • Sonic Youth

• Albums
  • Bauhaus - Mask
  • The Cure - Faith
  • Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches
  • New Order - Movement
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju

10,000 Maniacs is a United States-based alternative rock band, formed in 1981 and active with various line-ups since that time. ... The Butthole Surfers are an American rock band founded in 1981 by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas. ... Dream Syndicate, final form Dream Syndicate was an early alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California that was active from 1981 to 1989. ... James are a rock band from Manchester, England, formed in 1981. ... Ministry is an influential, Grammy-nominated American industrial metal band founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981. ... Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981. ... Mask is the second album by the British gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1981 on Beggars Banquet. ... Faith is the third album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). ... Signals, Calls and Marches is an EP by the band Mission of Burma. ... Movement was New Orders debut album, released in November 1981 on Factory Records. ... After the electronic bent of their last album, Siouxsie & the Banshees returned to a more guitar-based sound for their fourth album Juju. ...

1982

• Newly formed bands
  • Beat Happening
  • Big Black
  • Faith No More
  • Guadalcanal Diary
  • The Pogues
  • The Smiths
  • Spacemen 3

• Albums
  • Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
  • The Cure - Pornography
  • Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses
  • The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
  • Mission of Burma - Vs.
  • R.E.M. - Chronic Town EP
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
  • Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth
  • Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

• Events
  • The Haçienda nightclub opens in Manchester, England.

Beat Happening was a 1980s twee pop band, the most popular of International Pop Undergrounds roster of influential alternative rock stars. ... Big Black was a noise rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that was active between 1982 and 1987. ... FNM redirects here. ... Guadalcanal Diary album cover Guadalcanal Diary is an alternative rock group from Marietta, Georgia. ... The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish folk with influences from the English punk rock movement. ... The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987. ... Spacemen 3 were an English rock band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the post-punk to acid house eras. ... The Skys Gone Out is the third album by British gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1982 on Beggars Banquet Records. ... Pornography is the fourth studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, originally released in 1982 and re-mastered and re-released in 2005. ... The Days of Wine and Roses was the debut long-play album of Dream Syndicate, released 1982 on Slash Records. ... Hex Enduction Hour is a 1982 album by The Fall. ... Vs. ... Chronic Town is an EP released by the band R.E.M. in 1982 for I.R.S. Records. ... A Kiss in the Dreamhouse is the fifth studio album released by Siouxsie & the Banshees. ... Sonic Youth is the debut EP by Sonic Youth. ... Violent Femmes released their eponymous debut album, Violent Femmes, in 1982. ... Fac 51 Haçienda (better known as simply The Haçienda) was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England. ...

1983

• Newly formed bands
  • American Music Club
  • Camper Van Beethoven
  • The Flaming Lips
  • Green River - considered to be the first ever grunge band
  • The Housemartins
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Phish
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Soul Asylum
  • They Might Be Giants
  • Throwing Muses

• Disbandments
  • Bauhaus
  • Mission of Burma

• Albums
  • Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside
  • Big Black - Bulldozer EP
  • Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
  • Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again
  • New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
  • R.E.M. - Murmur
  • Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex

• Events
  • R.E.M.'s album Murmur is named Rolling Stone's best album of 1983.
  • Creation Records is founded by Alan McGee.

American Music Club is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. ... Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group. ... The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are an American alternative rock band. ... Green River was an influential Seattle based rock band active from 1984 to 1987. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Housemartins were an English indie rock/accapella band that was active in the 1980s. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a successful rock band with international personnel. ... This article is about the band. ... The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. ... Soul Asylum is an alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. ... This article is about the musical group. ... An early band formation (left to right): Narcizo, Hersh, Donelly, and Langston. ... Burning From the Inside is the fourth and final album by British gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1983 on Beggars Banquet Records. ... This article is about the Cocteau Twins album. ... Released by Depeche Mode in 1983, this album saw two shifts in DMs sound. ... Power, Corruption & Lies was the breakthrough album by Manchester band New Order, released in May 1983. ... Murmur is the first full-length album released by Athens, Georgia alternative rock band R.E.M.. Released in April 1983, Murmur was preceded by the Chronic Town EP the previous year. ... Confusion Is Sex is Sonic Youths second album, first released in 1983. ... At least two different record labels called Creation Records have existed. ... Alan McGee is a British music industry mogul and musician famed for founding the independent Creation Records label which ran from 1983 to 2000. ...

1984

• Newly formed bands
  • Dinosaur Jr
  • Jane's Addiction
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain
  • Lemonheads
  • The Melvins
  • My Bloody Valentine
  • The Offspring
  • Primal Scream
  • Soundgarden
  • The Wedding Present
  • Ween
  • Yo La Tengo

• Albums
  • Butthole Surfers - Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
  • Cocteau Twins - Treasure
  • Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
  • Guadalcanal Diary - Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man
  • Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
  • Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
  • Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
  • R.E.M. - Reckoning
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • The Replacements - Let It Be
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hyæna
  • The Smiths - The Smiths
  • Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground

• Events
  • Sonic Youth vocalist/guitarist Thurston Moore gets married to his bandmate, vocalist/bassist Kim Gordon.

Dinosaur Jr is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1983 as Dinosaur. ... Janes Addiction is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. ... The Lemonheads was an indie, alternative and punk band from the United States. ... The Melvins are an American rock band/ metal band that usually perform as a trio. ... This article is about the music group. ... For other uses, see Offspring (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Primal Scream (disambiguation). ... Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. ... The Wedding Present is a rock group based in Leeds, England, that was formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. ... Ween is an alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. ... Yo La Tengo is an American indie rock band, based in Hoboken, New Jersey. ... Psychic. ... Treasure (1984) is the third album by the Cocteau Twins. ... Some Great Reward is synthpop music band Depeche Modes fourth proper studio album, released in 1984 on the Mute Records label in the UK and on the Sire Records label in the USA. The album saw the bands music becoming increasingly dark. ... First full-length album by Marietta, Georgia jangle poppers Guadalcanal Diary. ... Zen Arcade is the third full-length album from the American rock band Hüsker Dü, released in July 1984 on SST Records. ... Meat Puppets II is considered by many people to be the greatest album by the Tempe, Arizona band the Meat Puppets. ... Double Nickels on the Dime is an album recorded by Minutemen on the SST label in 1984. ... Reckoning is the second album by the band R.E.M. It was released in 1984 by independent label I.R.S. Records to critical acclaim and stronger record sales than their debut. ... The Red Hot Chili Peppers is the Red Hot Chili Peppers self-titled debut album, released in 1984, and produced by Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill. ... Let It Be is the third studio album from the American alternative rock band The Replacements, released in October 1984 on Twin/Tone Records. ... Hyæna is the sixth studio album by Siouxsie & the Banshees. ... The Smiths is the eponymous debut album of the band The Smiths, released on February 20, 1984. ... Hallowed Ground is the second album by the Violent Femmes. ... Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter, guitarist and tallest member of the band Sonic Youth. ... Gordon in 2005 Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953, in Rochester, New York), is a musician, vocalist, and artist. ...

1985

• Newly formed bands
  • Guided by Voices
  • Happy Mondays
  • Love and Rockets
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • Mr. Bungle
  • Pussy Galore
  • Radiohead (as On a Friday)
  • Screaming Trees
  • The Stone Roses

• Disbandments
  • Minutemen

• Albums
  • Big Black - Atomizer
  • Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
  • Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
  • The Cure - The Head on the Door
  • Dinosaur Jr. - Dinosaur
  • Faith No More - We Care a Lot
  • The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
  • Green River - Come on Down
  • Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
  • Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
  • Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
  • Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
  • New Order - Low-Life
  • R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
  • The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley
  • The Replacements - Tim
  • The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
  • The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
  • Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising

• Events
  • The Minutemen's D. Boon dies in a car crash on December 22.
  • The Feelies reunite.

Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an extremely prolific lo-fi/indie-rock band from Dayton, Ohio. ... Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. ... Love and Rockets were an alternative rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash (guitars, saxophone, and vocals), David J (bass and vocals) and Kevin Haskins (drums, synthesizers). ... The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts. ... Mr. ... Pussy Galore was an American noise rock band that formed in Washington D.C. during 1985. ... Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Oxfordshire. ... Screaming Trees was a musical group considered part of the grunge music movement of the early 1990s. ... The Stone Roses were an influential English rock band from Manchester formed in 1984. ... Atomizer is a 1986 album by the No Wave punk group Big Black. ... Kate Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. ... Hounds of Love is a 1985 album by Kate Bush. ... Telephone Free Landslide Victory was a 1985 landmark album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Independent Projects. ... The Head on the Door is the sixth studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). ... Dinosaur is the debut album by Dinosaur Jr. ... We Care a Lot was the San Francisco-based funk metal band Faith No Mores first album, released in 1985. ... ... Categories: Green River albums ... New Day Rising is a 1985 hardcore punk album by the Minnesota band Hüsker Dü, released on SST Records. ... Flip Your Wig is a 1985 album by the Minneapolis band, Hüsker Dü, and its last release on SST Records. ... Psychocandy is the debut album of the Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain. ... Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven is the debut album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1985 on Beggars Banquet. ... Up on the Sun was a 1985 album by the Meat Puppets. ... Low-Life was New Orders third studio album. ... Fables of the Reconstruction is the third studio album released by the American band R.E.M. on the I.R.S. Records label, in 1985. ... Freaky Styley is the second album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 1985 through EMI America. ... Breaking News: Tim Spratts car rolled into the Lawrie van tonight. ... First and Last and Always, the debut album by UK band The Sisters of Mercy was released on March 11, 1985, on bands own label Merciful Release (under distribution contract with WEA). ... Meat Is Murder is The Smiths second studio album, released in February of 1985. ... Bad Moon Rising is the third album by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, first released on Homestead Records in 1985. ... D. Boon in 1985. ... is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

1986

• Newly formed bands
  • The Afghan Whigs
  • Galaxie 500
  • Goo Goo Dolls
  • Inspiral Carpets
  • The La's
  • Manic Street Preachers (as Betty Blue)
  • No Doubt
  • Pixies
  • The Posies
  • Primus
  • Sebadoh
  • The Sugarcubes

• Albums
  • Butthole Surfers - Rembrandt Pussyhorse
  • Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
  • The Fall - Bend Sinister
  • The Feelies - The Good Earths
  • Guadalcanal Diary - Jamboree
  • Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
  • Love and Rockets - Express
  • New Order - Brotherhood
  • R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
  • The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox
  • Sonic Youth - EVOL
  • They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
  • Violent Femmes - The Blind Leading the Naked
  • XTC - Skylarking

• Events
  • MTV begins airing 120 Minutes, a program devoted to videos by alternative artists
  • NME magazine in the UK releases the C86 cassette compilation, which becomes a seminal release in British indie rock.

The Afghan Whigs were a soul-influenced rock band from Cincinnati. ... This article is about the American indie rock band. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Inspiral Carpets is an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert in 1986. ... The Las were an English rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s from Liverpool consisting of frontman Lee Mavers (vocals) and John Power (bass, backing vocals), plus a rotating cast of guitarists and drummers. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as The Manics) are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990s. ... For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ... The Pixies[1] are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. ... -1... Primus is an American rock band currently composed of singer and bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry Ler LaLonde, and drummer Tim Herb Alexander. ... Sebadoh is an indie rock band formed in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and former Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. ... The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic rock-pop band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. ... Rembrandt Pussyhorse is the second full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in April 1986. ... Black Celebration is the fifth proper studio album by Depeche Mode. ... Bend Sinister is a 1947 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. ... The Good Earth is the Feelies sophomore album. ... Second full-length release by Marietta, Georgia jangle poppers Guadalcanal Diary. ... Candy Apple Grey, the penultimate album by Hüsker Dü (released in 1986), was their first major label album, and in this respect can be compared to near contemporary albums such as the Replacements Tim, and Green by R.E.M.. The album marks the completion of the bands... Express is the second album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1986 on Beggars Banquet. ... Brotherhood was the fourth studio album by New Order, released in 1986. ... Lifes Rich Pageant is a 1986 album by R.E.M.. It takes its name from a quote from a Pink Panther movie; Youll catch your death of cold! Yes, I probably will. ... The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album of The Smiths. ... Tinderbox is the seventh studio album released by Siouxsie & the Banshees. ... Side 2 LP Label EVOL is a Sonic Youth album, released in 1986. ... They Might Be Giants is the eponymous first album from They Might Be Giants, also known as the Pink Album. It was released in 1986. ... The Blind Leading The Naked is the third album by the Violent Femmes. ... Skylarking is a 1986 album by XTC. Considered by many to be their finest album, Skylarking displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles of Revolver and Sgt. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... For the series of the same name in the United Kingdom, see 120 Minutes (UK TV series). ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... C86 is the name of a celebrated cassette compilation released by the British music magazine New Musical Express (NME) in 1986, featuring new bands licenced from independent labels of the time. ...

1987

• Newly formed bands
  • Alice in Chains
  • Fugazi
  • Green Day
  • The Jesus Lizard
  • Local H
  • Nirvana
  • Porcupine Tree
  • Slint
  • Uncle Tupelo

• Disbandments
  • Hüsker Dü
  • The Smiths

• Albums
  • 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
  • Big Black - Songs About Fucking
  • Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
  • The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
  • Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
  • Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
  • Faith No More - Introduce Yourself
  • Guadalcanal Diary - 2X4
  • Guided By Voices - Devil Between My Toes
  • Guided By Voices - Sandbox
  • Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
  • Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
  • Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon
  • Pixies - Come on Pilgrim
  • Primal Scream - Sonic Flower Groove
  • R.E.M. - Document (breakthrough)
  • The Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
  • The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
  • The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
  • The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
  • Sonic Youth - Sister
  • U2 - The Joshua Tree

• Events
  • R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" unexpectedly becomes a Top Ten hit on the American pop charts, helping to increase alternative rock's mainstream profile and earning the band a major label deal.

This article is about the grunge band. ... Fugazi redirects here. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... The Jesus Lizard was a rock music group formed in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Local H is a rock duo (sometimes described as grunge), formed by Scott Lucas (lead vocals, guitar, bass) and Joe Daniels (drums). ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. ... Slint was a rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). ... Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. ... In My Tribe is the breakthrough album by folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs. ... Songs About Fucking is an album by Big Black. ... Locust Abortion Technician is an album by the Butthole Surfers, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music), and arguably their best album ever produced. ... Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the seventh studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1987, this album put The Cure into the American mainstream, becoming their first album to reach the Billboard Top 40, by 1990 it had sold a million Stateside copies. ... Music for the Masses is the sixth proper studio album by Depeche Mode. ... Youre Living All Over Me is the second album by Dinosaur Jr. ... Introduce Yourself is Faith No Mores second album, released in 1987. ... 2X4 is the third album by Guadalcanal Diary. ... Track listing Old Battery – 1:46 Discussing Wallace Chambers – 1:48 Cyclops – 1:50 Crux – 2:24 A Portrait Destroyed By Fire – 5:09 3 Year Old Man – 1:34 Dogs Out – 2:09 A Proud And Booming Industry – 1:03 Hanks Little Fingers – 2:13 Artboat – 2... Look up sandbox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Warehouse: Songs and Stories is the last album by Hüsker Dü, released in 1987. ... Janes Addiction is a live album by the band of the same title. ... Darklands is the second album by Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain. ... Earth, Sun, Moon is the third album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1987 on Beggars Banquet. ... Come on Pilgrim is the debut release from the American alternative rock band Pixies, released on the British independent record label 4AD in October 1987. ... Sonic Flower Groove was British band Primal Screams first album. ... Document is the fifth studio album by R.E.M. and their sixth overall. ... Singles from The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Released: 1987 Released: 1987 Released: 1992 The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the third studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 1987 through EMI America. ... Pleased to Meet Me is the fifth album by the Replacements. ... Floodland is the album released by The Sisters of Mercy in 1987, complete with heavy production, layers of synthesizer, choral singing, and the drum machine Doktor Avalanche. ... Strangeways, Here We Come is the final studio album by The Smiths, originally released in 1987. ... Sister is an album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released in 1987 on SST Records. ... For other uses, see Joshua tree (disambiguation). ... The One I Love, also known as Watashi no Suki na Hito in Japanese, is manga created by CLAMP. It is an anthology of twelve vignettes about various unnamed heroines falling in and out of love with the world, themselves, and others. ...

1988

• Newly formed bands
  • Barenaked Ladies
  • Better Than Ezra
  • The Boo Radleys
  • The Breeders
  • Live
  • Lush
  • Mother Love Bone
  • Mudhoney
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Ride
  • The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Sublime

• Disbandments
  • Big Black
  • Green River
  • The Housemartins

• Albums
  • Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
  • Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
  • Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
  • The Feelies - Only Life
  • Fugazi - Fugazi (EP)
  • The Happy Mondays - Bummed
  • Robyn Hitchcock - Globe of Frogs
  • Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
  • Morrissey - Viva Hate
  • Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff EP
  • Peter Murphy - Love Hysteria
  • My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
  • R.E.M. - Green
  • Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow
  • Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  • Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
  • The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
  • They Might Be Giants - Lincoln

• Events
  • Mother Love Bone and Mudhoney form from members of Green River after they break up.
  • Sub Pop begins the Sub Pop Singles Club
  • Hillel Slovak, guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers dies from a heroin overdose
  • Rolling Stone names R.E.M. "America's Best Rock 'n' Roll Band" and places them on the cover.

Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The Boo Radleys were a British guitar band of the 1990s who made experimental indie music, and were briefly associated with the Britpop movement. ... The Breeders are an American rock band, formed in 1977 as a folk rock duo featuring twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal of Dayton, Ohio which played country covers at truck stops and bars and dissipated in the early 80s, only to be revived as a side project in... Live (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with five)[2] (also typeset as LIVE) is an American alternative rock band from York, Pennsylvania, comprised of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals and guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass guitar) and Chad Gracey (drums). ... Lush was an English shoegazing band, formed in 1988. ... Mother Love Bone was a Seattle based rock band active from 1988 to 1990. ... Mudhoney is a grunge band, formed in Seattle in 1988. ... NIN redirects here. ... Ride were a British shoegazing band. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Sublime was an American ska-punk band that originated in Long Beach, California. ... Hairway to Steven is an album by the Butthole Surfers, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ... Blue Bell Knoll (1988) is the sixth album by Scottish band Cocteau Twins. ... Bug is Dinosaur Jr. ... Original Release Date: September 13, 1988 Label: A & M Tracks 1. ... Fugazi is the EP by the American post-hardcore band of the same name. ... Bummed was the second album by British band The Happy Mondays. ... Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is a singer-songwriter, psych folk artist, and occasional actor. ... Globe of Frogs was an album released by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians on A & M in 1988. ... Nothings Shocking is Janes Addictions first studio album because the self-titled debut is a live recording. ... For other uses, see Morrissey (disambiguation). ... Viva Hate (also known as Education in Reverse) is rock artist Morrisseys debut solo album, released on March 22, 1988. ... Superfuzz Bigmuff was a 1988 EP by Mudhoney. ... Photo of Peter Murphy from a 2006 Bauhaus concert. ... Love Hysteria is the second album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy. ... Isnt Anything is the official debut album by My Bloody Valentine, released in 1988 after years of issuing either EPs or mini-LPs. ... Tender Prey is the fifth album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, released in 1988 on Mute Records. ... Green is R.E.M.s sixth album, and their debut major label release for Warner Bros. ... Surfer Rosa is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in March 1988 on the British independent record label 4AD.[2] The albums unusual and offbeat subject matter includes references to mutilation and voyeurism; this is augmented by experimental recording, low-fidelity production and a... Peepshow returned Siouxsie & the Banshees into more electronic territory, but still mixed in with Juju-style acoustic mixing Released in 1988, the album gave the Banshees their first entry on the Hot 100 in the US: Peek-a-Boo climbed to #53. ... Daydream Nation is an album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released in 1988. ... Ultramega OK, released in 1988,(see 1988 in music) was the debut album by Soundgarden. ... Lifes Too Good, released in April 1988, was the first album by the Icelandic alternative rock-pop band The Sugarcubes, which brought fame to lead vocalist Björk. ... TMBG studio album chronology Lincoln is the second album by the band They Might Be Giants. ... This article is about the magazine. ...

1989

• Newly formed bands
  • Blind Melon
  • Blur
  • Hole
  • The Jesus Lizard
  • Mazzy Star
  • Neutral Milk Hotel
  • Pavement
  • Red House Painters
  • Spiritualized
  • Suede
  • Superchunk
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • Toadies
  • The Verve

• Disbandments
  • Guadalcanal Diary
  • Dream Syndicate

• Albums
  • The Cure - Disintegration
  • Faith No More - The Real Thing (breakthrough)
  • Fugazi - Margin Walker EP
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Jed
  • Guadalcanal Diary - Flip-Flop
  • Guided By Voices - Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
  • Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets
  • Meat Puppets - Monsters
  • Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
  • Mudhoney - Mudhoney
  • Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
  • Nirvana - Bleach
  • Pixies - Doolittle
  • Primal Scream - Primal Scream
  • Primus - Suck on This
  • The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
  • Slint - Tweez
  • Soundgarden - Louder than Love
  • The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
  • Violent Femmes - 3

• Events
  • New Order, Public Image Ltd., and the Sugarcubes embark on the "Monsters of Alternative Rock" tour.
  • Matador Records is founded.
  • The documentary film 101 is released, telling the story of how Depeche Mode became a major draw in the United States without any major radio airplay and climaxing with their famous Rose Bowl concert in Pasadena, California.

This article is about the band. ... Blur were an English rock band that formed in Colchester in 1989. ... // Hole has released three official albums, Pretty on the Inside, Live Through This and Celebrity Skin. ... The Jesus Lizard was a rock music group formed in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Mazzy Star was an American 1990s dream pop/alternative band. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pavement was an American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... Red House Painters is an alternative rock group formed in 1989 in San Francisco by singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek. ... Spiritualized are an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce (who often goes by the alias J. Spaceman) after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3. ... Suede (or The London Suede in the U.S.) were a popular and influential English rock band of the 1990s that helped start the Britpop musical movement of the decade. ... Superchunk (left to right): Mac McCaughan, Jim Wilbur, Jon Wurster, Laura Ballance. ... Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band from Bellshill, near Glasgow, formed in 1989. ... Toadies were a post-grunge band from Fort Worth, Texas. ... The Verve (originally Verve) are an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Form College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. ... Disintegration is the eighth studio album by rock band The Cure, released in 1989. ... The Real Thing is the third album released by Faith No More in 1989. ... Margin Walker was the second EP by the American hardcore punk Fugazi. ... Jed is a rock album by the Goo Goo Dolls. ... Fourth and final album by Marietta, Georgia jangle poppers Guadalcanal Diary Tracklisting Barometer Everything But Good Luck Look Up! Happy Home Pretty Is As Pretty Does Always Saturday The Likes of You Vista Whiskey Talk Ten Laws Categories: | | ... Tracklist The Future Is In Eggs – 3:29 The Great Blake Street Canoe Race – 2:54 Slopes Of Big Ugly – 2:06 Paper Girl – 2:16 Navigating Flood Regions – 2:38 An Earful O Wax – 4:22 White Whale – 2:39 Trampoline – 2:12 Short On Posters – 1:46 Chief... Automatic is the third album by Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain. ... Love and Rockets is the fourth album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1989 on Beggars Banquet. ... Monsters is a 1989 album by the Meat Puppets. ... The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is an album by the band Ministry. ... Mudhoney is the first album by grunge rock band, Mudhoney. ... Pretty Hate Machine (also known as Halo 02) is an album by Nine Inch Nails released in 1989. ... Bleach was the debut album by Nirvana, released in June 1989 through Sub Pop. ... Doolittle is the second studio album from the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in April 1989 on 4AD. The albums offbeat and dark subject material, featuring references to surrealism, Biblical violence, torture and death, contrasts with the clean production sound achieved by the then newly hired producer Gil... Primal Scream is a 1989 (see 1989 in music) album by British band Primal Scream. ... Suck on This is a live album by the band Primus, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) and re-issued on April 23, 2002 (see 2002 in music) along with Frizzle Fry. ... Singles from Mothers Milk Released: 1989 Released: 1989 Released: 1989 Mothers Milk is the fourth studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Tweez is the debut album by American indie rock group Slint. ... Louder Than Love is the second album by the band Soundgarden. ... The Stone Roses is the debut album by The Stone Roses, released in March 1989. ... This article or section does not prove its loyalty to William Smith in its references or sources. ... Matador Records is a record label, famous for a roster of highly-respected indie rock artists and bands. ... 101 is a live album and documentary by Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicling the bands 1988 Music for the Masses U.S. tour, and the final show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. ... Depeche Mode (pronounced ) are an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. ... The Rose Bowl is an outdoor football stadium in Pasadena, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. ... Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

1990

• Newly formed bands
  • Catherine Wheel
  • The Cranberries
  • Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
  • Kyuss
  • Pearl Jam
  • Rage Against the Machine
  • Stone Temple Pilots
  • Tool

• Disbandments
  • Camper Van Beethoven
  • Mother Love Bone

• Albums
  • Alice in Chains - Facelift
  • The Breeders - Pod
  • Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
  • Depeche Mode - Violator
  • Fugazi - Repeater
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Hold Me Up
  • Guided By Voices - Same Place The Fly Got Smashed
  • The Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
  • Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
  • The La's - The La's
  • Morrissey - Bona Drag
  • Mother Love Bone - Apple
  • Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles
  • Peter Murphy - Deep
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Good Son
  • Pixies - Bossanova
  • Primus - Frizzle Fry
  • Ride - Nowhere
  • The Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing
  • They Might Be Giants - Flood
  • Social Distortion - Social Distortion
  • Sonic Youth - Goo
  • Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
  • Ween - GodWeenSatan: The Oneness

• Events
  • Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone is found dead.
  • The KROQ Acoustic Christmas concert airs for the first time.
  • Sonic Youth signs with DGC records.

Catherine Wheel is an alternative rock band from Great Yarmouth, England. ... The Cranberries are an Irish alternative rock band that rose to mainstream popularity in the 1990s. ... The Blues Explosion. ... This article is about the band. ... This article is about the rock group. ... Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. ... Stone Temple Pilots (abbreviated STP) is an American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion). ... Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. ... Facelift is the first Alice in Chains album, released on August 21, 1990. ... Pod is the debut album by the Breeders. ... Heaven Or Las Vegas is a 1990 (see 1990 in music) album by British rock group Cocteau Twins, their last for the music label 4AD. The album is noteworthy for the musical evolution the band was showing at the time. ... Violator (Band) for a rock group from Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Repeater is an album by the post-hardcore band Fugazi. ... Hold Me Up is the third professional album release of the Buffalo-born Goo Goo Dolls, released under Metal Blade records in 1991. ... Same Place the Fly Got Smashed is the fourth album from Dayton, OHs Guided by Voices. ... Pills n Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band The Happy Mondays and is seen as a key album in the Madchester scene. ... Alternate cover Clean cover Ritual de lo Habitual is Janes Addictions second studio album, released on August 21, 1990 on Warner Brothers after taking their break in 1989. ... The Las is the only album by the band of the same name, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... Bona Drag is an compilation album by Morrissey released on October 25, 1990. ... Apple is the one and only full-length album by Mother Love Bone. ... Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles is a compilation album by the grunge band Mudhoney. ... Deep is the third album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy. ... The Good Son is the sixth album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... Bossanova was the Pixies third studio album, released in 1990 through 4AD Records. ... Frizzle Fry is the first studio album recorded by the band Primus as Suck on This was a live album. ... Nowhere is the debut album by British band Ride. ... Vision Thing, the third and last album by UK band The Sisters of Mercy was released in 1990 (1990 in music), on bands own label Merciful Release (under distribution contract with EastWest). ... Social Distortion is a self-titled album by punk group Social Distortion, which was released on March 27, 1990 as their first album on Epic Records. ... Goo is an album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. ... No Depression is the title of an album released 1990 by the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo. ... GodWeenSatan: The Oneness was the first official Ween album, released on Twin/Tone Records in 1990. ... Andrew Wood (January 6, 1966 – March 19, 1990), born in Columbus, Mississippi, was the lead singer of the band Mother Love Bone, and earlier of Malfunkshun. ... Acoustic Christmas (short title: Acoustic X-Mas) is an annual tour by the Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ which began in 1990. ... Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981. ... Geffen Records DARPA Grand Challenge ...

1991

• Newly formed bands
  • AFI
  • Candlebox
  • Dave Matthews Band
  • HIM
  • Luna
  • Luscious Jackson
  • Oasis
  • Sponge
  • Stereolab

• Disbandments
  • Galaxie 500
  • Jane's Addiction
  • The Replacements
  • Spacemen 3

• Albums
  • Barenaked Ladies - The Yellow Tape
  • Blur - Leisure
  • Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
  • Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing
  • The Jesus Lizard - Goat
  • Kyuss - Wretch
  • Live - Mental Jewelry
  • Morrissey - Kill Uncle
  • Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
  • Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
  • My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
  • Nirvana - Nevermind (breakthrough)
  • Pearl Jam - Ten (breakthrough)
  • Pixies - Trompe le Monde
  • Primal Scream - Screamadelica
  • Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
  • R.E.M. - Out of Time
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (breakthrough)
  • Sebadoh - Sebadoh III
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - Superstition
  • Slint - Spiderland
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
  • Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (breakthrough)
  • Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
  • Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
  • Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
  • Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
  • U2 - Achtung Baby
  • Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing?

• Events
  • Nirvana releases Nevermind, popularizing grunge in the mainstream, especially due to the hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
  • Temple of the Dog, made up of members of Soundgarden and the newly formed Pearl Jam, releases their only album as a tribute to Andrew Wood.
  • The first ever Lollapalooza takes place.
  • The first Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is given out.
  • In a legendary Manic Street Preachers interview by NME journalist Steve Lamacq, Richey James Edwards carved the words "4 Real" into his arm with a razor blade to prove the band's sincerity in music.

AFI, in recent years short for A Fire Inside, is an American band from Ukiah, California. ... Candlebox is a Post-Grunge band from Seattle, Washington. ... Dave Matthews Band (also known by the acronym DMB) is a United States-based rock band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews. ... This article refers to the Finnish band. ... Luna was a Dream Pop/Indie Pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood (Demeski formerly of The Feelies and Harwood formerly of New Zealand band The Chills). ... Luscious Jackson is an all-woman band formed in 1991 in New York City named for a basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers (Lucious Brown Luke Jackson). ... Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991. ... Sponge is a post-grunge Detroit, Michigan, rock band formed in 1991 by Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, and Joey Mazzola — all formerly of hard-rock band Loudhouse. ... Stereolab are an English alternative music band formed in 1990 in London. ... Barenaked Ladies (more commonly known as The Yellow Tape) is the Barenaked Ladies third indie tape release, after Buck Naked in 1989 with just Ed Robertson and Steven Page, then Barenaked Lunch (also known as the Pink Tape) in 1990, with bassist Jim Creeggan and percussionist Andy Creeggan. ... Leisure is the debut album by Blur, released in August 1991 and making # 7 in the UK. The US version of the album had some differences. ... Green Mind is a 1991 album by Dinosaur Jr. ... Steady Diet of Nothing is the second full-length album by Fugazi. ... Third album by Chicago alternative rock group The Jesus Lizard, released in 1991. ... Wretch is the debut album by Kyuss, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music) after forming and renaming the band from their original name Sons of Kyuss. ... Mental Jewelry is the 1991 album by Live, the rock band from York, Pennsylvania. ... Kill Uncle is an album by Morrissey, released on March 5, 1991. ... Mr. ... Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is the third album by the grunge band Mudhoney. ... Loveless is the second studio album by the Irish alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. ... For other uses, see Nevermind (disambiguation). ... Singles from Ten Released: 1991 Released: 1992 Released: 1992 Released: 1992 Ten is the debut studio album of Seattle-based rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. ... Trompe le Monde is the Pixies fourth and final full-length studio album, released on October 7, 1991 through the 4AD record label. ... Screamadelica is a 1991 album by Primal Scream and was their first to be a commercial success. ... Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the second album by Primus, released on May 14, 1991. ... Alternate cover Artwork from the flip side of the booklet insert This article is about the album by R.E.M.. For other uses of the term, see Out of Time. ... Singles from Blood Sugar Sex Magik Released: 1991 Released: 1991 Released: 1992 Released: 1992 Released: 1993 Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. ... Sebadoh III is the third album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1991. ... Superstition an is an album by Siouxsie & the Banshees, released in 1991. ... Spiderland is an album by the group Slint, released on March 27, 1991, on Touch & Go Records. ... Gish is The Smashing Pumpkins debut release. ... Badmotorfinger is the third album by the band Soundgarden. ... Girlfriend is the third album by Matthew Sweet, his most commercially and critically successful album to date. ... Bandwagonesque is the third album by British alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released in 1991. ... Temple of the Dog is the only album from the grunge supergroup of the same name. ... The Real Ramona is an album by Throwing Muses. ... Singles from Achtung Baby Released: 21 October 1991 Released: 24 November 1991 Released: March 1992 Released: 8 June 1992 Released: August 1992 Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on 19 November 1991. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Nevermind track listing Smells Like Teen Spirit is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, and the opening track and lead single from the bands 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind. ... Temple of the Dog is the only album from the grunge supergroup of the same name. ... Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring rock, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ... The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album has been awarded since 1991. ... Steve Lamacq (born 16 October 1965), sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo (given to him by John Peel) or The Cat (due to his ability as a goalkeeper), is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and now BBC Radio 2... Richey James Edwards (born Richard James Edwards, 22 December 1967) was the co-lyricist and guitarist of the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. ...

1992

• Newly formed bands
  • Ash
  • Bush
  • Elastica
  • Everclear
  • Our Lady Peace
  • Porno for Pyros
  • Reel Big Fish
  • Silverchair
  • Soul Coughing
  • Stereophonics (as Tragic Love Company)
  • Weezer

• Disbandments
  • The Feelies
  • The Happy Mondays
  • Pixies
  • The Sugarcubes

• Albums
  • Alice in Chains - Dirt (breakthrough)
  • Alice in Chains - Sap
  • Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
  • Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
  • Blind Melon - Blind Melon (breakthrough)
  • Catherine Wheel - Ferment
  • The Cure - Wish
  • Faith No More - Angel Dust
  • Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience (breakthrough)
  • Guided By Voices - Propellor
  • PJ Harvey - Dry
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
  • The Jesus Lizard - Liar
  • Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
  • L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
  • The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
  • Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
  • Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
  • Morrissey - Your Arsenal
  • Mudhoney - Piece of Cake
  • Nine Inch Nails - Broken
  • Nirvana - Incesticide
  • Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
  • R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
  • Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (breakthrough)
  • Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
  • Sonic Youth - Dirty
  • Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union (breakthrough)
  • Stone Temple Pilots - Core (breakthrough)
  • Sugar - Copper Blue
  • They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18
  • Tool - Opiate
  • Ween - Pure Guava

• Events
  • Alternative rock fully breaks into the American mainstream consciousness, as albums and singles by bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice in Chains, R.E.M., Soul Asylum, and Nine Inch Nails reach the Top 40 of the Billboard charts.
  • The grunge speak hoax appears in the November 15 issue of The New York Times.
  • Trent Reznor founds Nothing Records.
  • The movie Singles is released.
  • The movie 1991 - The Year Punk Broke is released.
  • Merge Records is founded by members of Superchunk
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante quits the band; he returns in 1998.

Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Elastica were a Britpop band who were popular in the 1990s, formed by Justine Frischmann after leaving Suede in 1991. ... Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, USA, in 1992. ... OLP redirects here. ... Porno for Pyros was a US musical group and was Perry Farrells and Stephen Perkins next project after their former band Janes Addiction. ... Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... This article is about the band. ... Soul Coughing (1992–2000) was a New York-based alternative rock band comprised of Mike Doughty (vocals, lyrics, guitar), Mark De Gli Antoni (samples, keyboards), Sebastian Steinberg (string bass) and Yuval Gabay (drums). ... Stereophonics are a rock band from Wales with members Kelly Jones, Richard Jones (no relation to Kelly) and Javier Weyler. ... For the albums, see Weezer (1994 album) and Weezer (2001 album). ... Singles from Dirt Released: 1992 Released: 1992 Released: 1993 Released: 1993 Released: 1993 Dirt is a grunge album by Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Sap is an Alice in Chains studio EP, released on March 21, 1992 through Columbia Records. ... Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... Little Earthquakes (1992) was the solo debut album of singer Tori Amos, featuring the singles Winter, China, Silent All These Years and Crucify. It helped usher in the success of other female singer/songwriters in the 1990s. ... Alternate cover Original album cover (1992-1996) Gordon was the debut album and first major-label release by Barenaked Ladies. ... Blind Melon is the debut rock and roll album by Blind Melon, released on September 14, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Ferment is the first full-length album by the U.K. band Catherine Wheel, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Wish is the ninth studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Angel Dust, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music), was the fourth studio album by U.S. rock band Faith No More, and the second to feature vocalist Mike Patton, as well as the final with guitarist Big Jim Martin. ... New Miserable Experience is the breakthrough album by pop-rock band the Gin Blossoms, released on August 4, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... A propeller can be seen as a rotating fin in water or a wing in air. ... Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ... Recorded at the Icehouse, Yeovil, UK, PJ Harveys Dry was released twice, firstly on Too Pure accompanied with a limited edition Demonstration LP & also as a very limited 80 minute CD, and subsequently on Indigo Records. ... Honeys Dead was an album released by the British rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain on Blanco y Negro Records in 1992. ... Liar is the third full-length album by The Jesus Lizard. ... Blues for the Red Sun is a 1992 (see 1992 in music) album by stoner metal band Kyuss. ... Bricks Are Heavy is the third album by the Los Angeles band L7, released in April 1992 through Slash Records. ... Its a Shame About Ray is an album by the Lemonheads. ... Generation Terrorists is the debut album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers released on February 10 1992. ... Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs is an album by the band Ministry. ... Following up on the poorly-received album Kill Uncle, singer Morrissey released the album Your Arsenal in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Piece of Cake is the third album by the grunge band, Mudhoney. ... For other uses, see Broken (disambiguation). ... Incesticide is a compilation album of rare songs, b-sides and studio outtakes released by Nirvana on December 14, 1992 in Europe, and December 15, 1992 in the U.S. It was released through Geffen Records. ... Slanted and Enchanted is Pavements critically acclaimed and influential first album. ... Automatic for the People is R.E.M.s eighth album, and their third major label release for Warner Bros. ... Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by rock band Rage Against the Machine, released November 3, 1992. ... Sweet Oblivion is a Screaming Trees album that was released on September 8, 1992. ... Dirty is an album by Sonic Youth that was originally released on June 7th, 1992. ... Grave Dancers Union is the official sixth album by Soul Asylum. ... Core was the first album released by Stone Temple Pilots on September 29, 1992, by Atlantic Records. ... Copper Blue (1992) was the debut album of the US band Sugar. ... Apollo 18 is They Might Be Giants fourth studio album. ... For other uses, see Opiate (disambiguation). ... Pure Guava was Weens third studio album, and the first to be released on a major label. ... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... Grunge speak was a hoax created by Megan Jasper, a sales representative for Sub Pop Records. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) and John Malm, Jr. ... Singles (1992) is a film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. ... The Year Punk Broke is a film that covers the European tour of Sonic Youth and Nirvana. ... Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. ... Superchunk (left to right): Mac McCaughan, Jim Wilbur, Jon Wurster, Laura Ballance. ... John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. ...

1993

• Newly formed bands
  • Black Grape
  • Collective Soul
  • Filter
  • Folk Implosion
  • Garbage
  • Modest Mouse
  • Jimmy Eat World
  • Presidents of the United States of America
  • Soul Coughing
  • Super Furry Animals
  • Veruca Salt

• Disbandments
  • Public Image Ltd.

• Albums
  • Bjork - Debut
  • Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
  • The Breeders - Last Splash (breakthrough)
  • Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
  • The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (breakthrough)
  • Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
  • Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been
  • The Fall - The Infotainment Scan
  • The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
  • Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Car Wash
  • Guided By Voices - Vampire on Titus
  • PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
  • The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are
  • The Lemonheads - Come on Feel the Lemonheads
  • Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul
  • Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
  • Mudhoney - Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew
  • Nirvana - In Utero
  • Pearl Jam - Vs.
  • Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
  • Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair
  • Porno for Pyros - Porno for Pyros
  • Primus - Pork Soda
  • Radiohead - Pablo Honey
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (breakthrough)
  • Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
  • Suede - Suede
  • Tool - Undertow (breakthrough)
  • U2 - Zooropa

• Events
  • The first ever KROQ Weenie Roast concert airs.
  • Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder appears on the cover of the October 25 issue of TIME Magazine as part of their feature article on the rising popularity of the grunge movement
  • Nirvana plays MTV Unplugged on November 18.
  • Mazzy Star has some success with the single "Fade Into You", becoming the biggest hit for dream pop in the mainstream.
  • Former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro joins the Red Hot Chili Peppers after numerous guitarist changes.

Black Grape were a rock and roll band from England, formed in 1993 by former members of Happy Mondays, Shaun Ryder and Bez. ... Collective Soul is an American rock band from Stockbridge, Georgia. ... Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 by Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. ... The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock / lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Modest Mouse is an North-American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, bassist Eric Judy, and guitarist Dann Gallucci. ... Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. ... The Presidents of the United States of America has two meanings. ... Soul Coughing (1992–2000) was a New York-based alternative rock band comprised of Mike Doughty (vocals, lyrics, guitar), Mark De Gli Antoni (samples, keyboards), Sebastian Steinberg (string bass) and Yuval Gabay (drums). ... Super Furry Animals (also known as SFA, the Furries and the Super Furries) are a Welsh rock band, with leanings towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. ... Veruca Salt is an alternative rock group of the 1990s and 2000s. ... Look up debut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second album by the British rock band Blur, released on May 10 1993. ... Last Splash is the second album by indie rock band The Breeders, released August 31, 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Independent Worm Saloon is an album by the Butthole Surfers, released in 1993 on Capitol Records (see 1993 in music). ... Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Cant We? is an album by The Cranberries. ... Singles from Songs of Faith and Devotion Released: February 15, 1993 Released: April 26, 1993 Released: Septermber 13, 1993 Released: February 10, 1994 Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by Depeche Mode, first released in March 1993. ... Where You Been is the fifth official studio album by Dinosaur Jr. ... The Infotainment Scan is an album by The Fall, released in 1993 on Permanent Records. ... Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is The Flaming Lips sixth album, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... In On The Kill Taker is the third full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1993. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Vampire on Titus is the sixth album by indie rock group Guided by Voices, from Dayton, Ohio, United States. ... Rid of Me is the second album by PJ Harvey. ... Become What You Are is the debut album by The Juliana Hatfield Three, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Come on Feel the Lemonheads is an album by the Lemonheads. ... Gold Against the Soul is the second album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers released on June 20, 1993. ... The second, and perhaps most popular, album released by the band Mazzy Star. ... Five Dollar Bobs Mock Cooter Stew is an EP by the grunge band Mudhoney released on October 26, 1993 by Reprise Records. ... In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American grunge band Nirvana, released on September 21, 1993 by DGC Records. ... Vs. ... Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Exile in Guyville is American singer-songwriter Liz Phairs 1993 debut album. ... Up the Downstair is the second studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in May, 1993. ... Porno for Pyros is the first album by the band of the same title, which is a side project of Perry Farrell and Stephen Perkins from Janes Addiction. ... Pork Soda is the fourth album by Primus. ... Pablo Honey is the first studio album by English rock band Radiohead, first released in early 1993. ... Siamese Dream is the second album for alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. ... Originally released in August 1993, Stereolabs Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements was the first major release to appear under the label Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks. ... Suede is the debut album of the band Suede, released in 1993 on Nude Records. ... The note from Tool that accompanied censored versions. ... Zooropa is the eighth studio album by the Irish rock band U2. ... Weenie Roast is a multi-artist alternative rock concert, presented annually by the Los Angeles, California, USA radio station KROQ, beginning in 1993. ... Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is the lead singer and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. ... is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... MTV Unplugged is a series showcasing popular musical artists playing acoustic instruments. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Fade Into You is probably the most popular song from alternative pop artist Mazzy Star. ... Dream pop is a type of alternative rock that originated in Britain in the early 1980s, when bands like Cocteau Twins, The Chameleons, The Passions, Dead Can Dance, Dif Juz, Lowlife and A.R. Kane (to whom the term has been attributed) began fusing post-punk experiments with bittersweet pop... Janes Addiction is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... David Navarro redirects here. ...

1994

• Newly formed bands
  • Evanescence
  • Foo Fighters
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  • Muse (as Rocket Baby Dolls)
  • Placebo
  • The Rasmus
  • Sigur Rós
  • Sleater-Kinney
  • Snow Patrol
  • Supergrass

• Disbandments
  • Nirvana
  • Uncle Tupelo

• Albums
  • Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
  • Barenaked Ladies - Maybe You Should Drive
  • Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
  • Beck - Mellow Gold (breakthrough)
  • Blur - Parklife
  • Jeff Buckley - Grace (breakthrough)
  • Bush - Sixteen Stone
  • Collective Soul - Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid
  • The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
  • Dinosaur Jr. - Without a Sound
  • Green Day - Dookie (breakthrough)
  • Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
  • Hole - Live Through This (breakthrough)
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain - Stoned & Dethroned
  • Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
  • Live - Throwing Copper (breakthrough)
  • Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
  • Meat Puppets - Too High to Die
  • Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
  • Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (most commercially successful album)
  • Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
  • Oasis - Definitely Maybe (breakthrough)
  • Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  • Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
  • Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
  • Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up
  • Pulp - His 'n' Hers (breakthrough)
  • R.E.M - Monster
  • Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
  • Soundgarden - Superunknown
  • Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet
  • The Stone Roses - Second Coming
  • Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
  • Suede - Dog Man Star
  • They Might Be Giants - John Henry
  • Toadies - Rubberneck (breakthrough)
  • Veruca Salt - American Thighs
  • Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
  • Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)

• Events
  • Kurt Cobain of Nirvana dies on April 5; his body is found April 8.
  • Kristen Pfaff of Hole dies on June 16.
  • Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" becomes a hit single; some cite it as the last major hit of the grunge era.
  • The Offspring releases Smash, becoming one of the best selling albums from an independent record label of all time. Along with the release of Green Day's Dookie, it repopularizes punk rock in the mainstream.
  • The term post-rock is coined by Simon Reynolds to describe the music of the likes of Stereolab and Disco Inferno
  • Manic Street Preachers' Richey James Edwards is admitted to a psychiatric hospital around the release of The Holy Bible and misses some shows.
  • The Brett Anderson/Bernard Butler songwriting partnership of Suede is ended when Butler is fired from the band by Anderson.
  • Weezer hits it big with "Undone (The Sweater Song)" and "Buddy Holly". The music video for Buddy Holly is included on the Windows 95 operating system disc.

Evanescence is a Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1998 by singer Amy Lee and former guitarist Ben Moody. ... This article is about the band. ... Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor!) is an avant-garde Canadian post-rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. ... For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). ... Placebo are an alternative rock band currently consisting of Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal. ... The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that spawned in 1994 in Helsinki, Finland while the band members were still in high school. ... Sigur Rós ( ) is an Icelandic post-rock band with melodic, classical, experimental, and minimalist elements. ... Sleater-Kinney are an indie rock trio from Olympia, Washington influenced by the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s. ... Snow Patrol are a Grammy Award-nominated alternative rock band which formed in Scotland, with the majority of their members being from Bangor and Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... For the witnesses who betray information about associated criminals, see Supergrass (informer). ... Jar of Flies is an Alice in Chains studio EP, released on January 25, 1994. ... Maybe You Should Drive was the second full-length album by Barenaked Ladies. ... The Beastie Boys are a hip hop musical group from New York City consisting of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam MCA Yauch, Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz. ... Ill Communication is the fourth album by the Beastie Boys. ... This article is about the musician. ... Mellow Gold is Becks major label debut, and despite previous low-fi recordings, is considered his first official album. ... Parklife is a critically acclaimed Britpop album by the band Blur, released on April 25, 1994. ... Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead,[1] was an acclaimed American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Grace is the first and only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley, released on August 23, 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... Sixteen Stone is a post-grunge album released by Bush in 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid is the first album by Atlanta-based rock band Collective Soul. ... No Need to Argue is an album by The Cranberries released in 1994. ... Without a Sound is the sixth official studio album released by the band Dinosaur Jr. ... This article is about the album by Green Day. ... Bee Thousand is the name of a lo-fi rock album by Guided by Voices released on June 20, 1994. ... Live Through This is the second album by the band Hole. ... Stoned & Dethroned is the fifth album by the Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain. ... Welcome to Sky Valley is the third album by Kyuss on June 28, 1994. ... Singles from Throwing Copper Throwing Copper is a 1994 album by Live. ... The Holy Bible was the third studio album by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. ... Too High to Die is the eighth album by the Meat Puppets, released on January 25, 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... Vauxhall and I is a 1994 album by Morrissey, generally considered his best. ... Alternate cover Deluxe Edition cover art Singles from The Downward Spiral Released: February 25, 1994 Released: May 30, 1994 The Downward Spiral (also known as Halo 8) is an LP by Nine Inch Nails (NIN), released in 1994. ... MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... For other uses, see Definitely Maybe (disambiguation). ... Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was the second studio album released by Pavement. ... Vitalogy is a loose concept album by the band Pearl Jam, released on December 6, 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... Whip-Smart is the second album by American singer/songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1994. ... Give Out But Dont Give Up is a 1994 album by Primal Scream. ... His n Hers is a 1994 album from Pulp and is commonly cited as the bands breakthrough album. ... Monster is R.E.M.s ninth album, and their fourth major label release for Warner Bros. ... Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star is an album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, first released in May 1994. ... Superunknown is the fourth album by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. ... Mars Audiac Quintet is an album by the band Stereolab. ... Second Coming was an album released on December 5, 1994 in the UK and early 1995 in the US by The Stone Roses. ... Purple was the second CD released by the 1990s grunge band Stone Temple Pilots on June 7, 1994, by Atlantic Records. ... Dog Man Star is the second album by Suede, released by Nude Records in 1994. ... John Henry is the name of They Might Be Giants fifth original album, although it is the sixth disc in their discography. ... Rubberneck is the most successful album by the grunge band Toadies. ... American Thighs is the debut album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt. ... Chocolate and Cheese was Weens fourth studio album, originally released by Elektra Records in 1994. ... Weezer, often referred to as The Blue Album, is the debut album by the band Weezer, originally released on May 10, 1994. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Black Hole Sun is a song by 1990s grunge band Soundgarden. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term post-rock. ... Stereolab are an English alternative music band formed in 1990 in London. ... Disco Inferno (left to right): Ian Crause, Rob Whatley and Paul Wilmott Disco Inferno was a band formed in Essex in the late 1980s by Ian Crause (guitar & vocals), Paul Wilmott (bass), Rob Whatley (drums) and Daniel Gish (keyboards). ... Richey James Edwards (born Richard James Edwards, 22 December 1967) was the co-lyricist and guitarist of the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. ... This article is about the frontman of Suede and The Tears. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Undone - The Sweater Song is a popular single by Weezer. ... Buddy Holly is a popular single by Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. ... Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. ...

1995

• Newly formed bands
  • Days of the New
  • Kill Hannah
  • Mad Season
  • Matthew Good Band
  • Mogwai
  • The Rentals
  • Wilco

• Disbandments
  • American Music Club
  • Kyuss
  • Meat Puppets

• Albums
  • Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
  • Better Than Ezra - Deluxe
  • Bjork - Post
  • Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah
  • Blind Melon - Soup
  • Blur - The Great Escape
  • Collective Soul - Collective Soul
  • Elastica - Elastica
  • Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
  • Faith No More - King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
  • The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
  • Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
  • Fugazi - Red Medicine
  • Garbage - Garbage
  • Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (breakthrough)
  • Green Day - Insomniac
  • Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
  • Incubus - Fungus Amongus
  • PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
  • Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town (final album)
  • Lush - Lovelife
  • Mad Season - Above
  • Matthew Good Band - Last of the Ghetto Astronauts
  • Ministry - Filth Pig
  • Alanis Morissette -Jagged Little Pill (breakthrough)
  • Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
  • Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
  • Mudhoney - My Brother the Cow
  • No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (breakthrough)
  • Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
  • Our Lady Peace - Naveed
  • Pavement - Wowee Zowee
  • Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
  • Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl
  • Pulp - Different Class
  • Radiohead - The Bends
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
  • Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
  • The Rentals - Return Of (The Rentals)
  • Silverchair - Frogstomp (breakthrough)
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Rapture
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  • Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
  • Wilco - A.M.

• Events
  • Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon is found dead on October 21.
  • Third wave ska becomes popular, with bands such as No Doubt, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, and Sublime seeing commercial success.
  • Richey James Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers disappears on February 1.
  • The "Battle of Britpop" occurs between Blur and Oasis when they release their "Country House" and "Roll With It" singles on the same day.
  • Alan Wilder leaves Depeche Mode, claiming lack of credit for the band's work and Dave Gahan's battle with drugs as primary reasons for leaving. The band continues as a three-piece band.
  • The film Empire Records is released, featuring a soundtrack of notable alternative rock acts as The Cranberries, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Better than Ezra and the hit single "Til I Hear it From You" by the Gin Blossoms.

Days of the New is a post-grunge rock band from Charlestown, Indiana (later relocated to Louisville, Kentucky), formed in 1995. ... Kill Hannah is an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois, currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ... Above (1995) Mad Season was a grunge supergroup formed in late 1994 by members of three popular Seattle based bands, as well as a friend of one of the members. ... Matthew Frederick Robert Good (born June 29, 1971, Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock musician. ... For the Swiss progressive house producer who releases under the name Moogwai, see Chab. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the music group. ... Singles from Alice in Chains Released: 1995 Released: 1996 Released: 1996 Released: 1996 Alice in Chains is the self-titled album by the Seattle grunge group Alice in Chains. ... Deluxe is Better Than Ezras first album because Surprise was a demo album. ... Look up post in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Its Great When Youre Straight. ... Singles from Soup Released: 1995 Released: 1995 Soup is the second album by the American rock band Blind Melon, released shortly before vocalist Shannon Hoons fatal drug overdose. ... The Great Escape is the fourth album by Blur. ... Collective Soul is an American rock band from Stockbridge, Georgia. ... Elastica, released in 1995, was the first album by the band of the same name. ... Sparkle and Fade is an album by Everclear, released on May 23, 1995. ... King for a Day. ... Clouds Taste Metallic is the seventh album by the band The Flaming Lips released on September 19, 1995. ... Foo Fighters is the Foo Fighters debut album. ... Red Medicine is the fourth full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1995. ... Garbage is the debut album by the band Garbage. ... The cover of A Boy Named Goo A Boy Named Goo is an album by Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1995 on Warner Bros. ... For the Enrique Iglesias album, see Insomniac (Enrique Iglesias album). ... Alien Lanes is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by lo-fi pioneers Guided By Voices. ... Fungus Amongus is the first publicly released album produced by the rock band Incubus, released November 1, 1995 on Stopuglynailfungus Music On Chillum, Incubus own independent label. ... To Bring You My Love is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by British singer-songwriter PJ Harvey. ... ...And the Circus Leaves Town is the fourth and last album by Kyuss, released on July 11, 1995 (see 1995 in music) before disbanding in October. ... Lovelife is a 1996 romantic comedy written and directed by Jon Harmon Feldman. ... Above is the album by Mad Season, released March 15, 1995 on Columbia Records. ... Last of the Ghetto Astronauts was the debut album of the Matthew Good Band. ... Filth Pig is an album by the industrial band Ministry. ... Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album and the first internationally released album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. ... Southpaw Grammar is the fifth solo album by the singer Morrissey, formerly of Mancunian band The Smiths. ... This article is about the album. ... My Brother the Cow is the fourth album by the grunge band, Mudhoney. ... Tragic Kingdom is the third album by third wave ska band No Doubt. ... (Whats the Story) Morning Glory? is a 1995 album by rock band Oasis. ... Naveed may refer to: Naveed (Persian: نويد), a Persian name meaning bearer of good news Naveed, a common Pakistani name Naveed (album), an album by Our Lady Peace naveed ur rehman living in adezai peshawar working at The bank of khyber. ... Wowee Zowee was the third studio album by Pavement. ... The Sky Moves Sideways is the third studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in February, 1995. ... Tales from the Punchbowl is the fourth studio album by Primus, released on May 23, 1995. ... Different Class is a 1995 album by Pulp. ... This article is about the album by Radiohead. ... Singles from One Hot Minute Released: 1995 Released: 1995 Released: 1996 Released: 1996 Released: 1996 One Hot Minute is the sixth album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995 on Warner Bros. ... Ocean Beach is the name of more than one location in the United States Ocean Beach, New York, a village in the State of New York Ocean Beach a beach in San Francisco, California. ... Return Of (The Rentals) is the debut album of the rock band The Rentals, and was released on October 24, 1995. ... Frogstomp is the first album from Australian musical group, Silverchair. ... The Rapture is the eleventh and final studio album by Siouxsie & the Banshees. ... Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (sometimes abbreviated to Mellon Collie or MCIS) is a double CD and triple LP that was released on October 24, 1995 by The Smashing Pumpkins through Virgin Records. ... Washing Machine is an album by the band Sonic Youth. ... A.M. is the debut album of Wilco. ... Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) was an American musician and lyricist, and the lead singer of the band Blind Melon. ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Third wave ska is a music genre derived from the fusion of Jamaican ska with various American and British styles of music, such as 2 Tone, rock music, punk rock, pop punk, hardcore and jazz. ... For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ... The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts. ... Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... Sublime was an American ska-punk band that originated in Long Beach, California. ... Richey James Edwards (born Richard James Edwards, 22 December 1967) was the co-lyricist and guitarist of the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of Britpop is the unofficial title given to the chart battle of 1995 which took place between leading Britpop groups, Blur and Oasis. ... Country House is a song by the band Blur. ... Roll With It is a song by British rock band Oasis written by their lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. ... Alan Charles Wilder (born 1 June 1959 in Hammersmith, West London, England) is an electronic musician, composer, arranger and record producer. ... David Gahan (born May 9, 1962 in Epping, England) is the lead singer for Depeche Mode. ... Empire Records is a 1995 dramedy about a group of record store employees. ... The Cranberries are an Irish alternative rock band that rose to mainstream popularity in the 1990s. ... Members of Toad the Wet Sprocket on the cover of Acoustic Dance Party. ... Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... This article is about the band Gin Blossoms; for the medical condition known by the term, see Rosacea. ...

1996

• Newly formed bands
  • A
  • Belle & Sebastian
  • Camera Obscura

• Disbandments
  • The Pogues
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees
  • The Stone Roses

• Albums
  • Alice in Chains - Unplugged
  • Barenaked Ladies- Rock Spectacle
  • Beck - Odelay
  • Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
  • Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
  • Better Than Ezra - Friction, Baby
  • Blind Melon - Nico
  • Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
  • Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (breakthrough)
  • The Cure - Wild Mood Swings
  • The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed
  • Dave Matthews Band - Crash
  • Gin Blossoms - Congratulations… I'm Sorry
  • Guided By Voices - Under the Bushes, Under the Stars
  • Guided By Voices - Tonics and Twisted Chasers
  • Kula Shaker - K
  • Local H - As Good as Dead
  • Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (first album as a three-piece)
  • Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
  • Pearl Jam - No Code
  • Phish - Billy Breathes
  • Placebo - Placebo
  • Porno for Pyros - Good God's Urge
  • Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
  • Red House Painters - Songs for a Blue Guitar
  • R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
  • Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - The Aeroplane Flies High
  • Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
  • Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
  • Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
  • Superdrag - Regretfully Yours (breakthrough)
  • They Might Be Giants - Factory Showroom
  • Tool - Ænima
  • Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats
  • Weezer - Pinkerton
  • Wilco - Being There

• Events
  • The Smashing Pumpkins' touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin dies of an overdose on July 12 while using heroin with drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Chamberlin is subsequently fired and the band continues as a three-piece until his return in 1999.
  • Alice in Chains makes their last appearance on MTV Unplugged.
  • Hype!, a documentary about the grunge scene of the early 1990s, is released.
  • R.E.M. sign a new deal with Warner Bros. worth $80 million. At the time, it was the largest record contract in history.
  • Bradley Nowell of the third-wave ska band Sublime dies of a heroin overdose. The band splits up soon after Nowell's death.

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1997

• Newly formed bands
  • Coldplay
  • Death Cab for Cutie
  • Queens of the Stone Age
  • The Shins
  • The White Stripes

• Disbandments
  • Cocteau Twins
  • Gin Blossoms
  • Porno for Pyros
  • Soundgarden - believed by many to signal the end of grunge's mainstream success^[1]
  • Throwing Muses

• Albums
  • A - How Ace Are Buildings
  • Bjork - Homogenic
  • Blur - Blur
  • Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown
  • Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over
  • Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow
  • Faith No More - Album of the Year
  • Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
  • Green Day - Nimrod
  • Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig!
  • Incubus - Enjoy Incubus
  • Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
  • Live - Secret Samadhi
  • Matthew Good Band - Underdogs
  • Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
  • Morrissey - Maladjusted
  • Oasis - Be Here Now
  • Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
  • Pavement - Brighten the Corners
  • Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
  • Primus - Brown Album
  • Radiohead - OK Computer
  • Radiohead - Airbag/How Am I Driving?
  • Silverchair - Freak Show
  • Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
  • Stereolab - Dots and Loops
  • Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
  • Suede - Coming Up
  • Veruca Salt - Eight Arms to Hold You
  • The Verve - Urban Hymns
  • Ween - The Mollusk

• Events
  • Jane's Addiction reunites; later that year, they disband again.
  • On hiatus while Scott Weiland is in rehab, members of Stone Temple Pilots form Talkshow; the new band lasts for only a short time.
  • Solo artist Jeff Buckley dies on 29 May as a result of accidental drowning in the Mississippi River.
  • R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry announces his retirement; the rest of the band continue as a three-piece.
  • Oasis' Be Here Now becomes the UK's fastest selling album

Coldplay are an English rock band formed in London in 1998. ... Death Cab for Cutie is an American band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... The Shins is a United States indie rock group comprising singer, songwriter and guitarist James Russell Mercer, keyboardist/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Jesse Sandoval, and Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats. ... This article is about the American duo. ... The album How Ace Are Buildings was released in 1997 by British alternative rock band A. Name = How Ace Are Buildings | Type = Album | Artist = A | Released = July 29, 1997 | Recorded = 1996| Length = 65 min 46 s | Label = Immortal/Epic Records | Producer = Thom Wilson | Reviews = Track listing Turn It Up Foghorn... Singles from Homogenic Released: September 1997 Released: December 1997 Released: March 1998 Released: October 1998 Released: June 1999 Homogenic, released in September of 1997, is an album by Icelandic singer-songwriter/musician Björk. ... Blur is the fifth album by Blur, first release in 1997. ... Disciplined Breakdown is the third studio album by Collective Soul, first released on March 11, 1997. ... Hand It Over is Dinosaur Jrs seventh studio album. ... So Much for the Afterglow is the third album by Everclear, released on October 7, 1997 (see 1997 in music). ... Album of the Year, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music), was the sixth and final studio album by Faith No More. ... The Colour and the Shape is the Foo Fighters second album. ... Nimrod is the fifth album by the punk rock band Green Day, released on October 14, 1997 on Reprise Records. ... Mag Earwhig! is a 1997 (see 1997 in music) album release by indie rock band Guided by Voices. ... Enjoy Incubus is an EP released on January 7, 1997 by Incubus. ... S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is an Enhanced CD album by the rock band Incubus, released on September 9 1997. ... Secret Samadhi is LIVEs follow-up to their multi-platinum smash Throwing Copper. ... Underdogs was an album released by the now-defunct Matthew Good Band in 1997, as a followup to the 1995 album Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts. ... The Lonesome Crowded West is the second full-length album recorded by indie rock band Modest Mouse. ... Maladjusted is an album by rock artist Morrissey, released on August 12, 1997. ... For other uses, see Be Here Now (disambiguation). ... Look up clumsy, clumsiness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Brighten the Corners was the fourth studio album released by Pavement. ... Vanishing Point is a 1997 (see 1997 in music) album by Primal Scream. ... For other uses, see The Brown Album. ... OK Computer is the third album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in 1997. ... Airbag/How Am I Driving? is an EP by Radiohead, released in 1998 specifically to the North American market, but is currently out of print. ... This article is about the album by Silverchair. ... Dig Me Out is an album released in 1997 by punk group Sleater-Kinney. ... Dots and Loops is an album by the band Stereolab, released in 1997. ... Word Gets Around is the Stereophonics first album. ... Coming Up is the third album by Suede, released by Nude Records in 1996. ... Eight Arms to Hold You is an album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt. ... Singles from Urban Hymns Released: 16 June 1997 Released: 1 September 1997 Released: 24 November 1997 Released: 2 March 1998 Urban Hymns is the highly acclaimed alternative rock/space rock album released on September 29, 1997 by English rock band The Verve. ... The Mollusk was Weens 6th full length album, released on Elektra Records on June 24, 1997. ... Scott Weiland (born Scott Richard Kline on October 27, 1967) is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist for the popular American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. ... Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead,[1] was an acclaimed American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Bill Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) was the drummer in alternative rock band R.E.M. for 17 years, before retiring from the group and becoming a farmer. ... For other uses, see Be Here Now (disambiguation). ...

1998

• Newly formed bands
  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  • Doves
  • Gorillaz
  • Interpol
  • The Cooper Temple Clause

• Disbandments
  • Black Grape
  • Faith No More
  • Lush

• Albums
  • Barenaked Ladies - Stunt
  • Beck - Mutations
  • Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
  • Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow?
  • Fugazi - End Hits
  • Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot
  • Garbage - Version 2.0
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl
  • Hole - Celebrity Skin
  • James Iha - Let It Come Down
  • Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
  • Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
  • Mudhoney - Tomorrow Hit Today
  • Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  • Oasis - The Masterplan
  • Pearl Jam - Yield
  • Pulp - This Is Hardcore
  • Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg
  • Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
  • Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
  • Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
  • R.E.M. - Up
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
  • Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
  • Soul Coughing - El Oso (final album)
  • Scott Weiland - 12 Bar Blues

• Events
  • For the first year since it began, Lollapalooza does not take place, and goes on hiatus for six years.
  • Bauhaus reunite.
  • John Frusciante returns to the Red Hot Chili Peppers after a six year hiatus.
  • Nina Gordon leaves Veruca Salt.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC for short) is an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. ... For the type of bird, see dove. ... For the Gorillazs self-titled debut album, see Gorillaz (album). ... For the international organisation, see Interpol. ... The Cooper Temple Clause was a five-piece post-hardcore band originating from Wokingham, Berkshire, England. ... An under 16s motorbike display team perform a potentially dangerous stunt Freestyle & Stunt Show 2007 - Landrévarzec A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre or cinema. ... Mutations is an indie rock album by Beck and was released in 1998. ... The Boy with the Arab Strap is the third album from the Scottish band Belle & Sebastian. ... How Does Your Garden Grow?is Better Than Ezras third album. ... End Hits is an album by the band Fugazi. ... Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. ... Boggy Depot is the first solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. ... Version 2. ... Dizzy Up The Girl is an album by Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1998 on Warner Bros. ... This article is about an album. ... James Yoshinobu Iha (Japanese: 井葉吉伸, Iha Yoshinobu or ジェームス・イハ, Jēmusu Iha) born March 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American rock musician. ... Let It Come Down is James Ihas first and currently only solo album. ... This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours is an album by the Manic Street Preachers. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Tomorrow Hit Today is the fifth album by the grunge band, Mudhoney. ... In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is an album released in 1998 by Neutral Milk Hotel. ... The Masterplan is a compilation album by English rock band Oasis, comprising B-sides which never made it onto an album. ... Singles from Yield Released: January 6, 1998 Released: May 5, 1998 Yield is Pearl Jams fifth album, released on February 3, 1998. ... This Is Hardcore is an album by British alternative rock band Pulp, first released in March 1998 (see 1998 in music). ... whitechocolatespaceegg is the third album by American singer/songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1998. ... Without You Im Nothing is the second album by British rock group Placebo, released in 1998. ... Stupid Dream is the fifth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March, 1999. ... Queens of the Stone Age is the debut album from Joshua Hommes eponymous project. ... Up is a 1998 album by R.E.M.. It was their first album without drummer Bill Berry, who amicably left the group in October 1997 to pursue his own interests. ... Alternate cover U.S. vinyl edition Singles from Adore Released: May 18, 1998 Released: September 7, 1998 Released: December 2, 1998 (Promo Only) Adore is the fourth studio album from Chicago alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. ... A Thousand Leaves is the 12th album by Sonic Youth. ... El Oso, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music) is the third and final album by the New York City band Soul Coughing. ... Scott Weiland (born Scott Richard Kline on October 27, 1967) is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist for the popular American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. ... Twelve Bar Blues is the debut solo album from former Stone Temple Pilots and current Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland. ... John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. ... The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. ... Nina Gordon (full name Nina Rachel Shapiro Gordon) was born November 14, 1967 and is an American rock singer. ...

1999

• Newly formed bands
  • Broken Social Scene
  • A Perfect Circle
  • The Strokes

• Disbandments
  • Blind Melon - after years of struggling to continue on without Shannon Hoon.
  • The Jesus Lizard
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain
  • Love and Rockets
  • Luscious Jackson
  • Pavement
  • The Verve

• Albums
  • A.F.I - Black Sails in the Sunset
  • A - A vs. Monkey Kong
  • Alice in Chains - Music Bank
  • Beck - Midnite Vultures
  • Blur - 13
  • Collective Soul - Dosage
  • Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
  • The Cranberries - Bury the Hatchet
  • The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
  • Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
  • Guided By Voices - Do the Collapse
  • Incubus - Make Yourself
  • Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight
  • Mr. Bungle - California
  • Muse - Showbiz
  • Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
  • Our Lady Peace - Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
  • Pavement - Terror Twilight
  • Primus - Antipop
  • Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
  • The Rentals - Seven More Minutes
  • Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
  • Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock
  • Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
  • Suede - Head Music
  • The White Stripes - The White Stripes
  • Wilco - Summerteeth

• Events
  • The No WTO Combo attempts to play at the WTO Meeting of 1999, but are unable to do so due to conflicts with the police.

Broken Social Scene is a Juno Award winning Canadian indie rock supergroup, a musical collective currently including nineteen members, formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. ... A Perfect Circle (often referred to as APC) is an alternative rock supergroup formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Black Sails in the Sunset is a 1999 punk rock album by AFI. This is the first full-length album with Jade Puget as a full time member of the band. ... A vs. ... Music Bank is a box set by the grunge band Alice in Chains. ... Midnite Vultures is an alternative rock album by Beck and was released in November 1999. ... 13 is the sixth album by English rock band Blur, first released in 1999. ... The word dosage can also refer to many meanings of the word dose. Dosage is Collective Souls fourth studio album, released on February 9, 1999. ... Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for rock bands Soundgarden (1984–1997) and Audioslave (2001–2007). ... Euphoria Morning is the first solo album released by Chris Cornell. ... Bury the Hatchet was the fourth album by The Cranberries, released in 1999. ... The Soft Bulletin is the ninth album released by The Flaming Lips on May 17, 1999 (see 1999 in music) in the UK, with a US release following on June 22, 1999. ... There Is Nothing Left to Lose is the third album by Foo Fighters, released in 1999. ... 11th album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided By Voices. ... Make Yourself is an album by the alternative rock band Incubus, released by Sony on October 26, 1999. ... Beautiful Midnight was an album released by the Matthew Good Band in 1999, the follow-up to the 1997 album Underdogs. ... California is a 1999 (see 1999 in music) album by the band Mr. ... Showbiz is the debut album by English rock band Muse, first released 4 October 1999 by Mushroom Records. ... The Fragile (also known as Halo Fourteen) is a double album by Nine Inch Nails released in 1999. ... Happiness. ... Terror Twilight was the fifth and final studio album released by Pavement. ... Antipop is the final studio album by Primus, released on October 19, 1999, before their hiatus in 2000-2003. ... Alternate cover The Battle of Los Angeles is the third studio album by Rage Against the Machine. ... Singles from Californication Released: May 25, 1999 Released: September 14, 1999 Released: January 11, 2000 Released: June 19, 2000 Released: 2000 Californication is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June 8, 1999 on Warner Bros. ... Seven More Minutes, the second and last album by The Rentals, was released on April 13, 1999 and features numerous guests such as: Petra Haden (of thatDog / also appeared on The Rentals first album), Donna Matthews (of Elastica), Miki Berenyi (of Lush), Tim Wheeler (of Ash), Kevin March, Damon Albarn... Neon Ballroom is the third album from the Australian musical group Silverchair. ... The Hot Rock is an album by the American indie rock band Sleater-Kinney. ... No. ... Head Music is the fourth album by Suede, released by Nude Records in 1999. ... This article is about the American duo. ... Summerteeth is an album by the band Wilco. ... The No WTO Combo was a short lived punk rock band started by Jello Biafra. ... {{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Seattle |date=November 30, 1999 |place=Seattle, Washington |result=WTO meetings delayed, $20,000,000 in damage |combatant1=Protesters, Rioters, Anarchists |combatant2=King County Sheriffs Office, Seattle Police Department |commander1= none |commander2=[[= Chief Norm Stamper |strength1=42,000+ |strength2=unknown}} A Rainforest Action...

2000

• Newly formed bands
  • Kings of Leon
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

• Disbandments
  • At the Drive-In
  • Rage Against the Machine
  • The Rentals
  • Screaming Trees
  • The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Soul Coughing

• Albums

• • A.F.I. - The Art of Drowning
  • A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
  • At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
  • Barenaked Ladies - Maroon
  • Coldplay - Parachutes
  • Collective Soul - Blender
  • The Cure - Bloodflowers
  • Elastica - The Menace
  • Everclear - Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile
  • Everclear - Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude
  • Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
  • Green Day - Warning:
  • Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
  • No Doubt - Return of Saturn
  • Oasis - Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
  • Pearl Jam - Binaural
  • Placebo - Black Market Music
  • Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
  • Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
  • Radiohead - Kid A
  • Rage Against the Machine - Renegades
  • Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
  • Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers
  • U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
  • Ween - White Pepper

• Events
  • The Smashing Pumpkins announce their breakup, and play a farewell concert on December 2.
  • The Smashing Pumpkins release Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music for free to music downloaders on the internet.
  • The Meat Puppets reunite.

Kings of Leon are a rock band made up of three brothers and one cousin, based in Mt. ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a Grammy Award-nominated New York City-based rock band. ... The Art of Drowning is an album by AFI, released in 2000. ... Mer de Noms is the first studio album by the alternative rock band A Perfect Circle. ... Relationship of Command is the third and final album by At the Drive-In, released in 2000 through Grand Royal. ... Maroon (2000) is the sixth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their fifth studio album. ... Parachutes is the debut album by English rock band Coldplay, released on July 10, 2000 in the UK and on November 7 in the U.S., making it the only Coldplay album to have a delayed release in America. ... Look up blender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bloodflowers is the eleventh album by English band The Cure, released in 2000. ... The Menace, released in 2000, is Elasticas second album. ... Songs from an American Movie, Vol 1: Learning How to Smile is an album by Everclear, released on July 11, 2000. ... Songs from an American Movie, Vol. ... Nina Gordon (full name Nina Rachel Shapiro Gordon) was born November 14, 1967 and is an American rock singer. ... Tonight and the Rest of My Life is the first solo album by singer Nina Gordon. ... Warning is the sixth full length album by Green Day. ... The Moon and Antarctica is the third full-length album by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, first released by Epic Records on June 13, 2000. ... Return of Saturn is the fourth album by ska punk band No Doubt, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28, 2000. ... Binaural is Pearl Jams sixth studio album, released on May 16, 2000. ... Black Market Music (2000) is an album by the rock group Placebo. ... XTRMNTR is a 2000 album by Primal Scream. ... The uses of Rated R include: The R-rating is a rating of the MPAA film rating system. ... This article is about the Radiohead album. ... Alternate Covers Renegades is the fourth studio album to date by Rage Against the Machine. ... All Hands on the Bad One is an album by the American girl band Sleater-Kinney. ... Machina/The Machines of God is The Smashing Pumpkins fifth studio album, released on February 29, 2000. ... Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is an album by The Smashing Pumpkins that was released for free on the Internet on September 5, 2000. ... Tracklist Free City Rhymes Renegade Princess Nevermind (what was it anyway?) Small Flowers Crack Concrete Side2side StreamXsonik Subway NYC Ghosts & Flowers Lightnin Categories: Album stubs | Sonic Youth albums ... Singles from All That You Cant Leave Behind Released: October 9, 2000 Released: January 29, 2001 Released: February 20, 2001 Released: June 25, 2001 All That You Cant Leave Behind is the tenth studio album by the Irish rock band U2, released in 2000 by Island Records in... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

2001

• Newly formed bands
  • Audioslave
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • The Libertines
  • The Mars Volta
  • My Chemical Romance
  • TV on the Radio
  • Zwan
  • The Zutons

• Disbandments
  • The Afghan Whigs
  • Elastica
  • Fastbacks
  • Toadies

• Albums
  • Better Than Ezra - Closer
  • Bjork - Vespertine
  • Butthole Surfers - Weird Revolution
  • Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
  • The Cranberries - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
  • Dave Matthews Band - Everyday
  • Fugazi - The Argument
  • Gorillaz - Gorillaz
  • Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
  • Incubus - Morning View
  • Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (breakthrough)
  • Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy
  • Matthew Good Band - The Audio of Being
  • Muse - Origin of Symmetry
  • New Order - Get Ready
  • No Doubt - Rock Steady
  • Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
  • R.E.M. - Reveal
  • Radiohead - Amnesiac
  • The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
  • Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-La Dee Da
  • The Strokes - Is This It
  • They Might Be Giants - Mink Car
  • Tool - Lateralus
  • Weezer - Weezer (The Green Album)
  • The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (breakthrough)

• Events
  • The Matthew Good Band breaks up. Good continues as a solo artist.
  • Manic Street Preachers become first major modern band to play a gig in Cuba. The gig is attended by Fidel Castro

For the bands self-titled album, see Audioslave (album). ... Franz Ferdinand are an award winning rock band, from Glasgow, Scotland. ... The Libertines were an English rock band formed in London in 1997 and active until 2004. ... The Mars Volta is an American rock group founded by Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Isaiah Ikey Owens and Jeremy Michael Ward in 2001. ... My Chemical Romance are an American rock band formed in 2001. ... TV on the Radio is a New York City indie rock band formed in 2001 whose music spans genres as diverse as free jazz, a cappella/doo-wop, soul, trip-hop and electro. ... Zwan was a short-lived indie supergroup that was formed by The Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan in 2001. ... The Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. ... Closer is Better Than Ezras fifth album. ... For other uses, see Vespertine (disambiguation). ... Weird Revolution is the eighth studio album by the Butthole Surfers, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Wake Up And Smell the Coffee was the fifth album by The Cranberries. ... Everyday is a studio album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on February 27, 2001. ... This article is about the album by Fugazi. ... Gorillaz is the eponymous debut album by Gorillaz, released in March 2001. ... 12th album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided By Voices. ... Morning View is the fourth album by alternative rock band, Incubus. ... Bleed American is the fourth album by Jimmy Eat World. ... Know Your Enemy is an album by the Manic Street Preachers. ... The Audio Of Being was an album released by a Canadian rock group called Matthew Good Band in 2001. ... Origin of Symmetry is English rock band Muses second album, released in the summer of 2001 on Mushroom Records in the UK. Plug In Baby, New Born, Bliss, Feeling Good and Hyper Music were the singles from this album; the latter two were released together as a double-A... Get Ready was New Orders first album in 8 years, following on from 1993s Republic. ... Alternate cover Rock Steady is the fifth album by American third wave ska band No Doubt, released on Interscope Records in December 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Spiritual Machines is the title of Our Lady Peaces fourth album. ... Reveal is a 2001 album by R.E.M.. After having adjusted to former drummer Bill Berrys departure and releasing the laboured Up in 1998, R.E.M. had regained enough equilibrium and confidence to record an album that combined the best moments of their last several albums, dating... Amnesiac is the fifth studio album by the English band Radiohead. ... Oh, Inverted World is the first album by The Shins, released June 19, 2001 on the Sub Pop Records label. ... Shangri-La Dee Da was the final studio album released by Stone Temple Pilots on June 19, 2001, by Atlantic Records. ... Alternate cover US cover Is This It is The Strokes debut album, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Mink Car is the eighth studio album by They Might Be Giants, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music) on eMusic. ... Alternative cover Holographic gatefold package Lateralus (pronounced ) is the third full-length album by Tool. ... Weezer, almost always referred to as The Green Album, is a 2001 album by the band Weezer. ... White Blood Cells is the third album by American rock band The White Stripes, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Matthew Good (born June 29, 1971, Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock musician. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as The Manics) are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990s. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...

2002

• Newly formed bands
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Bloc Party
  • The Fray
  • The Killers
  • Streetlight Manifesto
  • Velvet Revolver

• Disbandments
  • Bush
  • Hole
  • Alice in Chains

• Albums
  • A - Hi-Fi Serious
  • Audioslave - Audioslave
  • Beck - Sea Change
  • The Breeders - Title TK
  • Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip
  • Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
  • The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  • Foo Fighters - One by One
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower
  • Guided By Voices - Universal Truths and Cycles
  • Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown
  • Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
  • The Libertines - Up the Bracket
  • The Mars Volta - Tremulant
  • Muse - Hullabaloo
  • My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
  • Nirvana - Nirvana
  • Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
  • Our Lady Peace - Gravity
  • Pearl Jam - Riot Act
  • Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
  • Primal Scream - Evil Heat
  • Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
  • Silverchair - Diorama
  • Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
  • Sonic Youth - Murray Street
  • Weezer - Maladroit
  • Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (breakthrough)

• Events
  • Layne Staley of Alice in Chains dies on April 5; his body is found days later.
  • Jane's Addiction reunite again.
  • Nirvana's "You Know You're Right", a previously unreleased song, becomes a hit single.
  • Gin Blossoms reunite.

Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ... This article is about the English alternative rock band. ... The Fray is a four-piece piano rock band from Denver, Colorado. ... The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, most famous for their hit singles Somebody Told Me, Mr. ... Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. ... Velvet Revolver (abbreviated to VR) is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup currently consisting of Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass guitar, vocals), Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, vocals) of Guns N Roses, and Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar), of Wasted Youth. ... Hi-Fi Serious was an album released in 2002 by a British alternative rock band called A. It charted at #18 in the UK album charts. ... Audioslave is the eponymous debut album by hard rock/alternative rock band Audioslave and was released in November, 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... For other uses, see Seachange. ... Title TK (journalistic short hand for title to come) is the latest album from the rock band The Breeders, released in 2002 and engineered by Steve Albini, who also engineered The Breeders debut album Pod. ... Degradation Trip is the second solo album by the Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, released on June 18, 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... A Rush of Blood to the Head is the second album by English rock band Coldplay, released on August 26, 2002 in the UK and on August 27 in the U.S.. It was as successful as, if not more than, its predecessor, Parachutes, debuting at #1 in the United... Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth album by The Flaming Lips, released on July 16, 2002. ... One by One is the fourth album by Foo Fighters, released in 2002. ... Gutterflower is an album by the Alternative Rock band the Goo Goo Dolls, released in 2002 on Warner Bros. ... 13th album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided By Voices. ... Make Up the Breakdown is the debut mass produced album by Hot Hot Heat, following the release of the Knock Knock Knock EP. It was released on October 8, 2002. ... Turn On the Bright Lights is the debut album of New York City rock band Interpol. ... Up the Bracket is the debut album from The Libertines, released on the 14th of October, 2002, reaching #35 in the UK Albums chart. ... Hullabaloo is a 2-disc compilation/live album and DVD by alternative rock band Muse. ... Singles from I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Released: July 23, 2002 Released: 2002 Released: April 5, 2004 Released: 2004 I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is the debut album by New Jersey rock quintet My Chemical Romance, released on July 23... Nirvana is a best-of compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... Heathen Chemistry is the fifth studio album by English rock band Oasis, first released in summer 2002. ... Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ... Riot Act is Pearl Jams seventh studio album, released on November 12, 2002. ... For other uses, see In absentia (disambiguation). ... Evil Heat is a 2002 album by Primal Scream. ... Alternate cover Cover of U.S. vinyl release Songs for the Deaf is a 2002 album by hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and is notable for including Dave Grohl, well-known Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters guitarist and lead singer, as a guest drummer. ... Singles from By the Way Released: 2002 Released: December 3, 2002 Released: February 17, 2003 Released: 2003 Released: 2003 By the Way is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on July 9, 2002 on Warner Bros. ... Diorama is the fourth album by the Australian band Silverchair, released in 2002. ... Track Listing One Beat Faraway Oh! The Remainder Light Rail Coyote Step Aside Combat Rock Oxygen Funeral Song Pristina Hollywood Ending Sympathy A Bonus disc was included with some early cd pressings, featuring the tracks: Off With Your Head Lions and Tigers 2002 Kill Rock Stars ... Murray Street is a 2002 album by Sonic Youth. ... Maladroit (Pronounced mălə-droit, meaning either inept or an inept person) is the fourth album by Weezer. ... Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a 2002 album by Wilco. ... Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... You Know Youre Right is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. ...

2003

• Newly formed bands
  • Arcade Fire
  • Babyshambles
  • Kaiser Chiefs

• Disbandments
  • The Cranberries
  • Stone Temple Pilots
  • Zwan

• Albums
  • AFI - Sing The Sorrow
  • A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
  • Barenaked Ladies - Everything To Everyone
  • Blur - Think Tank
  • Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder
  • Cat Power - You Are Free
  • The Cooper Temple Clause - Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose
  • Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
  • The Fall - The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)
  • Guided by Voices - Earthquake Glue
  • Jane's Addiction - Strays
  • Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
  • The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
  • Matthew Good - Avalanche
  • Muse - Absolution
  • Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts
  • Primus - Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
  • Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
  • The Rasmus - Dead Letters (Breakthrough)
  • The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
  • Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
  • The Strokes - Room on Fire
  • TV on the Radio - Young Liars
  • The White Stripes - Elephant
  • Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea

• Events
  • The first Lollapalooza in 6 years takes place.
  • Elliott Smith dies

Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec which is based around the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. ... Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. ... This article is about the band. ... Sing the Sorrow was the first major-label release by the alternative rock band AFI, released in 2003. ... Thirteenth Step is the second studio album by the American rock band A Perfect Circle. ... Everything to Everyone is the eighth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their seventh studio album. ... Think Tank is the seventh studio album by English rock band Blur, released on May 5, 2003 in the United Kingdom and on May 6 in the United States. ... Underachievers Please Try Harder is the second LP from the indie band Camera Obscura. ... Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972). ... You Are Free is the sixth album by the American singer/songwriter Cat Power (a. ... Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose is the second album from the British based band, The Cooper Temple Clause, released on the 8th of September, 2003. ... Transatlanticism is an album by Death Cab for Cutie. ... The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) is an album by The Fall. ... Earthquake Glue is the 14th record by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided By Voices Tracklisting My Kind Of Soldier My Son, My Secretary, My Country Ill Replace You With Machines She Goes Off At Night Beat Your Wings Useless Inventions Dirty Water The Best Of Jill Hives Dead Cloud... This article is about the album. ... Youth & Young Manhood was the debut album from Kings of Leon, released in August 2003. ... = Singles from De-Loused in the Comatorium Released: March 23, 2004 Released: April 6, 2004 Alternate cover Alternate cover found on certain limited editions and on the reverse side of original cover De-Loused in the Comatorium is the first LP and concept album by the progressive rock band The... Avalanche was Matthew Goods first solo album. ... Absolution is the third studio album by English rock band Muse. ... Sleeping with Ghosts is the fourth album released by European band Placebo in 2003 (see 2003 in music). ... Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People is a DVD/EP by Primus, released on October 7, 2003. ... Hail to the Thief (subtitled The Gloaming) is the sixth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, released on 9 June 2003 in the United Kingdom and June 10, 2003 in the United States. ... Dead Letters is the 2003 album by Finnish alternative rock band the Rasmus. ... Alternate cover LP cover artwork Chutes Too Narrow is The Shins 2003 follow-up to their debut album, Oh, Inverted World. ... Everything Goes Numb is the first full length album by musical group Streetlight Manifesto. ... Room on Fire is the second album by the band The Strokes. ... Young Liars was the first major release by the New York City indie-rock band TV On the Radio. ... Elephant is the fourth album by American rock band The White Stripes, released in 2003. ... Mary Star of the Sea is Zwans only album, released on January 28, 2003. ... For the self-titled album, see Elliott Smith (album). ...

2004

• Newly formed bands
  • The Dead 60s
  • Louis XIV
  • The Tears

• Disbandments
  • The Libertines
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • Phish
  • Suede

• Albums
  • A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe
  • Arcade Fire - Funeral
  • Ash - Meltdown
  • Melissa Auf der Maur - Auf der Maur
  • Bjork - Medulla
  • Collective Soul - Youth
  • The Cure - The Cure
  • Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
  • Green Day - American Idiot
  • Guided By Voices - Half-Smiles of the Decomposed
  • Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder
  • Interpol - Antics
  • Kaiser Chiefs Employment
  • Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (UK release)
  • The Killers - Hot Fuss
  • The Libertines - The Libertines
  • Manic Street Preachers - Lifeblood
  • Matthew Good - White Light Rock & Roll Review
  • Ministry - Houses of the Molé
  • Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (breakthrough)
  • Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
  • My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (breakthrough)
  • Nirvana - With the Lights Out
  • R.E.M. - Around the Sun
  • Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
  • Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
  • They Might Be Giants - The Spine
  • TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
  • U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
  • The Used - In Love and Death
  • Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

• Events
  • Influential British DJ John Peel, whose advocacy helped increase the profiles of many punk and alternative acts, dies on October 25.
  • The Pixies reunite and release a new single entitled "Bam Thwok".
  • Lollapalooza is cancelled due to low ticket sales.
  • Brett Anderson quits Suede and reunites with former Suede bandmate Bernard Butler to form The Tears.
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers release their first ever live album Live in Hyde Park. The album was recorded during the three record breaking shows performed in Hyde Park, London. The shows broke the record for the most money made at a live show (a record previously held by The Beatles).

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The band Louis XIV Louis XIV is a quartet Indie rock group from San Diego, California, formed in April 2003. ... The Tears are a band formed in 2004 by ex-Suede bandmates Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler. ... Singles from Funeral Released: June 20, 2004 Released: March 28, 2005 Released: May 23, 2005 Released: September 12, 2005 Released: February 16, 2006 Funeral is the highly critically-acclaimed debut album by Arcade Fire. ... Meltdown is an album by Ash, which was initially released on May 17, 2004 through Infectious Records. ... Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. ... Auf der Maur album cover Following her very successful stints as bassist for both Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Auf Der Maur decided to create a solo record. ... Medulla in general means the inner part, and derives from the Latin word for marrow. In medicine it is contrasted to the cortex. ... For other uses, see Youth (disambiguation) Youth is defined by Websters New World Dictionary as, The time of life when one is young; especially: a: the period between childhood and maturity b: the early period of existence, growth, or development. ... The Cure is the eponymously-titled twelfth studio album from The Cure. ... Franz Ferdinand is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released in early 2004. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Half Smiles of the Decomposed is the 15th and final record by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided By Voices. ... A Crow Left of the Murder is an album released on February 3, 2004 by Incubus. ... Antics is the second album by New York City-based band Interpol, released on September 28, 2004 (see 2004 in music), selling 435,000 copies in the US alone. ... Employment is the debut album by Leeds-based British rock band Kaiser Chiefs. ... Aha Shake Heartbreak is the second album released by the southern American rock band Kings of Leon. ... Not to be confused with Hot Fuzz. ... The Libertines is the second, self-titled and final album by the British post-punk revival band The Libertines. ... Lifeblood is the Manic Street Preachers seventh studio album. ... White Light Rock & Roll Review was released on June 8, 2004, as Matthew Goods second album as a solo artist. ... Houses of the Molé is the ninth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry with all songs starting with the letter W except for the first song and one hidden track. ... Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth full-length album recorded by indie rock band Modest Mouse. ... You Are the Quarry is an album by Morrissey, the former lead singer of the Smiths. ... Singles from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Released: 2004 Released: December 4, 2004 Released: March 3, 2005 Released: August 30, 2005 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is the second studio album and a concept album by New Jersey rock quintet My Chemical Romance. ... With the Lights Out is a box set, containing 3 CDs and 1 DVD, from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... Around the Sun is an album by R.E.M. released in 2004. ... Sonic Nurse is an album by Sonic Youth, released on June 7, 2004. ... Margerine Eclipse (sic) is an album by the band Stereolab. ... The Spine is the tenth full-length They Might Be Giants studio album. ... Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is a 2004 album by the rock band, TV on the Radio. ... Singles from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Released: 8 November 2004 Released: 8 February 2005 Released: 14 February 2005 Released: 6 June 2005 Released: November 2005 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is the commercially successful and critically acclaimed eleventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, released in... In Love and Death is the second studio album by the Rock group The Used. ... A Ghost Is Born is the fifth studio album by Chicago-based alternative rock band Wilco. ... For other persons named John Peel, see John Peel (disambiguation). ... is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bam Thwok was the first new recording by bostonian band The Pixies since their break up in 1993. ... Live In Hyde Park is the first live album released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

2005

• Newly formed bands
  • Dirty Pretty Things
  • The Horrors
  • The View
  • The Raconteurs

• Disbandments
  • Guided by Voices
  • Luna

• Albums
  • A - Teen Dance Ordinance
  • Audioslave - Out of Exile
  • Beck - Guero
  • Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
  • Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again
  • Coldplay - X&Y
  • Billy Corgan - TheFutureEmbrace
  • Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
  • The Dead 60s - The Dead 60s
  • Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (breakthrough)
  • Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
  • Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
  • Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
  • The Fray - How to Save a Life
  • Garbage - Bleed Like Me
  • Gorillaz - Demon Days
  • Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
  • Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
  • Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (US release)
  • The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
  • New Order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call
  • Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
  • Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
  • Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times
  • Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
  • Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
  • The Rasmus - Hide From The Sun
  • Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
  • Supergrass - Road to Rouen
  • Weezer - Make Believe
  • The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

• Events
  • U2 are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  • Billy Corgan announces his intention to reform The Smashing Pumpkins after 5 years of disbanding.
  • Audioslave become only the second major rock band to play a gig in Cuba, following Manic Street Preachers in 2001.
  • Garbage announce a long hiatus after their final show supporting Bleed Like Me.
  • The surviving members of Alice in Chains reform to play their first concert in nine years at a Tsunami benefit concert with former Damageplan vocalist Pat Lachman. The band launches a world tour with William Duvall taking the vocal spot, while many guests vocalists perform at various shows, including Maynard James Keenan, Billy Corgan and Phil Anselmo.

Dirty Pretty Things are an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a former member of The Libertines. ... For other uses, see The Horrors (disambiguation). ... The View are a four piece indie rock band from Dryburgh, a district in Dundee, Scotland. ... The Raconteurs, also known as The Saboteurs in Australia, are a Grammy-nominated rock band, featuring four members previously known for other musical projects. ... Teen Dance Ordinance is the fourth album by the Alternative Rock group A. It was released on June 25, 2005 in the United Kingdom and later in the United States. ... Out of Exile is the second album by American rock band Audioslave, first released on May 23, 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States. ... Alternate cover Special edition cover Guero is the eighth album by Beck, first released in March 2005. ... Silent Alarm is the debut album by British rock band Bloc Party, first released on February 14 2005, and charted at #3 in the Official UK Charts. ... James Joseph Jimmy Chamberlin (born June 10, 1964, Joliet, Illinois) is a musician best known as the drummer for the rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. ... Life Begins Again is the debut album by the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (side project band of the Smashing Pumpkins/ Zwan drummer Jimmy Chamberlin). ... X&Y is the third album by English rock band Coldplay, released in England on 6 June 2005 and in North America on June 7. ... William Patrick Corgan, Jr. ... TheFutureEmbrace is the first solo album by Billy Corgan, of The Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan. ... Stand Up is an album by Dave Matthews Band, released on May 10, 2005. ... The Dead 60s is the eponymous debut album by British rock band The Dead 60s. ... Plans is the fifth album by Death Cab for Cutie. ... Playing the Angel is the eleventh full-length album by Depeche Mode and was released 17 October 2005. ... Singles from In Your Honor Released: May 30, 2005 Released: September 5, 2005 Released: November 21, 2005 Released: March 13, 2006 Released: September 18, 2006 In Your Honor is the fifth album by the Foo Fighters, released on June 14, 2005. ... You Could Have It So Much Better is the second album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released 3 October 2005 in the United Kingdom (see 2005 in British music). ... This article is about the album. ... Bleed Like Me is the fourth album by alternative rock group Garbage. ... Demon Days is the second studio album and a concept album[1] by Gorillaz, released on May 23, 2005 in the United Kingdom and on May 24 in the United States. ... Elevator is Hot Hot Heats second studio album, released on April 4, 2005 (see 2005 in music) internationally and a day later in the United States. ... Employment is the debut album by Leeds-based British rock band Kaiser Chiefs. ... Aha Shake Heartbreak is the second album released by the southern American rock band Kings of Leon. ... Frances the Mute is the second studio album by progressive rock band The Mars Volta released in the US on March 1, 2005. ... Waiting For The Sirens Call is the title of the 2005 album by New Order; their first on Warner Records. ... This article refers to the album by Nine Inch Nails. ... Dont Believe the Truth is the critically acclaimed sixth studio album by Oasis, released on May 30, 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States. ... Healthy In Paranoid Times is Canadian rock band Our Lady Peaces sixth studio album, released on August 30, 2005. ... Deadwing is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March 28, 2005. ... Alternate cover Cover of the LP release Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth Studio Album by hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and was released on March 21, 2005. ... Hide from the Sun is the sixth studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released in mainland Europe, the UK, Scandinavia and Japan on September 12, 2005. ... The Woods is the seventh studio album by the indie rock trio Sleater-Kinney. ... Road to Rouen is the fifth studio album by British rock band Supergrass, released in the UK on 15 August 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... Singles from Make Believe Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2006 Make Believe is the fifth studio album by Weezer, released on May 10, 2005, the eleventh anniversary of the release of The Blue Album. ... For the 1936 Irving Berlin song see Get Thee Behind Me Satan. Get Behind Me Satan is the fifth studio album by The White Stripes and was released in June 2005. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... William Patrick Corgan, Jr. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as The Manics) are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990s. ... Pat Lachman is ex vocalist of Damageplan and current vocalist for The Mercy Clinic , former vocalist/guitarist of Diesel Machine and former guitarist for Halford. ... William DuVall is the lead singer of the band Comes With the Fall and is currently touring with Alice In Chains. ... Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan on April 17, 1964) is an American rock singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. ... Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a heavy metal vocalist and musician, currently performing with Down. ...

2006

• Disbandments
  • Sleater-Kinney
  • Grandaddy

• Albums
  • AFI - Decemberunderground
  • Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  • Audioslave - Revelations
  • Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Me
  • Beck - The Information
  • Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
  • The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
  • Incubus - Light Grenades
  • The Killers - Sam's Town
  • The Mars Volta - Amputechture
  • Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
  • Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
  • Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
  • My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
  • Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
  • Placebo - Meds
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
  • Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
  • Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (breakthrough)
  • Stereolab - Fab Four Suture
  • The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
  • Tool - 10,000 Days
  • TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
  • Thom Yorke - The Eraser

• Events
  • The Smashing Pumpkins officially reunite, issuing an announcement on their website in April.
  • Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth appear in the season finale of Gilmore Girls, along with their daughter, Coco Hayley Gordon Moore.
  • Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens dies.
  • In an interview, A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan announces that there are no firm intentions to continue with the band, and that the band is most likely over.^[2]
  • Alice in Chains reforms, featuring Comes With The Fall singer William DuVall replacing Layne Staley who died in 2002

Singles from Decemberunderground Released: April 3, 2006 Released: September 26, 2006 Released: February 27, 2007 Released: July 2007 Decemberunderground is the seventh studio album from Californian rock band AFI, and their first album to debut at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 182,000 units in its first... Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not is the debut album by Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys, released on 23 January 2006. ... Singles from Revelations Released: August 28, 2006 Released: 2006 Revelations is the third and, with the departure of lead vocalist Chris Cornell in February 2007, final studio album by American rock band Audioslave. ... Barenaked Ladies Are Me (often abbreviated BLAM and sometimes Are Me or BLAMe) and Barenaked Ladies Are Men (often abbreviated BLAMen and sometimes Are Men) (debatably considered as one album) comprise the tenth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their seventh original-material studio album (not including Disc One... The Information is the seventh album by Beck, released in October 2006. ... Lets Get Out of This Country is the third LP from the indie band Camera Obscura. ... The Crane Wife is an album by The Decemberists, released in 2006. ... Light Grenades is the sixth album by Incubus, released on November 28, 2006 (see 2006 in music). ... This article is about the album by The Killers. ... Amputechture is the third full length studio album by The Mars Volta released on September 12, 2006. ... Rio Grande Blood is the title for Ministrys tenth studio album. ... Ringleader of the Tormentors is the title of Morrisseys most recent album, which debuted at number one in the UK album charts and number twenty-seven in the US. Billboard magazine described the album as showcasing a thicker, more rock-driven sound[1]; Morrissey attributes this change in sound... Singles from Black Holes and Revelations Released: June 19, 2006 Released: September 4, 2006 Released: November 27, 2006 Released: April 9, 2007 Released: June 18, 2007 Black Holes and Revelations is the fourth studio album by English rock band Muse, released on July 3, 2006. ... Alternate cover Black cover, slipcase, available alongside white cover. ... Pearl Jam is the self-titled eighth studio album by Pearl Jam and their debut release for J Records. ... Meds is Placebos fifth album. ... Singles from Stadium Arcadium Released: April 4, 2006 Released: July 18, 2006 Released: November 20, 2006 Released: February 12, 2007 Released: April 7, 2007 Stadium Arcadium is the ninth studio album by alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on May 5, 2006 on Warner Bros. ... Rather Ripped is the title of an album by Sonic Youth, which was released on June 13, 2006. ... Begin to Hope is the fourth album by Regina Spektor. ... Fab Four Suture is the title of the forthcoming album by Stereolab, to be released in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2006. ... First Impressions of Earth is the third album by the American rock band The Strokes. ... 10,000 Days is the Grammy Award-winning fourth full-length studio album by Tool. ... Return to Cookie Mountain is a critically acclaimed album by TV on the Radio, released July 6, 2006 worldwide (except the United States) by 4AD. An unmastered version of the album had previously surfaced on the Internet in early 2006. ... Show Your Bones is the second full-length album by new New York indie rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. ... Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England) is a Grammy-nominated English musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Radiohead. ... The Eraser is a solo album by Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, released on 10 July 2006 in the United Kingdom and on 11 July in the United States and Canada. ... Gilmore Girls is a long-running, Emmy Award winning, and Golden Globe nominated American television drama/comedy created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. ... Coco Hayley Gordon Moore (born July 1, 1994) is the daughter of Sonic Youths husband-and-wife team of bassist/vocalist Kim Gordon and guitarist/vocalist Thurston Moore. ... Grant William McLennan (12 February 1958 – 6 May 2006) was an Australian singer-songwriter with the independent band The Go-Betweens, which he co-founded with Robert Forster in Brisbane, Australia in 1977. ... The Go-Betweens during recording of Oceans Apart: l-r Robert Forster and Grant McLennan The Go-Betweens were an internationally influential indie rock band from Australia, formed by guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in Brisbane in 1977. ... A Perfect Circle (often referred to as APC) is an alternative rock supergroup formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel. ... Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan on April 17, 1964) is an American rock singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. ... This article is about the grunge band. ... Comes With The Fall are an influential rock group that was formed in 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. ... William DuVall is the lead singer of the band Comes With the Fall and is currently touring with Alice In Chains. ... Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. ...

2007

• Disbandments
  • Audioslave
  • The Cooper Temple Clause

• Albums
  • Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (breakthrough)
  • Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
  • Ash - Twilight of the Innocents
  • Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
  • Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Men
  • Bjork - Volta
  • Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
  • Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
  • Chris Cornell - Carry On
  • Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
  • Interpol - Our Love to Admire
  • Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
  • Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
  • Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
  • Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers
  • Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
  • Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
  • Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
  • Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
  • Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
  • Radiohead - In Rainbows
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
  • The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
  • White Stripes - Icky Thump
  • Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

• Events
  • R.E.M. are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain reunite
  • Rage Against the Machine reunite
  • The Smashing Pumpkins perform their first concerts since 2000
  • Conflicting reports are released about the status of New Order, with bassist Peter Hook insisting that band has broken up, while Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris have issued a statement denying Hook's statements.
  • Factory Records founder Tony Wilson dies.
  • The Verve reunite
  • My Bloody Valentine reunite, and announce plans to release a third album that they have been working on since 1996.

John Kennedy Tooles first novel, The Neon Bible, was written at the age of only 16. ... Favourite Worst Nightmare is the second studio album by Sheffield indie rock band Arctic Monkeys that was first released in Japan on 18 April 2007 before being released around the world. ... Twilight of the Innocents is fifth album by Ash, released on 29 June 2007 in the Republic of Ireland and 2 July 2007 in the United Kingdom. ... Singles from Shotters Nation Released: September 17, 2007 Shotters Nation is the second album by English rock band Babyshambles and will be released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2007 by Parlophone. ... Barenaked Ladies Are Me (abbreviated BLAM) and Barenaked Ladies Are Men (debatably considered as one album) comprise the tenth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their seventh original-material studio album (not including Disc Ones two original tracks, or Barenaked for the Holidays original songs). ... The Adome bridge crosses the Volta river south of the Akosombo Dam Volta is a river in central and western Africa that drains into the Gulf of Guinea. ... Alternate cover Special CD+DVD edition A Weekend in the City is the second studio album by Bloc Party, which was released on February 5, 2007. ... “Cassadaga” redirects here. ... Carry On, the latest album by Chris Cornell, was released May 28, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007 in the United States. ... Singles from Released: September 17, 2007 Released: December 3, 2007 Released: April 7, 2008 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is the sixth studio album by the Foo Fighters, released on September 25, 2007. ... Deluxe Edition Cover Our Love to Admire is the third studio album by New York-based indie rock band Interpol, released July 10, 2007 on Capitol Records. ... Alternative cover Bonus DVD version slipcase cover Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the second album by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs. ... Because of the Times is the third album of Kings of Leon. ... Myths of the Near Future, a short-story collection by J. G. Ballard, contains the following stories: Myths of the Near Future Having a Wonderful Time A Host of Furious Fancies Zodiac 2000 News from the Sun Theatre of War The Dead Time The Smile Motel Architecture The Intensive Care... Send Away the Tigers is the eighth studio album from the Welsh rock group Manic Street Preachers. ... Our Earthly Pleasures is the second album by Newcastle-based indie rock band Maxïmo Park. ... We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is the fifth studio album by Washington-based American indie rock band Modest Mouse, released in 2007. ... Year Zero (also known as Halo 24) is the sixth Nine Inch Nails studio album, released on April 16, 2007 in Europe, April 17 in the United States, and April 25, 2007 in Japan. ... Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which was released on April 16, 2007 in the UK and Europe, and on April 24, 2007 in the United States. ... Singles from Era Vulgaris Released: 2007-05-08 Released: 2007-06-04 Released: Unknown Era Vulgaris is the fifth full length studio album by American hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age. ... In Rainbows is the seventh album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. ... Zeitgeist is the sixth commercially-released studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. ... Wincing the Night Away, the third album by indie rock group The Shins, was released on Sub Pop Records on January 23, 2007. ... This article is about the album by The White Stripes. ... Sky Blue Sky is the sixth studio album by Chicago rock band Wilco, released on May 15, 2007 by Nonesuch Records. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... Peter Hooky Hook (born February 13, 1956 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English bass player. ... Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England, and also known as Bernard Dickin, Bernard Dicken, Bernard Albrecht and Bernard Albrecht-Dicken) is a British singer, guitarist and keyboardist, originally with Joy Division and a former member of New Order. ... Stephen Morris on the cover of Low-Life This article is about the musician Stephen Morris. ...

2008

• Disbandments
  • Bauhaus

• Albums
  • Ashes Divide - Keep Telling Myself It's Alright
  • Bauhaus - Go Away White
  • The Breeders - Mountain Battles
  • British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
  • The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
  • Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I–IV
  • Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
  • R.E.M. - Accelerate
  • Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

• Events
  • Love & Rockets reunite
  • Stone Temple Pilots reunite

Singles from The Bedlam in Goliath Released: November 19, 2007 The Bedlam in Goliath is the fourth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta. ...

Notes

1. ^ St. Peter Times staff writer (1997). "Soundgarden's End Called the End of Grunge" Stargate.net (accessed September 27, 2006)
2. ^ Keenan anouncement on Fourheye.net

is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Timeline of punk rock