It’s time we talked about it. 1995 is up on this week’s Throwback Tuesday! Get ready!
January 8th – Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts “Self-Pollution Radio”, a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others. Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program.
http://youtu.be/ONVlQ7KFWxk
February 1 – Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7 am. He was declared presumed dead in 2008.
http://youtu.be/oBJyqZZswnc
February 12th – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared from Highway 101, USA as he tried to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. On May 29, 1999, Kramer’s Ford Aerostar minivan and skeletal remains were found at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California.
http://youtu.be/tXUjEUefoGk
March 14th – With the release of Me Against the World, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison.
http://youtu.be/sJZGNgaXSlE
June 16th – Michael Jackson released his first double-album HIStory, which became the best-selling multiple-album of all-time, with 35 millions copies (70 million copies) sold worldwide.
http://youtu.be/xs1dgn2j1mw
July 9th – The Grateful Dead performs its final show with Jerry Garcia at Soldier Field in Chicago.
http://youtu.be/ycvfVxSHQyk
August 9th – Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead passes away of a heart attack at age 53. In cities all over the United States, deadheads spontaneously gather to mourn his death and celebrate his life.
http://youtu.be/xo2E_n27WjQ
August 22nd – Rancid release their third studio album …And Out Come the Wolves. Along with Green Day’s Dookie and The Offspring’s Smash (both released a year before), this album helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, and becomes one of the best-selling independent records of all time. …And Out Come the Wolves eventually goes platinum.
http://youtu.be/FGGPy8wtOp0
September 1st – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
http://youtu.be/RLJIshwUjYw
October 2nd – Oasis release their second album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?. The album spawns several number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best-selling album in UK history.
http://youtu.be/gr7MSSPNH9o
October 21st – Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon is found dead of a cocaine overdose at the age of 28.
November 6th – Queen releases their final studio album that includes contributions from all original members. It goes on to be a huge success, selling 20 million copies worldwide.
December 4th – The Beatles release Free As A Bird as their first new single in over 20 years.
http://youtu.be/4PAXDHd9gkY