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