Wednesday 2/1/23 9pm ET: Feature LP: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication (1999)

Californication is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June 8, 1999, on Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Rick Rubin. Along with Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication is one of the band’s best selling albums.

Californication marked the return of the guitarist John Frusciante, who had previously appeared on Mother’s Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and shifted the band’s style. The lyrics incorporated the sexual innuendos already associated with the band, but added themes including death, suicide, California, drugs, globalization and travel.

Californication is the Chili Peppers’ most commercially successful studio release internationally, with over fifteen million copies sold worldwide, and more than six million in the United States alone. As of 2002, the album had sold over four million copies in Europe. The record produced several hits for the band, including “Otherside”, “Californication” and the Grammy Award-winning “Scar Tissue”. Californication peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200.

The record marked a significant change in style for the band: Rolling Stone’s Greg Tate noted that “while all previous Chili Peppers projects have been highly spirited, Californication dares to be spiritual and epiphanic”. Another critic, Billboard’s Paul Verna, mentioned that the album brought out “the group’s softer, melodic side”, as opposed to their previous six albums.

1. “Around the World” 3:58
2. “Parallel Universe” 4:30
3. “Scar Tissue” 3:37
4. “Otherside” 4:15
5. “Get on Top” 3:18
6. “Californication” 5:21
7. “Easily” 3:51
8. “Porcelain” 2:43
9. “Emit Remmus” 4:00
10. “I Like Dirt” 2:37
11. “This Velvet Glove” 3:45
12. “Savior” 4:52
13. “Purple Stain” 4:13
14. “Right on Time” 1:52
15. “Road Trippin'” 3:25

Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals, overdubbed backing vocals
John Frusciante – electric guitar, acoustic guitar on “This Velvet Glove” and “Road Trippin'”, backing vocals, keyboards
Flea – bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar on “Road Trippin'”, backing vocals
Chad Smith – drums, percussion
Greg Kurstin – keyboards
Patrick Warren – Chamberlin organ on “Road Trippin'”

Wednesday 1/11/23 3pm ET: Feature LP: Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway (2016)

The Getaway is the eleventh studio album by American, rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released through Warner Bros. on June 17, 2016. The band’s first studio album since 2011’s I’m with You, it was produced by Danger Mouse, who replaced Rick Rubin after 25 years and six albums as the band’s producer. This is the band’s second and final album with guitarist Josh Klinghoffer before the return of John Frusciante in 2019, with Rubin also returning soon thereafter.

The Getaway made its debut at number one in ten different countries while reaching number two in the band’s home country of the United States along with the United Kingdom and Canada. The album received generally favorable reviews.

The album was preceded by the first single “Dark Necessities” on May 5, 2016. “Go Robot” was released as the album’s second single on September 8, 2016, peaking at number 12 on the Alternative Songs Chart, while “Sick Love” was released as the third single on December 4, 2016; however, it failed to chart. “Goodbye Angels” was released as the album’s fourth and final single on April 4, 2017. The album’s title track received radio airplay in the UK despite never being released as an official single.

1. “The Getaway” 4:10
2. “Dark Necessities” 5:02
3. “We Turn Red” 3:20
4. “The Longest Wave” 3:31
5. “Goodbye Angels” 4:28
6. “Sick Love” 3:41
7. “Go Robot” 4:23
8. “Feasting on the Flowers” 3:22
9. “Detroit” 3:46
10. “This Ticonderoga” 3:35
11. “Encore” 4:14
12. “The Hunter” 4:00
13. “Dreams of a Samurai” 6:09

Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
Josh Klinghoffer – guitars, backing vocals, bass (track 12), piano (tracks 4, 8, 10, 11, 13)
Flea – bass (tracks 1–11, 13), piano (tracks 2 & 12), trumpet (track 12)
Chad Smith – drums
Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton – mellotron (track 3), organ (track 8), synthesizers (tracks 1, 5–7, 10–11, 13)
Elton John – piano (track 6)
Mauro Refosco – percussion (tracks 6–7)
Anna Waronker – backing vocals (track 1)
Beverley Chitwood – vocal solo (track 13)
Daniele Luppi – string arrangements and conduction
Jeremy Levy – score preparation
Chris Tedesco – string quartet contractor
Peter Kent – 1st violin (tracks 2, 4, 10–12)
Sharon Jackson – 2nd violin (tracks 2, 4, 10–12)
Briana Bandy – viola (tracks 2, 4, 10–12)
Armen Ksajikian – cello (tracks 2, 4, 10–12)
SJ Hasman – vocal choir contractor, choir (tracks 5, 12–13)
Beverley Chitwood – choir (tracks 5, 12–13)
Alexx Daye – choir (tracks 5, 12–13)
David Loucks – choir (tracks 5, 12–13)
Kennya Ramsey – choir (tracks 5, 12–13)
Matthew Selby – choir (tracks 5, 12–13)
Loren Smith – choir (tracks 5, 12–13)
Gregory Whipple – choir (tracks 5, 12–13)

Monday 12/26/22 2pm ET: Feature LP: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love (2022)

Unlimited Love is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released through Warner Records on April 1, 2022. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album reunites the band with guitarist John Frusciante, who left in 2009 and rejoined in 2019, replacing Josh Klinghoffer.

The first single, “Black Summer”, was released in February 2022; it became the Chili Peppers’ fourteenth number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart chart. “These Are the Ways” followed in March 2022. A world tour is set to begin in June 2022.

1. “Black Summer” 3:52
2. “Here Ever After” 3:50
3. “Aquatic Mouth Dance” 4:20
4. “Not the One” 4:26
5. “Poster Child” 5:16
6. “The Great Apes” 5:03
7. “It’s Only Natural” 5:34
8. “She’s a Lover” 3:41
9. “These Are the Ways” 3:56
10. “Whatchu Thinkin'” 3:40
11. “Bastards of Light” 3:38
12. “White Braids & Pillow Chair” 3:40
13. “One Way Traffic” 4:10
14. “Veronica” 4:28
15. “Let ‘Em Cry” 4:23
16. “The Heavy Wing” 5:31
17. “Tangelo” 3:27

Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
Flea – bass (all tracks), piano (track 4), trumpet (3, 15)
John Frusciante – guitar (1–16), vocals (1, 5–9, 14–16), synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17), backing vocals (3, 11, 12), Mellotron (5), acoustic guitar (11, 14, 17)
Chad Smith – drums (1–16), percussion (1, 2), tambourine (1, 4), bass (2), shaker (7)
Matt Rollings – piano (1, 6)
Mauro Refosco – percussion (3, 8, 10, 11, 13), tambourine (11)
Josh Johnson – saxophone (3)
Vikram Devasthali – trombone (3)
Nate Walcott – trumpet (3)
Aura T-09 – backing vocals (4)
Cory Henry – organ (5, 15)
Lenny Castro – percussion (5)

Friday 10/14/22 9pm ET: Feature LP: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Return Of The Dream Canteen (2022)

Return of the Dream Canteen is the thirteenth studio album by the American rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on October 14, 2022, through Warner Records as a double LP and single CD. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was recorded during the same sessions as the band’s previous studio album, Unlimited Love, released earlier in 2022.

1. “Tippa My Tongue” 4:20
2. “Peace and Love” 4:03
3. “Reach Out” 4:11
4. “Eddie” 5:41
5. “Fake as Fu@k” 4:22
6. “Bella” 4:51
7. “Roulette” 4:57
8. “My Cigarette” 4:24
9. “Afterlife” 4:13
10. “Shoot Me a Smile” 3:43
11. “Handful” 4:01
12. “The Drummer” 3:24
13. “Bag of Grins” 5:05
14. “La La La La La La La La” 3:57
15. “Copperbelly” 3:44
16. “Carry Me Home” 4:13
17. “In the Snow” 5:55

Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
Flea – bass
John Frusciante – guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
Chad Smith – drums
Aura T-09 — backing vocals (track 2)
Lenny Castro — percussion (track 2)
Mauro Refosco — percussion (track 14)
Josh Johnson — saxophone (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 11)
Vikram Devasthali — trombone (tracks 5, 6, 11)
Nate Walcott — trumpet (tracks 5, 6, 11)

Tuesday 9/27/22 10pm ET: Feature LP: Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way (2002)

By the Way is the eighth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released July 9, 2002, on Warner Bros. Records. It sold more than 286,000 copies in its first week, and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Singles included “By the Way”, “The Zephyr Song”, “Can’t Stop”, “Dosed”, and “Universally Speaking”. The lyrical subject matter vocalist Anthony Kiedis addresses in By the Way is a divergence from previous Red Hot Chili Peppers albums, with Kiedis taking a more candid and reflective approach to his lyrics.

By the Way was lauded by critics as a departure from the band’s previous styles, and is recognized for the melodic and subdued emotions given by the Chili Peppers. Guitarist John Frusciante is credited with writing most of the album’s melodies, backing vocal arrangements, bass lines and guitar progressions, therefore changing the direction of the recording dramatically: “his warm, understated guitar work and his doo-wop style vocal harmonies are king this time around.” By the Way contained very little of the signature punk-funk fusion the band had become known for playing. Frusciante has stated that writing “By the Way [was] one of the happiest times in my life.” The album went on to sell more than eight million copies worldwide.

1. “By the Way” 3:37
2. “Universally Speaking” 4:18
3. “This Is the Place” 4:16
4. “Dosed” 5:11
5. “Don’t Forget Me” 4:36
6. “The Zephyr Song” 3:52
7. “Can’t Stop” 4:28
8. “I Could Die for You” 3:13
9. “Midnight” 4:54
10. “Throw Away Your Television” 3:43
11. “Cabron” 3:37
12. “Tear” 5:16
13. “On Mercury” 3:28
14. “Minor Thing” 3:37
15. “Warm Tape” 4:15
16. “Venice Queen” 6:06

Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, modular synthesizer, Mellotron, melodica on “On Mercury”, additional bass on “Don’t Forget Me”
Flea – bass, guitar on “Dosed”, trumpet on “Tear”
Chad Smith – drums, percussion, tambourine
David Campbell – string arrangement
Suzie Katayama – contractor and cello
Joel Derouin – concertmaster
Evan Wilson – viola
Larry Corbett – cello
Charlie Bisharat, Gerry Hilera, Peter Kent – violins
Matt Funes – viola

Friday 10/29/21 1pm ET: Feature Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Since 1983, the American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers has released 11 studio albums, two live albums, 12 compilation albums, 11 video albums (including promotional releases), five extended plays, 61 singles (including promotional releases), and 48 music videos. To date, the band has sold over 80 million albums worldwide. They have been nominated for 19 Grammy Awards, of which they have won 6. The band has produced 13 number one singles, just four off from the 17 by The Beatles. They have the most cumulative weeks at number one (87) and most top-10 songs (25) on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

Monday 7/5/21 11pm ET: Feature LP: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium (2006)

Stadium Arcadium is the ninth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released on May 9, 2006, on Warner Bros. Records. It produced five singles: “Dani California”, “Tell Me Baby”, “Snow (Hey Oh)”, “Desecration Smile” and “Hump de Bump”, along with the first-ever fan-made music video for the song “Charlie”. In the United States, Stadium Arcadium became the band’s first number-one album. Stadium Arcadium was originally scheduled to be a trilogy of albums each released six months apart, but was eventually condensed into a double album. It was the group’s last to feature guitarist John Frusciante before his departure in 2009 and return in 2019.

The album was praised for integrating musical styles from several aspects of the band’s career. The album gained the band seven Grammy Award nominations in 2007 including an award for Best Rock Album and one for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. Winning five out of seven Grammy Awards, it was the most nominations that the band had garnered in its 24-year career. Rolling Stone has included the album on its list of Best Albums of the 2000s. Kiedis attributed the album’s success to less abrasive dynamics within the band, saying that the band’s “chemistry, when it comes to writing, is better than ever. There was always a struggle to dominate lyrically. But we are now confident enough in who we are, so everybody feels more comfortable contributing more and more valuable, quality stuff.”

1. “Dani California” 4:42
2. “Snow (Hey Oh)” 5:35
3. “Charlie” 4:37
4. “Stadium Arcadium” 5:15
5. “Hump de Bump” 3:33
6. “She’s Only 18” 3:25
7. “Slow Cheetah” 5:19
8. “Torture Me” 3:44
9. “Strip My Mind” 4:19
10. “Especially in Michigan” 4:00
11. “Warlocks” 3:25
12. “C’mon Girl” 3:48
13. “Wet Sand” 5:09
14. “Hey” 5:39
15. “Desecration Smile” 5:02
16. “Tell Me Baby” 4:07
17. “Hard to Concentrate” 4:02
18. “21st Century” 4:22
19. “She Looks to Me” 4:06
20. “Readymade” 4:30
21. “If” 2:53
22. “Make You Feel Better” 3:52
23. “Animal Bar” 5:26
24. “So Much I” 3:44
25. “Storm in a Teacup” 3:45
26. “We Believe” 3:36
27. “Turn It Again” 6:06
28. “Death of a Martian” 4:24

Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
John Frusciante – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, mellotron
Flea – bass guitar, trumpet
Chad Smith – drums, percussion
Natalie Baber, Mylissa Hoffman, Alexis Izenstark, Spencer Izenstark, Dylan Lerner, Kyle Lerner, Gabrielle Mosbe, Monique Mosbe, Sophia Mosbe, Isabella Shmelev, Landen Starman, Wyatt Starkman – background vocals on “We Believe”
Michael Bulger – trombone on “Turn It Again”
Lenny Castro – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Richard Dodd – cello on “She Looks to Me”
Emily Kokal – chorus vocals on “Desecration Smile”
Billy Preston – clavinet on “Warlocks”
Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar solo on “Especially in Michigan”
Brad Warnaar – French horn on “Stadium Arcadium”

Wednesday 6/23/21 3pm ET: Sounds of The ’90s

1990-1999 This week we feature music from Red Hot Chili Peppers, MC Hammer, Wallflowers, Martina McBride, Tina Turner, Coolio, Marc Anthony, Eagle Eye Cherry, Will Smith, Jane Child and more 3 – 6pm ET

Tuesday 6/1/21 2pm ET: Sounds of The 80’s

Featuring tunes from David Lee Roth, Southern Pacific, Ray Parker Junior, Kathy Mattea, Whitney Houston, Queen, Paula Abdul, Carlene Carter, Police, Ramones, Oak Ridge Boys, Honeymoon Suite, Alabama, Genesis and more. . . 2pm – 6pm ET

Tuesday 5/25/21 2pm ET: Sounds of The 80’s

Featuring tunes from Pointer Sisters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Police, Eddy Grant, Pat Benatar, INXS, Kenny Loggins, Def Leppard, Whispers, Pam Tillis, Dan Hartman, Night Ranger, Go Go’s and more . . .

Monday 10/19/2020 12pm ET: Feature Artist – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock and psychedelic rock. The band consists of lead vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. With over 80 million records sold worldwide, Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time. They are the most successful band in the history of alternative rock, with the records for most number-one singles, most cumulative weeks at number one (85) and most top-ten songs (25) on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. They have won six Grammy Awards, and in 2012 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed in Los Angeles by Kiedis, Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons. Because of commitments to other bands, Slovak and Irons did not play on the band’s 1984 self-titled debut album, which instead featured guitarist Jack Sherman and drummer Cliff Martinez. Slovak rejoined in time for their second album, Freaky Styley (1985), and Irons rejoined for their third, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987). Slovak died of a drug overdose on June 25, 1988; Irons, devastated, left the band.

With new recruits Frusciante and Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded Mother’s Milk (1989) and their first major commercial success, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991). Frusciante was uncomfortable with their newfound popularity and left abruptly on tour in 1992; he was replaced by Dave Navarro, who appeared on the group’s sixth album, One Hot Minute (1995). Although successful, the album failed to match the critical or popular acclaim of its predecessor. Frusciante and Kiedis struggled with drug addiction throughout the 1990s.

In 1998, following Navarro’s dismissal, Frusciante rejoined the band. Their seventh album, Californication (1999), became their biggest commercial success, with 16 million copies sold worldwide. Their next albums, By the Way (2002) and Stadium Arcadium (2006), were also successful; Stadium Arcadium was their first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart. After the Stadium Arcadium tour, Red Hot Chili Peppers went on an extended hiatus. Frusciante left again in 2009 to focus on his solo career; he was replaced by Josh Klinghoffer, who appeared on I’m with You (2011) and The Getaway (2016), before Frusciante rejoined in 2019.

Thursday 5pm ET: Feature Artist – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group’s musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk rock and psychedelic rock. When played live, their music incorporates elements of jam band due to the improvised nature of many of their performances. Currently, the band consists of founding members vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea (Michael Peter Balzary), longtime drummer Chad Smith, and former touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time with over 80 million records sold worldwide, they have been nominated for sixteen Grammy Awards, of which they have won six, and are the most successful band in alternative rock radio history, currently holding the records for most number-one singles (13), most cumulative weeks at number one (85) and most top-ten songs (25) on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. In 2012, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Thursday 10pm: Feature LP: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium (2006) @ChiliPeppers

Stadium Arcadium is the ninth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album was released on May 9, 2006, on Warner Bros. Records. The album produced five singles: “Dani California”, “Tell Me Baby”, “Snow ((Hey Oh))”, “Desecration Smile”, and “Hump de Bump” along with the first ever fan made music video for the song, “Charlie”. In the U.S., Stadium Arcadium became the band’s first number one selling album. According to the band’s vocalist Anthony Kiedis, Stadium Arcadium was originally scheduled to be a trilogy of albums each released six months apart, but was eventually condensed into a double album. The album is also the group’s last to feature guitarist John Frusciante, who confirmed his departure from the band in 2009.

The album was critically praised for integrating musical styles from several aspects of the band’s career. The album gained the band seven Grammy Award nominations in 2007 including an award for Best Rock Album and one for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. Winning 5 out of 7 Grammy Awards, it was the most nominations that the band had garnered in their 24-year career. Kiedis attributed the album’s success to less abrasive dynamics within the band, saying that the band’s “chemistry, when it comes to writing, is better than ever. There was always a struggle to dominate lyrically. But we are now confident enough in who we are, so everybody feels more comfortable contributing more and more valuable, quality stuff”.

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Sunday 12pm: Sunday Live with Ron Kovacs

Today On Sunday Live we feature lots of new music, some of our features are;  Paul Shaffer & The World’s Dangerous Band, Jason Eady, Fastball, Chuck Berry, Blondie, Chris Cornell, Pink Floyd, Trombone Shorty, Pitbull, CJ Ramone, Michelle Branch, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gorillaz, Afghan Whigs, Methyl Ethel, Stone Senate and more . . .  Check it out live today at 12pm on RadioMaxMusic.

Feature Year: 1992 (Part 1- 9a / Part 2 – 9p ET) #1992

January 11 – Nirvana’s Nevermind album goes to No. 1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s. Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations cultural boycott.
January 16 – Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood première of his new movie, Freejack, at Mann’s Chinese Theatre.
February 5 – New Kids on the Block interrupt their tour to perform on the The Arsenio Hall Show in response to rumors that the group lip-synchs its concerts.
February 16 – Slavic music is featured at the Oulu Music Festival, with concerts and opera productions in Oulu, Finland, until February 26.
February 18 – Vince Neil leaves Mötley Crüe after 11 years as the band’s lead singer, to spend more time on his career as a racing car driver.
February 24 – Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain marries Hole’s Courtney Love. The U.S. Postal Service unveils two potential designs for its proposed Elvis Presley postage stamp for fans to vote on. One design is of a young, 1950s Elvis, and the other is of a much older, 1970s Elvis. The young Elvis wins the vote, and the stamp is issued the following January.
February 25 – Six major record companies reach an agreement to phase out the longbox form of compact disc packaging by April 1993, due to complaints that the packaging is environmentally wasteful.
March 10 – At the 1992 Soul Train Music Awards, Prince wins the “Heritage” award for lifetime achievement.
March 14 – Farm Aid Five takes place in Irving, Texas, USA, hosted by Willie Nelson. Artists performing at the event include John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Approximately 40,000 people attend the event.
March 24 – A judge in Chicago, Illinois, USA, approves cash rebates of up to US$3 to anyone proving they bought Milli-Vanilli recordings prior to the beginning of the lip synching scandal on November 27, 1990.
April 1 – Billy Idol, on trial for punching a woman in the face, pleads no contest. Idol is fined and ordered to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug abuse.
April 20 – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert takes place at Wembley Stadium in London, England. All proceeds go to AIDS research.
April 24 – David Bowie marries fashion model Iman.
April 30 – In Los Angeles, California, USA, Madonna’s bustier is stolen from a display in Frederick’s of Hollywood. A US $1,000 reward is offered for its return.
May – The first Europäisches Jugendchorfestival,(EJCF) (European Festival of Youth Choirs) is held in Basel, Switzerland. It is decided to make it a triennial event. Rob Halford announces he is leaving Judas Priest.
May 6 – Selena releases her album Entre A Mi Mundo which contains her first No. 1 hit, “Como La Flor”.
May 7 – John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers leaves the band prior to the publication of a Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring them; he has to be digitally edited out of the photo.] Frusciante returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998.
May 11 – A. R. Rahman’s debut film Roja is released. The soundtrack is regarded as a milestone that changed the face of Tamil film music and subsequently contemporary Indian music. Time magazine’s film critic, Richard Corliss, stated in 2005 that the “astonishing debut work parades Rahman’s gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman,” naming it one of the magazine’s “10 Best Soundtracks” of all time.
June 5 – The Sata Häme Accordion Festival takes place until June 14 in Ikaalinen, Finland.
June 27 – Michael Jackson starts the Dangerous World tour, supporting his Dangerous album in Munich, Germany. Guitarist Stefanie Sargent of up-and-coming punk rock band 7 Year Bitch dies of asphyxiation after returning home from a party in which she had drunk alcohol and taken a small amount of heroin. She was 24.
June 29 – The Northern Accordion Festival takes place in Tornio-Haaparanta, Finland, until July 5.
July – The BudaFest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival is launched in Budapest, Hungary.
July 4 – Mark Heard suffers a heart attack while performing at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, USA. Heard goes to hospital immediately after finishing his set, but dies two weeks after being discharged in August.
July 10 – Seinäjoki (Finland) Tango Festival (to July 12).
July 11 – “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses enters the world record books when it becomes the longest single, at 8 minutes, 57 seconds, to reach the US Top 20. The single’s video has a budget of over US $1.5 million, becoming the most expensive at the time.
July 12 – Opening of the Chamber-Music Festival of Kuhmo, Finland (until July 26).
July 18 – Whitney Houston marries Bobby Brown.
July 28 – Ice-T announces that the controversial track “Cop Killer” is being pulled from Body Count’s self-titled album.
August – Rozalla becomes the first artist from Zimbabwe to chart on the US Billboard magazine chart. Former Beatle, George Harrison, tells Billboard magazine that he recently discovered that he was born on February 24, and not February 25 as he had thought for most of his life. Haitian military authorities ban the playing of RAM’s single “Fèy”; first performed at the Port-au-Prince Carnival in February, the song was widely interpreted as an anthem of support for exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
August 2 – American pop-punk band Blink-182 form in the suburbs of San Diego but known as Blink until 1995.
August 3 – Lahti Organ Festival (Finland) (until August 9).
August 8 – Metallica frontman James Hetfield is burned by a pyrotechnics blast during a concert at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, forcing the group to cancel the second hour of the show. Co-headliners Guns N’ Roses take the stage, but walk off early with Axl Rose complaining of throat problems. The abbreviated show causes angry fans to riot in the streets of Montreal.
August 14 – Opening of the Sibelius-Festival in Loviisa, Finland.
August 18 – Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love become parents of a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.
August 20 – Opening of the Helsinki Festival, with the theme: Music of the Baltics (orchestral and chamber-music concerts, opera productions, song recitals, ballet, theater, jazz, pop, and rock concerts) until September 6.
September 17 – Frank Zappa, in his final professional public appearance, conducts the Ensemble Modern at the Frankfurt Festival in Germany. Zappa, who is seriously ill with prostate cancer, receives a 20-minute ovation.
October 3 – Sinéad O’Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on the US television show, Saturday Night Live.
October 16 – A massive Bob Dylan tribute concert is held at Madison Square Garden in New York. John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash and Tracy Chapman are among the many performers, but much attention becomes focused on Sinéad O’Connor, who is loudly booed by much of the audience in response to the Saturday Night Live incident two weeks earlier.
October 20 – Singer-songwriter Madonna releases her fifth studio album, Erotica which became one of her most controversial album to date due to overtly sexual contents.
October 31 – “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men posts a 12th consecutive week at No. 1 in the US charts, ending a 36-year record previously held by Elvis Presley. Boyz II Men’s record was broken on March 6, 1993, by Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”. McTeague, an opera based on the Progressive Era-novel by Frank Norris, premieres at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
November 9 – Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue ends her working relationship with UK songwriters and record producers Stock Aitken Waterman and the record label PWL.
November 15 – Megan Jasper of Sub Pop creates the grunge speak hoax, tricking The New York Times into printing an article on supposed slang used in the grunge scene in Seattle, USA. Ozzy Osbourne plays the final concert of his “retirement” tour at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. He is joined on stage by his three former Black Sabbath bandmates for a reunion performance. Black Sabbath opened the show with Rob Halford as lead vocalist, filling in for Ronnie James Dio who had left the band days earlier.
The Jacksons: An American Dream, a two-part miniseries based on the Jackson family, premieres on ABC.
December 3 – Bill Wyman announces he is quitting The Rolling Stones.
December 17 – The soundtrack to Whitney Houston’s debut film, The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is released. The album went on to be certified 17x platinum by the RIAA and sell 45 million copies worldwide. To date the album is still the best selling soundtrack of all time and also one of the best selling albums of all time.
December 31 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau announces his retirement from the stage to an audience at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. The twenty-first annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by TLC, Bell Biv DeVoe, Slaughter, Jon Secada, The Village People and Barry Manilow.

Also in 1992
David Isberg quits Opeth from his vocalist position. Current gutiarist Mikael Åkerfeldt fills his position. Vibe, a new magazine focusing on R&B and hip-hop music, launches with a special Fall preview issue.  Source: Wikipedia