A rock icon takes his own life, Billboard makes changes to both rock charts, a long time chart record falls by the wayside, and did Hell REALLY freeze over? This and more below!
Kurt Cobain Suicide Shocks The Rock World
Less than three years after grunge band Nirvana exploded onto the rock scene, frontman Kurt Cobain committed suicide on April 5th in his Seattle home. He died from a self · inflicted gunshot to the head. Cobain was 27.
Kurt Cobain was known to be a heavy drug and alcohol user. He reportedly suffered from chronic brochitis and an unknown stomach condition, as well as mental issues such as ADHD and bi · polar disorder. This, plus the pressures of fame, likely led to his drug and alcohol use. Just prior to his death, he was in a rehab clinic in Los Angeles, had escaped from there without friends or family knowing, then returned to his Seattle home where he took his own life. His body wasn't discovered until three days later by an electrician who was at Cobain's home to install a security device. A suicide note was also found next to Cobain's body.[1]
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As mentioned here at Radio Underground, Nirvana was a generation · defining band, pioneering the grunge style. The band instantly gained an enormous following with their first album Nevermind. Predictably, Cobain's death both shocked and saddened their huge fan base. Several conspiracy theories exist surrounding his death, the most common being that it was a homicide rather than a suicide, possibly involving his widow Courtney Love. None of the conspiracies, including this one, have been proven. |
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More Changes to Rock Charts
By 1994, the line between Album Rock and Alternative Rock started becoming "blurry", as much crossover between artists and tracks on the two charts took place. Starting with the September 10th issue, Billboard began publishing both the Album Rock chart and the Modern Rock chart side · by · side on the same page. Billboard also upsized the Modern Rock chart from 30 to 40 tracks, making both charts the same size.
Billboard evolved with the times!
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Chart Record Finally Falls! Fans of the band Stone Temple Pilots gave them an early Christmas gift on December 17th. On this issue of Billboard, STP's track Interstate Love Song spent its 14th week at number one on the Album Rock chart, a new record! This eclipsed the old record of 13 weeks set by the Rolling Stones' Start Me Up which stood since 1981, the first year of the Album Rock chart. For good measure, Interstate Love Song lasted one more week following this, to give it a total of 15 weeks before falling out of number one the week of December 31st. How long would STP hold the record? Stay tuned... |
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Eagles Reunite
The band who claimed they would reunite when "Hell froze over", the Eagles did just that in 1994 with the successful release of their aptly · named album Hell Freezes Over. With tracks like Get Over It and Learn To Be Still, combined with, arguably, one of the best concert tours in several years, the Eagles thrilled rock fans with their 1994 comeback!
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The Eagles gained enormous success in the 1970's with rock, pop, and for awhile, country fans with such classics as Take It Easy, Best Of My Love, One Of These Nights and Lyin' Eyes, just to name a few. The band shedded their rock · country fusion sound in 1976, adopting a pure rock sound with the iconic Hotel California, one of the most successful albums ever! Following all of their success, infighting between band members led to their breakup in 1980. They apparently mended fences with their 1994 comeback. (NOTE: Since the passing of band member Glen Frey, videos of the Eagles' most beloved songs have become either unavailable or through limited availability possibly due to royalties and Frey's estate. I apologize for the inconvenience.) |
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| Title | Artist | Peak | Date Of Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daughter | Pearl Jam | # 1 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Mary Jane's Last Dance | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | # 1 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Bad Thing | Cry Of Love | # 2 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Amazing | Aerosmith | # 3 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Cold Fire | Rush | # 2 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Found Out About You | Gin Blossoms | # 5 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Creep | Stone Temple Pilots | # 2 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Stone Free | Eric Clapton | # 4 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| That Don't Satisfy Me | Brother Cane | # 6 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| All Apologies | Nirvana | # 4 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Down In A Hole | Alice In Chains | # 10 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Hair Of The Dog | Guns N' Roses | # 11 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Stay (Faraway, So Close) | U2 | # 12 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Tones Of Home | Blind Melon | # 10 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Woman | Scorpions | # 15 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Shakin' The Blues | Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies | # 9 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Bittersweet | Big Head Todd & The Monsters | # 14 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| You | Candlebox | # 6 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Life Is A Lemon (And I Want My Money Back) | Meat Loaf | # 17 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Manic Depression | Seal And Jeff Beck | # 10 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Estranged | Guns N' Roses | # 16 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Mother | Danzig | # 17 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Sober | Tool | # 13 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Low | Cracker | # 5 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Little Crazy | Fight | # 21 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Mr. Jones | Counting Crows | # 2 | 1994-01-01 |
| 99 Ways To Die | Megadeth | # 23 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Nothing | Ian Moore | # 23 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| All Alone | Joe Satriani | # 13 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Heart·Shaped Box | Nirvana | # 4 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Gone Dead Train | George Thorogood And The Destroyers | # 24 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Human Wheels | John Mellencamp | # 2 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| I'm Alive | Jackson Browne | # 18 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Hocus Pocus | Gary Hoey | # 5 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| When Jesus Left Birmingham | John Mellencamp | # 35 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Something Wild | John Hiatt | # 31 | 1994-01-01 |
| Feed The Fire | Bodeans | # 34 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Come To My Window | Melissa Etheridge | # 22 | 1994-01-01 |
| Stick It Out | Rush | # 1 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Ain't It Fun | Guns N' Roses | # 8 | see 1993 list for chart entry date |
| Every Day Of My Life | Open Skyz | # 25 | 1994-01-08 |
| 29 Palms | Robert Plant | # 38 | 1994-01-08 |
| Positive Bleeding | Urge Overkill | # 40 | 1994-01-08 |
| Stick It Out | Rush | # 37 | 1994-01-15 |
| I'd Do Anything For Love | Meat Loaf | # 39 | 1994-01-15 |
| Deuces Are Wild | Aerosmith | # 1 | 1994-01-15 |
| Pincushion | ZZ Top | # 1 | 1994-01-22 |
| Animal | Pearl Jam | # 21 | 1994-01-22 |
| Today | Smashing Pumpkins | # 28 | 1994-01-22 |
| Day In The Sun | Peter Frampton | # 9 | 1994-01-29 |
| Dogman | King's X | # 20 | 1994-01-29 |
| Under The Same Sun | Scorpions | # 16 | 1994-01-29 |
| Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through | Meat Loaf | # 25 | 1994-02-05 |
| Box Of Miracles | Barefoot Servants | # 13 | 1994-02-05 |
| Something In The Air | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | # 19 | 1994-02-05 |
| Junior | John Mellencamp | # 35 | 1994-02-05 |
| Cannonball | The Breeders | # 32 | 1994-02-05 |
| Black Sunshine | White Zombie | # 39 | 1994-02-05 |
| No Excuses | Alice In Chains | # 1 | 1994-02-12 |
| Streets Of Philadelphia | Bruce Springsteen | # 25 | 1994-02-12 |
| Ride The Tide | The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies | # 20 | 1994-02-12 |
| High Road Easy | Sass Jordan | # 6 | 1994-02-19 |
| Spinning Around Over You | Lenny Kravitz | # 37 | 1994-02-19 |
| Believe | Dig | # 34 | 1994-02-19 |
| Hooligan's Holiday | Motley Crue | # 10 | 1994-02-26 |
| Nobody's Hero | Rush | # 9 | 1994-02-26 |
| Hard Act To Follow | Brother Cane | # 12 | 1994-02-26 |
| Prison Sex | Tool | # 32 | 1994-02-26 |
| Too Cold In The Winter | Cry Of Love | # 13 | 1994-02-26 |
| Spoonman | Soundgarden | # 3 | 1994-03-05 |
| Backwater | Meat Puppets | # 2 | 1994-03-05 |
| She's My Machine | David Lee Roth | # 12 | 1994-03-05 |
| Breakaway | ZZ Top | # 7 | 1994-03-12 |
| The Calling | Yes | # 3 | 1994-03-12 |
| Dissident | Pearl Jam | # 3 | 1994-03-12 |
| High Hopes | Sammy Hagar | # 4 | 1994-03-19 |
| Disarm | Smashing Pumpkins | # 5 | 1994-03-19 |
| We All Fall Down | Blue Murder | # 35 | 1994-03-26 |
| Love Sneakin' Up On You | Bonnie Raitt | # 25 | 1994-03-26 |
| Shine | Collective Soul | # 1 | 1994-03-26 |
| Keep Talking | Pink Floyd | # 1 | 1994-04-02 |
| Woke Up With A Monster | Cheap Trick | # 16 | 1994-04-02 |
| Every Generation... | Fury In The Slaughterhouse | # 21 | 1994-04-02 |
| MMM MMM MMM MMM | Crash Test Dummies | # 25 | 1994-04-02 |
| Loser | Beck | # 39 | 1994-04-09 |
| What Do You Want From Me | Pink Floyd | # 16 | 1994-04-16 |
| Take It Back | Pink Floyd | # 4 | 1994-04-16 |
| All American Girl | Melissa Etheridge | # 24 | 1994-04-16 |
| Far Behind | Candlebox | # 4 | 1994-04-23 |
| Big Empty | Stone Temple Pilots | # 3 | 1994-04-23 |
| Miles From Nowhere | The Smithereens | # 17 | 1994-04-23 |
| More Wine Waiter, Please | The Poor | # 30 | 1994-04-23 |
| Night In My Veins | The Pretenders | # 13 | 1994-04-30 |
| Sold My Fortune | Sugartooth | # 26 | 1994-04-30 |
| Rocks | Primal Scream | # 29 | 1994-04-30 |
| Watch The Girl Destroy Me | Possum Dixon | # 37 | 1994-04-30 |
| Here Comes A Man | Traffic | # 10 | 1994-05-07 |
| Misunderstood | Motley Crue | # 24 | 1994-05-07 |
| Round Here | Counting Crows | # 11 | 1994-05-07 |
| No One To Run With | Allman Brothers Band | # 7 | 1994-05-07 |
| Get Off This | Cracker | # 18 | 1994-05-07 |
| Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden | # 1 | 1994-05-14 |
| Down With Disease | Phish | # 33 | 1994-05-14 |
| Mother | Danzig | # 36 | 1994-05-14 |
| I Stay Away | Alice In Chains | # 10 | 1994-05-14 |
| Crazy | Aerosmith | # 7 | 1994-05-21 |
| Longview | Green Day | # 13 | 1994-05-21 |
| Animate | Rush | # 35 | 1994-05-21 |
| Wild Night | John Mellencamp/Me'Shell Ndegeocello | # 17 | 1994-05-28 |
| She Gets Too High | Rob Rule | # 28 | 1994-05-28 |
| Girl In A T·Shirt | ZZ Top | # 27 | 1994-05-28 |
| Reach Out | Eleven | # 40 | 1994-05-28 |
| I Need Your Love | Boston | # 4 | 1994-06-04 |
| Cleopatra's Cat | Spin Doctors | # 22 | 1994-06-04 |
| Fall Down | Toad The Wet Sprocket | # 5 | 1994-06-04 |
| Selling The Drama | Live | # 4 | 1994-06-04 |
| Vasoline | Stone Temple Pilots | # 1 | 1994-06-11 |
| Walls | Yes | # 24 | 1994-06-11 |
| Sail Away | Great White | # 9 | 1994-06-11 |
| Losin' Your Mind | Pride & Glory | # 14 | 1994-06-11 |
| Put The Blame On Me | The Mother Station | # 34 | 1994-06-11 |
| Elderly Woman Behind The Counter | Pearl Jam | # 23 | 1994-06-11 |
| Until I Fall Away | Gin Blossoms | # 40 | 1994-06-18 |
| Deuce | Lenny Kravitz | # 15 | 1994-06-25 |
| American Life In The Summertime | Francis Dunnery | # 38 | 1994-06-25 |
| Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind | Stevie Nicks | # 36 | 1994-06-25 |
| Liar | Rollins Band | # 40 | 1994-06-25 |
| Low Rider | Gary Hoey | # 15 | 1994-07-02 |
| Buying My Way Into Heaven | Sammy Hagar | # 36 | 1994-07-02 |
| Glorified G | Pearl Jam | # 39 | 1994-07-02 |
| Love Is Strong | Rolling Stones | # 2 | 1994-07-09 |
| Rock It | Steve Miller Band | # 24 | 1994-07-09 |
| You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast | Spin Doctors | # 8 | 1994-07-09 |
| You Better Wait | Steve Perry | # 6 | 1994-07-16 |
| Come Out And Play | Offspring | # 10 | 1994-07-16 |
| Rain King | Counting Crows | # 4 | 1994-07-16 |
| Rocket | Smashing Pumpkins | # 28 | 1994-07-16 |
| Milquetoast | Helmet | # 39 | 1994-07-16 |
| You Got Me Rockin' | Rolling Stones | # 2 | 1994-07-23 |
| Speed | Billy Idol | # 38 | 1994-07-23 |
| Walk On Medley | Boston | # 14 | 1994-07-30 |
| Hold My Hand | Hootie & The Blowfish | # 4 | 1994-07-30 |
| Push Comes To Shove | Jackyl | # 7 | 1994-07-30 |
| Cure Me...Or Kill Me | Gilby Clarke | # 15 | 1994-08-06 |
| Breathe | Collective Soul | # 12 | 1994-08-06 |
| Mama's Fool | Tesla | # 5 | 1994-08-13 |
| We Don't Exist | Meat Puppets | # 28 | 1994-08-13 |
| Fuzzbox Voodoo | ZZ Top | # 30 | 1994-08-13 |
| Interstate Love Song | Stone Temple Pilots | # 1 | 1994-08-20 |
| Change Your Mind | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | # 18 | 1994-08-27 |
| High Hopes | Pink Floyd | # 7 | 1994-08-27 |
| Basket Case | Green Day | # 9 | 1994-08-27 |
| Fell On Black Days | Soundgarden | # 4 | 1994-08-27 |
| Everybodys 1 | Gods Child | # 18 | 1994-08-27 |
| Planet Caravan | Pantera | # 21 | 1994-09-03 |
| Yellow Ledbetter | Pearl Jam | # 21 | 1994-09-03 |
| Back Where It All Begins | Allman Brothers Band | # 29 | 1994-09-03 |
| In A Daydream | Freddy Jones Band | # 37 | 1994-09-03 |
| Tore Down | Eric Clapton | # 5 | 1994-09-10 |
| Tears Of The Dragon | Bruce Dickinson | # 36 | 1994-09-10 |
| Waiting In The Wings | BBM | # 30 | 1994-09-10 |
| Allison Road | Gin Blossoms | # 20 | 1994-09-17 |
| Bonecrusher | Soulhat | # 25 | 1994-09-17 |
| What's The Frequency, Kenneth? | R.E.M. | # 2 | 1994-09-24 |
| I Alone | Live | # 6 | 1994-09-24 |
| Closer | Nine Inch Nails | # 35 | 1994-09-24 |
| Self Esteem | Offspring | # 7 | 1994-10-01 |
| Stone Cold Hearted | Bloodline | # 32 | 1994-10-01 |
| Undone – The Sweater Song | Weezer | # 30 | 1994-10-01 |
| Red Rain (live) | Peter Gabriel | # 33 | 1994-10-01 |
| Coming Down (Drug Tongue) | The Cult | # 13 | 1994-10-08 |
| All I Wanna Do | Sheryl Crow | # 35 | 1994-10-08 |
| Lie | Dream Theater | # 38 | 1994-10-08 |
| About A Girl | Nirvana | # 3 | 1994-10-15 |
| Dance Naked | John Mellencamp | # 21 | 1994-10-15 |
| Gallows Pole | Jimmy Page & Robert Plant | # 2 | 1994-10-22 |
| I Am I | Queensryche | # 8 | 1994-10-22 |
| Get Over It | Eagles | # 4 | 1994-10-22 |
| Something's Always Wrong | Toad The Wet Sprocket | # 22 | 1994-10-22 |
| A Conspiracy | The Black Crowes | # 5 | 1994-10-29 |
| Out Of Tears | Rolling Stones | # 14 | 1994-10-29 |
| Don't Follow | Alice In Chains | # 25 | 1994-10-29 |
| You Don't Know How It Feels | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | # 1 | 1994-11-05 |
| Blind Man | Aerosmith | # 3 | 1994-11-05 |
| Cover Me | Candlebox | # 8 | 1994-11-05 |
| Ceiling | Royal Jelly | # 29 | 1994-11-05 |
| My Wave | Soundgarden | # 11 | 1994-11-05 |
| Can't Even Tell | Soul Asylum | # 24 | 1994-11-12 |
| Headed For Destruction | Jackyl | # 35 | 1994-11-12 |
| Spin The Black Circle | Pearl Jam | # 16 | 1994-11-19 |
| Tremor Christ | Pearl Jam | # 16 | 1994-11-19 |
| Sympathy For The Devil | Guns N' Roses | # 10 | 1994-11-19 |
| Plowed | Sponge | # 9 | 1994-11-19 |
| A Murder Of One | Counting Crows | # 17 | 1994-11-19 |
| Albatross | Corrosion Of Conformity | # 19 | 1994-11-19 |
| Need Your Lovin' | Tesla | # 19 | 1994-11-26 |
| Bad Attitude Shuffle | Cinderella | # 37 | 1994-11-26 |
| Push | Moist | # 37 | 1994-11-26 |
| Train Of Consequences | Megadeth | # 29 | 1994-11-26 |
| Lost For Words | Pink Floyd | # 24 | 1994-12-03 |
| Motherless Child | Eric Clapton | # 23 | 1994-12-03 |
| Bang And Blame | R.E.M. | # 3 | 1994-12-03 |
| Better Man | Pearl Jam | # 1 | 1994-12-10 |
| When I Come Around | Green Day | # 2 | 1994-12-10 |
| You Wreck Me | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | # 2 | 1994-12-10 |
| Bridge | Queensryche | # 6 | 1994-12-17 |
| Thank You | Jimmy Page & Robert Plant | # 8 | 1994-12-17 |
| Tijuana Jail | Gilby Clarke | # 28 | 1994-12-17 |
| Unglued | Stone Temple Pilots | # 8 | 1994-12-24 |
| Let Her Cry | Hootie & The Blowfish | # 9 | 1994-12-24 |
| Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues | Todd Snider | # 31 | 1994-12-24 |
| If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself) | Pete Droge | # 28 | 1994-12-24 |
| Supersonic | Oasis | # 38 | 1994-12-24 |
| Got Me Wrong | Alice In Chains | # 7 | 1994-12-31 |
| Sparks Will Fly | Rolling Stones | # 30 | 1994-12-31 |
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