Editing 1994 in music (section)

==Events==
===January–February===
*[[January 19]] – [[Bryan Adams]] becomes the first major Western music star to perform in [[Vietnam]] since the end of the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gerosa |first=Melina |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/02/04/bryan-adams-performs-vietnam/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108072811/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301004,00.html |url-status=live |archive-date=January 8, 2008 |title=Bryan Adams performs in Vietnam |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=1994-02-04 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>
*[[January 21]]–[[February 5]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place, again expanding from the previous year's venues to include the [[Gold Coast, Queensland]] and [[Auckland]] in [[New Zealand]]. The festival is headlined by [[Soundgarden]], [[Ramones]] and [[Björk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |work=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005504/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[January 25]] – [[Alice in Chains]] release their ''[[Jar of Flies]]'' album which makes its US chart debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so.
*[[January 29]] – [[The Supremes]]' [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]] is injured when her [[Jeep]] hits a freeway median and flips over just outside Los Angeles, USA. Wilson's 14-year-old son is killed in the accident.
*[[February 1]] – [[Green Day]] release their breakthrough album ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'', ushering in the mid-1990s [[Punk rock|punk revival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1611344/green-days-dookie-15-years-later-still-a-genuine-punk-classic/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715072441/http://www.mtv.com/news/1611344/green-days-dookie-15-years-later-still-a-genuine-punk-classic/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |title=Green Day's Dookie: 15 Years Later, Still A Genuine Punk Classic |publisher=MTV |date=2009-05-13 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> ''Dookie'' eventually achieves diamond certification.
*[[February 7]] – [[Blind Melon]]'s lead singer [[Shannon Hoon]] is forced to leave the [[American Music Award]]s ceremony because of his loud and disruptive behavior. Hoon is later charged with battery, assault, resisting arrest, and destroying a police station phone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://perso.wanadoo.es/spadilla/sh/ |title=The Rock Cemetery: Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) |website=Perso.wanadoo.es |access-date=2016-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428210356/http://perso.wanadoo.es/spadilla/sh/ |archive-date=April 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[February 11]] – The three surviving members of [[The Beatles]] secretly reunite to begin recording additional music for a few of [[John Lennon]]'s old unfinished demos, presented to [[Paul McCartney]] by [[Yoko Ono]], with [[Jeff Lynne]] producing. The track, "[[Free As A Bird]]", is released as a single in late 1995 as part of the exhaustive [[Beatles Anthology]] project, reaching No. 2 in the UK and No. 6 in the United States.
*[[February 14]] – [[Grateful Dead]]'s [[Jerry Garcia]] marries Deborah Koons.<ref>{{cite book|title=Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead|last=Lesh|first=Phil|year=2005|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|isbn=0-316-00998-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/searchingforsoun00lesh}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] – [[Eddie Van Halen]], [[Chris Isaak]], and [[B.B. King]] attend the ground breaking ceremony for the [[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)|Hard Rock Hotel and Casino]] takes place in [[Paradise, Nevada]], USA.
*[[February 26]] – The [[Sanremo Music Festival 1994|Sanremo Music Festival]] ends with victory for [[Aleandro Baldi]] in the "Big Artists" category, for the song "Passerà".<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/02/27/vincono-baldi-bocelli.html | work = [[la Repubblica]] | language = it | access-date = 17 August 2011 | date = 27 February 1995 | author = Maria Pia Fusco | title = Vincono Baldi e Bocelli | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034006/http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/02/27/vincono-baldi-bocelli.html | archive-date = 29 November 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

===March–April===
*[[March 1]]
**[[Selena]] becomes the first [[Tejano music]] singer to win a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]].<ref name=marshall>{{cite book|editor-last=Stacy|editor-first=Lee|title=Mexico and the United States|year=2002|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|location=New York|isbn=0-7614-7402-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSzyMGh8pNwC&q=Selena+Live%21&pg=PA746|access-date=October 14, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005503/https://books.google.com/books?id=DSzyMGh8pNwC&q=Selena+Live!&pg=PA746#v=snippet&q=Selena%20Live!&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] play their final concert, in [[Munich]].
**The [[36th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Garry Shandling]]. The [[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] from the 1992 film ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while its lead single, [[Whitney Houston]]'s cover of "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]", wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]. The single version of "[[A Whole New World#Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle version|A Whole New World]]", performed by [[Peabo Bryson]] and [[Regina Belle]], wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Toni Braxton]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
**[[Frank Sinatra]] receives the [[Grammy Legend Award]]. Sinatra's acceptance speech is cut short. Other artists criticize the producer's decision during the show, and [[Billy Joel]] takes extra time to perform his song, "The River of Dreams", noting that he is wasting valuable air time.
*[[March 3]] – In Rome, Nirvana's [[Kurt Cobain]] lapses into a coma after overdosing on [[Rohypnol]] and champagne.
*[[March 5]] – [[Grace Slick]] is arrested for pointing a shotgun at police in her [[Tiburon, California]], home.<ref>{{cite book|last=Slick|first=Grace|author2=Andrea Cagan|title=Somebody to Love? A Rock-and-Roll Memoir|publisher=Warner Books|date=1998-09-01|location=New York, New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/somebodytolovero00slic/page/340 340–3]|isbn=978-0446523028|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/somebodytolovero00slic/page/340}}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – The United States Supreme Court decision ''[[Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.]]''  rules that [[parody]] can qualify as [[fair use]]. The case was spurred by [[2 Live Crew]] releasing a parody of the [[Roy Orbison]] hit "[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]" without a license from the publishing firm [[Acuff-Rose Music]].
*[[March 8]] – [[Nine Inch Nails]] release their second studio album ''[[The Downward Spiral]]''. It would go on to sell over 3 million copies and be credited with helping bring industrial rock music into the mainstream.
*[[March 13]] – [[Selena]] releases her final Spanish album ''[[Amor Prohibido]]''. Its production had been delayed because of the launch of Selena's fashion clothing line and boutiques, and her "Selena Live!" tour in support of ''Live!''.<ref>{{cite video |people=(actor) [[Edward James Olmos]], (producers) [[Abraham Quintanilla Jr.]], Claribel Cuevas, Jeffrey Coulter, [[José Behar]], Ranal J. Edwards, (director) Cecilia Miniucchi, (writer) John Lannert |year=1997 |title=Selena Remembered |publisher=EMI Latin |location=Corpus Christi, Texas |time=60 }}</ref>
*[[March 18]]
**[[Courtney Love]] calls the police, fearing that her husband, [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana's]] [[Kurt Cobain]], is suicidal. Police confiscate four guns and 25 boxes of ammo from Cobain's home.
**Bassist [[Darryl Jones]] replaces [[Bill Wyman]] in [[The Rolling Stones]].
*[[March 22]] - [[Pantera]] releases ''[[Far Beyond Driven]]'', which becomes the heaviest album to hit number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200.
*[[March 30]] – [[Pink Floyd]] embark on what would be their last world tour before their breakup. The record-breaking tour supports their ''[[The Division Bell|Division Bell]]'' album, with the band playing to 5,500,000 people in 68 cities and grossing over £150,000,000 (US$186,952,500).
*[[March 31]] – [[Madonna on Late Show with David Letterman]]: [[Madonna]] appears on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', making headlines with her profanity-laced interview.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|title=Like Aversion: Madonna's shocking David Letterman interview – The pop-star's interview on the ''Late Show'' produces the show's highest ratings|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1994/04/15/madonnas-shocking-david-letterman-interview|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=26 January 2014|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201225810/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301834,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Robin Williams]] later describes the segment as a "battle of wits with an unarmed woman."
*[[April 8]] – The body of [[Kurt Cobain]], lead singer of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], is found. [[Death of Kurt Cobain|Cobain's death]], three days before, is legally declared to be suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot.
*[[April 11]] – [[The Offspring]] release ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]'', which goes on to become the best selling independent album of all time and one of the most influential albums of the 90s.
*[[April 25]]
**[[Blur (band)|Blur]] releases ''[[Parklife]]'', their first album to reach No. 1 in UK, where it was certified quadruple platinum.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=20817&#93; |title=Platinum Awards Content |access-date=December 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220133205/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumRight.asp?rq=search_plat |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
**[[Ad-Rock|Adam Horovitz]] of the [[Beastie Boys]] is sentenced to 200 hours of community service for attacking a television cameraman during funeral services for actor [[River Phoenix]] in November 1993.
*[[April 26]] – [[Grace Slick]] pleads guilty to having pointed a shotgun at police officers on March 5.
*[[April 27]] – The legendary [[The Fillmore|Fillmore]] club reopens in San Francisco with a concert headlined by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]].
*[[April 30]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1994|39th Eurovision Song Contest]] takes place in [[Dublin]], Ireland, which becomes the first-ever country to win three consecutive contests. Its winners are [[Paul Harrington (musician)|Paul Harrington]] and [[Charlie McGettigan]] with "Rock 'N' Roll Kids", written by [[Brendan Graham]]. The interval features the first-ever public performance of ''[[Riverdance]]'', featuring [[Michael Flatley]] and [[Jean Butler]], which developed into the world-famous stage show.<ref>{{cite web | last=Hayes | first=Cathy | url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/Amazing-facts-about-the-Irish-dance-phenomenon-Riverdance.html | title=Amazing facts about the Irish dance phenomenon "Riverdance" | work=IrishCentral.com | date=29 January 2015 | access-date=15 July 2015 | archive-date=March 19, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319062733/http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/Amazing-facts-about-the-Irish-dance-phenomenon-Riverdance.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

===May–June===
* [[May 2]] – A Los Angeles jury finds [[Michael Bolton]], along with co-writer Andy Goldmark and [[Sony Music Entertainment]], guilty of [[copyright infringement]] over the song "[[Love Is a Wonderful Thing (Michael Bolton song)|Love Is a Wonderful Thing]]". The song is ruled to be too similar to a song of the same name by [[The Isley Brothers]].
* [[May 3]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] arrive by yacht to a press conference in New York City to announce the [[Voodoo Lounge Tour]] kicking off in the summer.
* [[May 6]]
**[[Pearl Jam]] files a complaint against [[Ticketmaster]] with the U.S. Justice Department charging that the company has a monopoly on the concert ticket business.
**To help promote his new album, [[Alice Cooper]] releases a three-part comic book that followed the album ''[[The Last Temptation (Alice Cooper album)|The Last Temptation]]''.
* [[May 9]]–13 – [[1994 International Rostrum of Composers]]
* [[May 10]]
** [[Tupac Shakur]] begins serving a 15-day sentence in a county jail for attacking director [[Hughes brothers|Allen Hughes]] on the set of a video shoot.
** [[Weezer]] are introduced to the world with their self-titled debut, often referred to as the ''[[Weezer (1994 album)|Blue Album]]''.
*  It would go on to become one of the most influential records of the 1990s spawning hits "[[Undone – The Sweater Song]]", "[[Buddy Holly (song)|Buddy Holly]]" and "[[Say It Ain't So]]".
* [[May 26]] – [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Lisa Marie Presley]] are married in the Dominican Republic.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=1924408&date=19940809 | title = One Theory On Michael-Lisa: It's All A Plot | newspaper = Washington Post | publisher = Seattle Times | date = August 9, 1994 | access-date = June 2, 2008 | first = Richard N. | last = Leiby | archive-date = May 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110519110407/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940809&slug=1924408 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[May 27]] – [[The Eagles]] launch the Hell Freezes Over tour in Burbank, California. The reunion tour is the group's first since breaking up in 1980, but much is also made of the band becoming the first to charge over $100 per ticket for arena shows.
* [[June 7]] – [[Grace Slick]] is sentenced to 200 hours of community service and three months' worth of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] meetings after a March 5 incident with police officers.
* [[June 9]] – [[Lisa Lopes|Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes]] of [[TLC (group)|TLC]], in a domestic dispute with partner [[Andre Rison]], sets fire to his shoes; the fire ultimately spreads to the mansion they share and destroys it.
* [[June 21]] – [[George Michael]] loses his legal bid in a London court to be released from his contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Records]].
* [[June 27]] – [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first major band to premiere a new song on the Internet. Over 10,000 [[CompuServe]] subscribers download the free track "Head First" within its first eight days of availability.

=== July–August ===
*[[July 12]]–16 – The [[Yoyo A Go Go]] punk and indie rock festival opens in [[Olympia, Washington]].
*[[July 30]]
**The [[Verbier Festival]] is launched.
**In keeping with the country's new constitution and the promotion of its native language, [[Moldova]] adopts ''[[Limba noastră]]'' as its new national anthem, replacing the anthem of Romania which was previously in use.
**[[Suede (band)|Suede]] announce that guitarist [[Bernard Butler]] has left the band following fractious recording sessions for their album ''[[Dog Man Star]]''.
*[[August 9]]
**[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] conducts the first performance of his [[Symphony No. 5 (Davies)|fifth symphony]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, as part of [[The Proms]].<ref>{{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Sutciffe|1994}}|reference=Sutcliffe, Tom. 1994. "Prom Premiere; Majestic Max". ''The Guardian'' (10 August): T4.}}</ref>
**[[Rich Mullins]] and "Leave a Legacy" contest winner, 76-year-old Miguel Garcia Massiate, travel to [[Bogotá]], Colombia, with [[Compassion International]]. The two men visit the Ciudad Sucre Center where Mullins presented them with over $40,000 that was raised on his summer '94 Ragamuffin Band tour.
**Decca releases a recording of the 1949 première of [[Benjamin Britten]]'s ''[[Spring Symphony]]'' for the first time.
**[[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] release their first album ''[[Burn My Eyes]]'', which was a big success and becomes [[Roadrunner Records]]' best selling debut album.
*[[August 11]] – A [[compact disc]] copy of [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]'s album ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]'', released the previous year, becomes the first item securely purchased over the internet; the CD is sold for $12.48 plus shipping and handling fees.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Peter H.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/12/business/attention-shoppers-internet-is-open.html|title=Attention Shoppers: Internet Is Open|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 August 1994|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903095512/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/12/business/attention-shoppers-internet-is-open.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 12]]–14 – [[Woodstock '94]] is held in [[Saugerties (town), New York|Saugerties, New York]]. As with the original 1969 festival, attendance is swelled by a high number of gatecrashers, while heavy rains turn the festival grounds into a sea of mud. [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Metallica]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Peter Gabriel]], and [[Green Day]] are among the many performers.
*[[August 23]] – [[Jeff Buckley]] releases his single, critically acclaimed,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Timeless Influence of Jeff Buckley's Masterpiece |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a29755/jeff-buckley-grace/ |website=Esquire |date=23 August 2014 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005600/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a29755/jeff-buckley-grace/ |url-status=live }}</ref> full-length studio album ''[[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]''.
*[[August 30]]
**[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] release their debut album ''[[Definitely Maybe]]''; it becomes the fastest selling debut album in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rapp |first1=Allison|title=Oasis Albums Ranked Worst to Best |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/oasis-albums-ranked/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=24 April 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005529/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/oasis-albums-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref> until 1996, when ''[[Spice (Spice Girls album)|Spice]]'' by the [[Spice Girls]] would be released.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Sam |title=The top-selling debut albums in UK chart history have been revealed |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-top-selling-debut-albums-in-uk-chart-history-have-been-revealed-and-they-might-surprise-you-3329014 |website=NME |date=14 October 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404163521/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-top-selling-debut-albums-in-uk-chart-history-have-been-revealed-and-they-might-surprise-you-3329014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Luis Miguel]] release ''[[Segundo Romance]]'', the best-selling Latin album of the 1990s by a male artist.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} Four singles from the album were released; two of which reached No. 1 on the Top Latin Songs.<ref name="latinsongs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-songs|title=Luis Miguel&nbsp;– Chart history: Latin Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121093625/https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> It received a [[Grammy Award]] and a ''Billboard'' Latin Music Award.<ref name="latingrammy">{{cite news|title=The 1995 Grammy winners|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html|work=[[New York Times]]|date=3 March 1995|access-date=9 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612044635/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html|archive-date=12 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="latBillboard">{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = 10 June 1995| title = Latin Music Conference| magazine = Billboard| publisher = Prometheus Global Media| page = LM-54| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&pg=PA54| access-date = 9 October 2010| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140702040910/http://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iJovU4JssNLbBfnbgNgD&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ| archive-date = 2 July 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

=== September–October ===
*[[September 6]] 
**[[José Cura]] wins the Operalia – International [[Plácido Domingo]] Opera Singer Competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onefineart.com/artists/musicians/Jose-Cura |title=José Cura Argentinean Lebanese Tenor composer conductor, Classical Singer Lebanon |website=Onefineart.com |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> 
**[[Bad Religion]] release their eighth studio album (and proper major-label debut) ''[[Stranger Than Fiction (Bad Religion album)|Stranger than Fiction]]''. This proved to be the last to feature founding guitarist/songwriter [[Brett Gurewitz]] for seven years, until his return. Gurewitz would be replaced by former [[Minor Threat]] / [[Dag Nasty]] / [[Junkyard (band)|Junkyard]] guitarist [[Brian Baker (musician)|Brian Baker]], who turned down a touring job for [[R.E.M.]] at this time, and eventually becomes a permanent member of Bad Religion.
*[[September 8]] – [[Richard Auguste Morse|Richard A. Morse]], lead male vocalist of [[RAM (band)|RAM]], narrowly escapes a kidnapping by armed men during the band's live performance at the [[Hotel Oloffson]] in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti; the attempted kidnapping was provoked by the performance of "[[Fèy]]", a RAM single banned nationwide by the military authorities.
*[[September 15]] – A 1957 audio tape of [[John Lennon]] performing with [[The Quarrymen]] on the same night he met [[Paul McCartney]] fetches £78,500 at [[Sotheby's]], London.<ref name="RS #694inthenews">{{cite magazine |date=November 3, 1994 |title=In The News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]  |issue=694 |page=32 }}</ref>
*[[October 12]] – ''Jimmy Page and Robert Plant: No Quarter (Unledded)'' premieres on MTV. The "unplugged" concert special featuring the two former [[Led Zeppelin]] bandmates was filmed to accompany the release of the [[No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded|album of the same name]].

=== November–December ===
*[[November 20]] – [[David Crosby]] undergoes a seven-hour liver transplant operation in Los Angeles.
*[[November 30]] – [[The Breeders]] guitarist [[Kelley Deal]] is arrested at her Ohio home after accepting a private-courier package containing four grams of heroin.<ref name="RS #700inthenews">{{cite magazine |date=January 26, 1995 |title=In The News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]  |issue=700 |page=25 }}</ref>
*[[December 2]] – [[Warner Music Group]] acquires a 49 percent share of Seattle record label [[Sub Pop]] in a deal believed to be worth over $30 million.
*[[December 18]] – [[Paul Oakenfold]]'s legendary [[Goa Mix]] is first broadcast in the early hours of this day as a BBC Radio 1 [[Essential Mix]].
*[[December 19]] – [[Aerosmith]] opens the 250-seat Mama Kin Music Hall in Boston, co-owned by the group, with a performance.
*[[December 31]] – The twenty-third annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Melissa Etheridge]], [[The O'Jays]], [[Salt-n-Pepa]], [[Hootie & the Blowfish]] and [[Jon Secada]].

=== Also in 1994 ===
* [[Social Distortion]] manager Jim Guerinot forms the label [[Time Bomb Recordings]] in joint-venture agreement with [[Arista Records|Arista]]. The label actually exists mostly as an imprint for current releases from Social Distortion and solo albums by [[Mike Ness]], along with the administration of the label's back catalog.
*Summer – [[Tony Wilson]] attempts to revive [[Factory Records]], in collaboration with London Records, as "Factory Too".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUc4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT108 |title=Tony Wilson – You're Entitled to an Opinion But. . .: The High times and ... |author=David Nolan |date= August 2, 2010|publisher=John Blake |isbn=9781843582229 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>