Editing 1991 in music (section)

===July–September===
*[[2 July]] 
**Launch of the [[Australian Festival of Chamber Music]].
**[[Hollywood Bowl Orchestra]] gives its first public performance.
**During the [[Use Your Illusion Tour]], [[Axl Rose]] assaults a member of the audience watching the show on camera, after security fails to respond to the singer's orders to confiscate the camera. After the attack, Rose angrily says, "Thanks to the lame-ass security, I'm goin' home!" and storms off the stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/freakiest-concert-moments/|title=Slacker Radio Featured|first= |last= |website=Slacker Radio|access-date=11 January 2010|archive-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003531/http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/freakiest-concert-moments/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[13 July]] – Pianist [[Keith Jarrett]] records his [[Vienna Concert]] at the [[Vienna Staatsoper]].
*[[18 July]] – [[Perry Farrell]] launches the first [[Lollapalooza]] tour as a farewell for his just-dissolved band, [[Jane's Addiction]]. Other acts appearing on the tour include [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Rollins Band]], [[Fishbone]] and [[Rage Against the Machine]].
*[[12 August]] – [[Metallica]] release their most successful album, ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]'' (also called "The Black Album"). Something of a departure from the [[thrash metal]] sound they helped pioneer, it becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/diamond.asp RIAA.com Diamond Certified Albums] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818085906/http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/diamond.asp |date=18 August 2006 }}</ref>
*[[15 August]] – [[Paul Simon's Concert in the Park]] takes place in [[Central Park]]. The free concert is broadcast live on [[HBO]].
*[[20 August]] – The six-day [[International Pop Underground Convention]] opens in [[Olympia, Washington]].
*[[27 August]]
**[[Pearl Jam]] release their debut album, [[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|''Ten'']]. While initially slow to sell, it becomes No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' charts within a year and has since become certified thirteen times Platinum in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine
 |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top+Pop+Catalog 
 |title=Top Pop Catalog 
 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] 
 |access-date=2 April 2009 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404081837/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top%2BPop%2BCatalog 
 |archive-date=4 April 2009 
 |url-status=dead
}}</ref>
**[[Dr. Dre]] pleads no contest to charges that he beat up a woman at a West Hollywood nightclub. Dr. Dre is sentenced to 24 months probation.
*[[10 September]] – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] releases the single for "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]," a song that would achieve unprecedented success the following year and become a trailblazer for [[grunge]] and [[alternative rock]] as a whole.
*[[17 September]] – [[Rock music|Rock]] band [[Guns N' Roses]] release their first full-length follow up to their debut album ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]'' in the form of the double album ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' & ''[[Use Your Illusion II]]''. Both go on to sell a combined excess of 1.3 million on their first week of sale in the US alone.
*[[23 September]]
**[[Primal Scream]] releases [[Screamadelica]], which would go on to win the first [[Mercury Prize]] in 1992. 
**The TV Series ''[[Baywatch]]'' begins its second season with a new theme song performed and co-written by former [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] member [[Jimi Jamison]], "[[I'm Always Here]]".
**[[Bryan Adams]] releases his sixth album ''[[Waking Up the Neighbours]]'' produced by [[Mutt Lange]], achieving diamond status in his native [[Canada]] for the second time.
*[[24 September]] – Retrospectively considered by critics<ref>{{Cite news |last=Condran |first=Ed |date=September 21, 2021 |title=Is Sept. 24, 1991, the greatest day in music history? |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/21/is-sept-24-1991-the-greatest-day-in-music-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210922141318/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/21/is-sept-24-1991-the-greatest-day-in-music-history/ |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=August 11, 2024 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tedder |first=Michael |date=September 24, 2021 |title=Memoria: The Most Consequential Release Date In Alt-Rock Was 30 Years Ago Today |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2161757/nirvana-rhcp-pixies-sept-24-1991/columns/sounding-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210924135353/https://www.stereogum.com/2161757/nirvana-rhcp-pixies-sept-24-1991/columns/sounding-board/ |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=August 11, 2024 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Ron |date=September 24, 2021 |title=September 24, 1991: A Banner Release Day for Musical Masterworks |url=https://www.spin.com/2021/09/september-24-1991-a-banner-release-day-for-musical-masterworks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924182304/https://www.spin.com/2021/09/september-24-1991-a-banner-release-day-for-musical-masterworks/ |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sylvester |first=Daniel |date=September 19, 2021 |title=Remembering September 24, 1991, the Day Underground Music Hit the Mainstream |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/september_24_1991_greatest_album_release_day_nirvana_nevermind_red_hot_chili_peppers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921005447/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/september_24_1991_greatest_album_release_day_nirvana_nevermind_red_hot_chili_peppers |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |website=[[Exclaim!]]}}</ref> to be a seminal date in music history, as it saw the release of several key albums:
**''[[Nevermind]]'', the sophomore album from Seattle-based band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], which would go on to popularize the [[grunge]] movement nationwide and be considered both a defining album of [[Generation X]] and one of the greatest albums in the history of popular music.
**''[[The Low End Theory]]'', the sophomore album from hip hop group [[A Tribe Called Quest]], which came to also be regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time, as well as a defining album for [[Alternative hip-hop|alternative hip hop]].
**''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'', the fifth album from funk rock band the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], which, alongside ''Nevermind'', also helped to popularize [[alternative rock]].
**''[[Trompe le Monde]]'', the fourth album from influential alternative rock band the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], their last before their breakup two years later. It would be the band's final full-length LP for 22 years.