Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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MUSIC ■- British pop T superstars Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher cancel the remainder of a U.S. concert tour in September amid rumors that their band. Oasis, is breaking up. Denying the reports, the brothers announce they will release a new album in the summer of 1 997, mm i Guitarist Slash of Guns N ' Roses forms his own band. His new group, Slash ' s Blues Ball, is a six-man blues band grounded in the blues- based hard rock of the 1970s. Rocker Sheryl Crow joins the ranks of musicians who hav e had their albums banned from Wal-Mart. The retail giant objects to a lyric alleging that kids kill each other with guns they obtained from the store. Canadian pop artist Celine T Dion tops the charts in 1 996 with the album Falling Into You, which sells more than 1 6 million copies worldwide. - After 10 years of separation, members X of the band Van Halen are reunited with their former lead singer David Lee Roth (right), at the MTV Video Music Awards in September Roth later claims he though t he was rejoining the band, who chose a different lead singer. - Heavy metal band Metallica T IS the headlining act for the summer concert Lollapalooza. traditionally an alternative-rock show. Metallica remains high- profile, winning an MTV award for the year ' s Best Hard Rock Video in September ■336 G

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- « featinug I neralm ' i. . Explosive special T effects rivet audiences to ther seats as tfiey watcfi Independence Day. one of summer ' s blockbuster movies. fc Bugs Bunny and Chiicago Bulls basketball star Michael Jordan basketball star Michael Jordan share top billing in Space Jam. a partially animated feature film that opens in late November 4 MinnjacIDf rts ' freteSrt o,|, cenlury Fox from Shooting Star Actors Brad Pitt (left) and Jason Patric star in Sleepers, a film about four men and iieir extraordinary scheme to evenge the abuse they experienced as boys The controversial movie also stars Dustin Hoffman. Robert De Niro and Kevin Bacon. ibtttte tree ami fi )siw to September, nardo prio and Claire ines star as the classic star-crossed in the film I and Juliet. Tom Cruise stars in Mission: Impossible, based on the 1 9BOs and ' 70s television series of the same name. Despite critical put-downs, the movie is a huge box-office hit. v John Lithgow (front right) T earns both an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in NBC ' s 3rd Rock From the Sun, a sit-com about a family of aliens living in contemporary America. , America ' s favorite sit-com T father. Bill Cosby en|oys the success of his new CBS show, Cosby In January 1997, however tragedy strikes as Cosby ' s son Ennis is killed in Los Angeles in an apparent random robbery ENTERTANMEN

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TO of 1997 e Jennings LGI Vih- ' , The hit T single Where It ' s At kicks off the new ' Beck album Odelay. which is released to popular and critical acclaim. Spin magazine ' awards Beck Artist of the Year. - No Doubt, fronted by lead 1 singer Gwen Stefani. releases Tragic Kingdom, which includes such chart-toppers as Just a Girl. Spiderwebs. and Don ' t Speak. : |. Counting Crows ' second album, T Recovering Che Satellites, is released in October The long awated follow-up to 1 993 ' s August and Everything After debuts at number one on the charts W C George Strait is honored by the T Country Music Association in October with three ma|or awards — Single of the Year for Check Yes or No. Album of the Year for Clear Blue Sky. and Male Vocalist of the Year. e Hashimoto ' NGI irom LGI InMosenfelder, LGI mge ' snrt .,- ' i:r 4. Aianis Morisseties Jagged Little Pill reigns the charts. 2coming the all-time top-selling bum by a female artist, tonssette also dominates the 996 Grammys by winning four wards, including Best Album. f gangsta rap, begins distancing himself from hard-core rap. Been There, Done That, his brealt-away anthem, premieres on JVITV in September. R.E.M. ' slSth album. New Adventures in HhFi, the group ' s first recording . since 1994 ' s Monster, ' is released by Warner Bros, in September. -X Fourteen-year-old singing T sensation LeAnn Rimes is ' lominated for the Country Music Association ' s Horizon Award after Ithe breakthrough success of her ■single Blue. The popular new star lis often compared to country Imusic legend Patsy Cline. v Die Wallflotwers, with , Jakob Dylan, son legendary folk artist Bob Dylan, release Bringing I the Horse, which features singles One Headlight and 61 Avenue Heartache. - Tom Braxton ' s second album. 1 Secrets, is released in summer 1 996 Braxton wins R B Single of the Year for Let It Flow at the Billboard Music Awards in the fall. Uitja -j , The music world is stunned in 1 September by the death of rapper Tupac Shakur. killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Speculations as to the killer ' s motive abound, but the year ends with no answers and no arrests. MUSIC