1986

Acts Formed

Bark Psychosis

London, England
Post Rock

Boards of Canada

Edinburgh, Scotland
IDM

Buffalo Tom

Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alternative Rock

Charlotte's Web

Perth, Australia
Indie Pop

Eric B & Rakim

Long Island, New York, USA
Hip Hop

Gang Starr

USA
Hip Hop

Geto Boys

Houston, Texas, USA
Hip Hop

Leaders of the
New School

Long Island, New York, USA
Hip Hop

Manic Street
Preachers

Caerphilly, Wales
Indie Rock

N.W.A.

Compton, Los Angeles, USA
Hip Hop

Nice & Smoooth

New York, New York, USA
Hip Hop

No Doubt

Anaheim, California, USA
Ska

Pixies

Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alternative Rock

Rollins Band

Van Nuys, California, USA
Rock

Skid Row

Tom's River, New Jersey, USA
Heavy Metal

Slint

Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Post Rock

The Afghan Whigs

Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
Indie Rock

The Lemonheads

Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Indie Rock

The Sugarcubes

Reykjavik, Iceland
Alternative Rock

The Vaselines

Glasgow, Scotland
Alternative Rock

January 4th

Phil Lynott, of Thin Lizzy, dies at 36 of alcohol and drug abuse.

January 30th

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens.

March 7th

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration is released.

February 25th - Grammy Awards

Album of the Year: Phil Collins - No Jacket Required

Song of the Year: USA for Africa - We Are the World

May 19th

Peter Gabriel - So is released.

June 16th

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead is released.

September 19th

Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? is released.

September 27th

Cliff Burton, of Metallica, dies at 24 in a car crash.

October 7th

Slayer - Reign in Blood is released.