Epic Records Events

1977 Apr 8 The Clash release their self-titled debut album
The Clash is the eponymous debut album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was originally released only in the United Kingdom on 8 April 1977 through CBS Records. It was re-releas...
1978 Nov 10 The Clash release Give 'Em Enough Rope
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records. It was their first album released in the ...
1979 Jul The Clash re-release their self-titled debut album
In the US the Clash's debut album was released one year after Give Em Enough Rope, so it was their second US LP. CBS in America had decided that the album was 'not radio friendly', so it ...
1979 Dec 14 The Clash release London Calling
London Calling is the third studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 through CBS Records, and in the United States i...
1980 Dec 12 The Clash release Sandinista!
Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. Anti...
1982 May 14 The Clash release Combat Rock
Combat Rock is the fifth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 14 May 1982 through Epic Records. It was the last album to feature original member Mick J...
1983 Jun 13 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release Texas Flood
Texas Flood is the debut album of American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released on June 13, 1983 by Epic Records. The album was named after a cover featured on ...
1984 Steve Vai Releases "Flex-Able Leftovers"
Flex-Able Leftovers was a limited edition 10" vinyl EP by American composer and guitarist, Steve Vai. It was recorded from 1982 to 1984, and originally released in 1984 (see 1984 in music...
1984 Jan Steve Vai Releases "Flex-Able"
Flex-Able is an album by Steve Vai. This was his first as a solo artist, and was created in Stucco Blue, a shed converted into a studio in Vai's old back garden. It is very different than...
1984 May 15 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release Couldn't Stand the Weather
Couldn't Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was released on May 15, 1984 by Epic Records as the follow-up t...
1985 Sep 30 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release Soul to Soul
Soul to Soul is the third studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble released on September 30, 1985 by Epic Records. Recording sessions took place betw...
1985 Nov 4 The Clash release Cut the Crap
Cut the Crap is the sixth and final album by the British punk rock band The Clash, released on 4 November 1985 by Epic Records. Following the ejection of founding member Mick Jones fro...
1986 Joe Satriani Releases "Not of This Earth"
Not of This Earth is the first full album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. Numerous tracks off this album are still played live by Satriani. The original artwork used for...
1986 Nov 15 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release Live Alive
Live Alive is an electric blues album compiled from four live performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The performances were recorded on July 16, 1985 at the Montreux Jazz F...
1987 Joe Satriani Releases "Surfing with the Alien"
Surfing with the Alien is the second album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani, released in 1987. Surfing with the Alien contributed greatly to establishing Satriani's reputatio...
1988 Jun 11 Joe Satriani Records "Dreaming No. 11"
Dreaming #11 is an EP by Joe Satriani released in 1988 with three live tracks and one new studio track, The Crush of Love. Live tracks, taken from the Surfing With the Alien tour were rec...
1988 Sep 13 Suicidal Tendencies release How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today is the third album by the American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released on Epic Records on September 13, 1988. Ho...
1989 Social Distortion signs to Epic Records
While the band still failed to break into the mainstream success at the time of its release, critical praise given to Prison Bound garnered attention from major labels, including Epic Rec...
1989 Jun 6 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release In Step
In Step is the fourth studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble released in 1989. The title In Step can be seen as referring to Vaughan's new-found sobriety, following the yea...
1989 Oct 17 Suicidal Tendencies release Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Deja Vu
Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu is a compilation album by the American thrash metal/crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, which was released on October 17, 1989 by Epic...
1989 Oct 30 Joe Satriani Releases "Flying in a Blue Dream"
Flying in a Blue Dream is a 1989 album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. It is his third studio album (Dreaming #11 is a mostly live EP). Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 13 also...
1990 Mar 27 Social Distortion releases self-titled third album
Social Distortion is the third and self-titled album by the American punk rock band Social Distortion, released on March 27, 1990, through Epic Records. After touring in support of its pr...
1990 Jul Steve Vai Releases "Passion and Warfare"
Passion and Warfare is a 1990 instrumental album from guitarist Steve Vai. It has been certified 2 times Platinum. It was written based on a series of dream sequences that Vai had when he...
1990 Jul 3 Suicidal Tendencies release Lights...Camera...Revolution!
Lights...Camera...Revolution! is an album by Suicidal Tendencies, which was released in 1990. It is their fourth proper studio album as their previous release, Controlled By Hatred/Feel L...
1990 Sep 25 The Vaughan Brothers release Family Style
Family Style is a blues-rock album by the Vaughan Brothers, released September 1990. The album features the brethren guitarists and vocalists, Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, in their only...
1991 Rage Against the Machine is formed
Rage Against the Machine (often shortened to RATM) is an American metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since its formation, consists of vo...
1991 Aug 27 Pearl Jam releases their first album, Ten
Ten is the debut studio album by the American grunge band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone G...
1992 Feb 11 Social Distortion releases Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band Social Distortion, released on February 11, 1992. It continues the melding of country and rocka...
1992 Jun 30 Suicidal Tendencies release The Art of Rebellion
The Art of Rebellion is the fifth full-length album by Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1992 on the Sony Music label. It is widely considered to be Suicidal's "experimental" alb...
1992 Jul 21 Joe Satriani Releases "The Extremist"
The Extremist is an instrumental rock album released by Joe Satriani in 1992 and re-released in 1997 with his entire Epic Records catalog. The track "Summer Song" was used heavily in a...
1992 Nov 11 Rage Against the Machine releases first album
Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released November 11, 1992. The songs on Rage Against the Machine tend to feature political mantras...
1993 Jun 15 Suicidal Tendencies release Still Cyco After All These Years
Still Cyco After All These Years is a 1993 compilation album by Suicidal Tendencies. It is a re-recording of the band's 1983 debut album, Suicidal Tendencies and also contains 3 additiona...
1993 Jul 27 Steve Vai Releases "Sex & Religion"
Sex and Religion is a Steve Vai album presented under the name of simply "Vai" and before then "Light Without Heat" but had to be changed due to copyright issues to the original name. It ...
1993 Aug 17 Bad Brains release Rise
Rise is the fifth full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It is the first Bad Brains album to be released on a major label (Epic Records) and is notable for the abs...
1993 Sep 2 Sepultura release Chaos A.D.
Chaos A.D. (Chaos Anno Domini) is the fifth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in late 1993 through Roadrunner Records. This was the record that helped the gro...
1993 Oct 10 Joe Satriani Releases "Time Machine"
Time Machine is a double instrumental rock album released by Joe Satriani in 1993. The first CD comprises new, unreleased, and rare studio (such as tracks from Satriani's self-released 19...
1993 Oct 19 Pearl Jam releases Vs.
Vs. is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on October 19, 1993 through Epic Records. After a relentless touring schedule in support of its de...
1994 Jun 14 Suicidal Tendencies release Suicidal for Life
Suicidal for Life is an album by Suicidal Tendencies, which was released in 1994. It is their sixth proper studio release as Still Cyco After All These Years is a re-recording of the band...
1994 Nov 22 Pearl Jam releases Vitalogy on vinyl
Vitalogy is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 22, 1994 through Epic Records. Pearl Jam wrote and recorded Vitalogy while touring...
1994 Dec 6 Pearl Jam releases Vitalogy on CD and cassette
Vitalogy is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 22, 1994 through Epic Records. Pearl Jam wrote and recorded Vitalogy while touring...
1995 Mar 21 Steve Vai Releases "Alien Love Secrets"
Alien Love Secrets is an EP made by Steve Vai in 1995. It was written as a stripped-down guitar, bass and drums record with minimal keyboards. Alien Love Secrets was released in the middl...
1995 Oct Joe Satriani Releases "Joe Satriani"
Joe Satriani is a 1995 album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. Produced by Glyn Johns, it showcases a more laid-back, bluesier sound with less use of effects than all of Joe'...
1996 Aug 27 Pearl Jam releases No Code
No Code is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1996 through Epic Records. Following a troubled tour for its previous album, Vit...
1996 Sep 17 Social Distortion releases White Light, White Heat, White Trash
White Light, White Heat, White Trash is the fifth album by American punk rock band, Social Distortion, released on September 17, 1996, by Epic Records. The album was produced by Michael B...
1996 Sep 17 Steve Vai Releases "Fire Garden"
Fire Garden is a 1996 album from guitarist Steve Vai. This is his fourth solo album, as Alien Love Secrets is an EP. Fire Garden is divided into two "phases". Phase 1, consisting of ev...
1997 Social Distortion leaves Epic Records
In 1997, Social Distortion terminated their contract with Epic and decided to stay on TimeBomb Recordings, who reissued their first two albums and released the Mainliner compilation two y...
1997 Jun 3 Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Eric Johnson Release "G3: Live in Concert"
G3: Live in Concert is a live album and DVD by the G3 project, led by Joe Satriani. It was released in 1997 by Epic Records. This lineup of G3 includes Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Stev...
1998 Feb 3 Pearl Jam releases Yield
Yield is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on February 3, 1998. Following a short tour for its previous album, No Code (1996), Pearl Jam wen...
1998 Mar 3 Joe Satriani Releases "Crystal Planet"
Crystal Planet is a 1998 instrumental rock album from guitarist Joe Satriani. It is likened to his classic 1989 release Flying in a Blue Dream in terms of sonics (returning from the blues...
1999 Sep 7 Steve Vai Releases "The Ultra Zone"
The Ultra Zone is a 1999 album from guitarist Steve Vai. This is his fifth full-length album, as Alien Love Secrets is an EP. The Ultra Zone is structurally similar to Vai's previous a...