What Happened in 1997

Napalm Death release Inside the Torn Apart

Inside the Torn Apart is the seventh album by Napalm Death. Read more

Sepultura release Blood-Rooted

Blood-Rooted is an album by Sepultura, released on June 3, 1997. It was a collection of unreleased tracks, b-sides, remixes, and live recordings.... Read more

Detroit Red Wings win Stanley Cup

The 1997 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers. Detroit was in the Final for... Read more

MST3K Ep. 811 - "Parts: The Clonus Horror"

In an isolated community set in a remote desert area, clones are being bred to serve as a source of replacement organs for the wealthy and... Read more

FBI Officials Admit Bulger was Informant

What has long been suspected is now official: Fugitive crime boss James J. "Whitey" Bulger was an informant for the FBI. Faced with an ultimatum... Read more

Ernie Els wins the 97th U.S. Open

Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open and major championship by defeating Colin Montgomerie by one stroke. The two had battled through the final holes... Read more

Uphaar Cinema Fire

At least 59 people, including 16 children, are feared killed and over 200 injured in a major fire at the multi-storeyed Uphaar cinema hall, Green... Read more

FDA Approves Allergan's Tazorac

Tazarotene is a vitamin A derivative, topical retinoid used to slow skin cell growth. It is normal for psoriasis plaques to become very red before... Read more

MST3K Ep. 812 - "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies"

A couple of slackers stumble across a cult of monsters at an early-'60s carnival. Stars "Cash Flagg" (a pseudonym for the film's director, Ray... Read more

Radiohead releases third album, "OK Computer"

OK Computer is the third album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 16 June 1997. Radiohead recorded the album in rural... Read more

Blink-182 releases Dude Ranch

Dude Ranch is the second studio album by American pop punk band Blink-182. Recorded at Big Fish Studios in Encinitas, California with producer Mark... Read more

Batman & Robin (film) released

Batman & Robin is a 1997 superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is a sequel to Batman... Read more

Testament Releases "Demonic"

Demonic is a studio album by the band Testament, released in 1997. The lyrics deal with occult themes more like their 1980s efforts instead of the... Read more

Mötley Crüe release Generation Swine

Generation Swine is the seventh studio album and final for Elektra Records by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on June 24, 1997. The... Read more

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter is the fourth Marvel Comics-licensed fighting game produced by Capcom (see Marvel vs. Capcom series). It is... Read more

President Bill Clinton Nominates Sonia Sotomayor to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

On June 25, 1997, Sotomayor was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which was... Read more

Hercules (Disney film) is released

Hercules is a 1997 American animated feature film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth... Read more

Glastonbury Festival 1997

Torrential rain just before the weekend resulted in this being the “Year of the Mud”. Undeterred, festival-goers boogied in their boots to more... Read more

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Released in the UK

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling and featuring Harry Potter, a young... Read more

Limp Bizkit release Three Dollar Bill, Yall$

Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ is the debut album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit, released July 1, 1997 through Flip/Interscope. It was produced... Read more

Men In Black (film) released

Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio.... Read more

Primus releases Brown Album

Brown Album is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band Primus. It was released on July 8, 1997. It was the first Primus release to not... Read more

MST3K Ep. 813 - "Jack Frost"

A pretty young woman is forced to slave away, while a young boy with the head of a bear must perform a good deed to reverse the curse. Read more

"The Butcher Boy" Is Released

The book was adapted into a feature film directed by Neil Jordan in 1997. It starred Eamonn Owens as Francie, Stephen Rea as Benny and Fiona Shaw... Read more

U2 releases "Last Night on Earth" single

"Last Night on Earth" is the third single from U2's 1997 album, Pop. The song features excerpts from "Trayra Boia," written by Naná Vasconcelos and... Read more