This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album. It is often referred to as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
Aaron Dontez Yates, better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games. In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards.
Castelnovo Monti is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, central Italy.
Supersuckers are an American rock band. Following the relative success of their 1997 foray into country music with the release of Must've Been High, they have also been known to play country shows under various names, including the Supersuckers.
How Does Your Garden Grow? is a 1998 album by American alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra. It was the band's fourth album, and their second with drummer Travis Aaron McNabb. It was released on August 25, 1998 by Elektra Records.
The Hungarian national basketball team represents Hungary in men's international basketball tournaments. It is governed by the Hungarian Basketball Federation. The national team had its best years between the 1940s and the 1960s, when it won several medals at the continental stage and qualified for the Summer Olympics on four out of five occasions. Hungary qualified for the EuroBasket 2017, its first qualification in almost 18 years. There, it recorded its first EuroBasket victory in 48 years. Hungary though has yet to qualify for the FIBA World Cup.
DrUnder is the sixth studio album from Serbian rock band Van Gogh, released in 2002.
Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam is a 1984 compilation album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme that features thirteen of their ballads recorded between 1974 and 1983. The album's name derives from the band's popular ballad "Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam" from 1976 album Eto! Baš hoću!.
Nema laži, nema prevare – Uživo, Zagreb `85 is the second live album by former Yugoslav and Serbian rock band Riblja Čorba. Originally a bootleg recording of Riblja Čorba concert held in Zagreb on March 3, 1985, Nema laži, nema prevare - Zagreb uživo `85 was released as a live album in 1995 by Slovenian record label Biveco. The recording was not remastered, or edited in any other way for the release. The band has included the album into their official discography.
The Hodï language, also known as Yuwana (Yoana), Waruwaru, or Chikano (Chicano), is a small unclassified language of Venezuela. Very little is known of it; its several hundred speakers are monolingual hunter-gatherers.
Balkan Horor Rok II is a live album by the Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam. The album, released on cassette only, is the second part of the live recordings released as a part of the compilation Seks, droga, nasilje i strah / Balkan Horror Rock.
Bez naglih skokova is the fourth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.
Karavan is the ninth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. Karavan is the last album that was recorded in cooperation with the lyricist Radoman Kanjevac.
Trinaest is the tenth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.
No Comment is the first live album by Serbian rock band Van Gogh. The album was recorded on the band's concerts held on January 23 and 24, 1997 in Studentski kulturni centar in Belgrade.
Od bižuterije do ćilibara is the sixth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1997.
Monuments to an Elegy is the ninth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on December 5, 2014. Band leader Billy Corgan has noted that—similar to the band's previous release, Oceania—the album was the final part of the project, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, due to cancellation of the project in 2018 by Corgan. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, but sold poorly compared to the band's previous albums, peaking at number 33 in the U.S. and number 59 in the U.K., thus making it their lowest charting album in both regions since their debut, Gish (1991).
Robert Boldižar, is a Bosnian and Croatian violinist and music pedagogue. He is a current member of rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje.
