I would wait a bit because this deserves to be in at least the top five but I'd probably forget:

34) Mick Jones plugs in his Les Paul and WANKS all over what may have been his BEST song (i.e. Stay Free) at the most INAPPROPRIATE moment (i.e. immediately after the lyric "I practiced daily in my room").

Thankfully, the un-wanked version is available on Rude Boy.

33. Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

32. the "retirement" of syd barrett
31. jeff buckley, RIP

30. Joey Ramone dies

29. Johnny Ramone dies

notice I excluded Dee Dee

28. Henry Rollins becomes the vocalist for Black Flag (some might debate me on this)

27. 1994- Over a gold plated mirror, pockmarked with razor stains, two music execs greenlight an album simply called "Melancholy & the Infinite Sadness."

-Jeremy

26. D. Boon, RIP

26. 1970's- The IRA gives a pass to the house of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hewson.

-Jeremy

24. gibson releases its digital guitar

23. heart broken teenagers with high estrogen levels start "emo"

ps there are two 26's up

this is a hard region...too early for lennon. heck, probably too early for k.cobain. waaay too early for hendrix.

22. the discovery of 'gated reverb'