| Date | Artist | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| January 16 | Arthur Lee & Love | Great American Music Hall |
| January 31 | Opeth | The Fillmore |
| February 11 | The Mountain Goats | Mills College Chapel |
| March 4 | Melvins | Great American Music Hall |
| May 7 | Manic Hispanic | Slim's |
| May 28 | The Avengers | 924 Gilman Street |
| June 27 | The Ponys | Bottom of the Hill |
| July 29 | Judas Priest | Shoreline |
| August 1 | Reigning Sound, Sahara Hot Nights and The Hives | The Fillmore |
| August 12 | Patti Smith | The Fillmore |
| September 15 | Neil Young | Berkeley Community Theater |
| September 26 | Pixies | The Greek Theater |
| October 3 | The New York Dolls | The Fillmore |
| November 14 | Wilco and Carla Bozulich | The Paramount |
| November 24 | Green Day | SF Civic Auditorium |
| Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Wilson | Smile | Nonesuch |
| Elliott Smith | From A Basement On The hill | Anti |
| Exodus | Tempo Of The Damned | Nuclear Blast |
| Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
| Green Day | American Idiot | Reprise |
| Ludicra | Another Great Love Song | Alternative Tentacles |
| Neurosis | The Eye Of Every Storm | Neurot |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus | Anti |
| Patti Smith | Trampin' | Columbia |
| The Fall | The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country On The Click) | Narnack |
| The Mountain Goats | We Shall All Be Healed | 4AD |
| The Ponys | Laced With Romance | In The Red |
| Zeke | 'Til The Livin' End | Relapse |
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Camper Van Beethoven | That Gum You Like Is Back In Style |
| H.I.M. | Solitary Man |
| Jello Biafra And The Melvins | Yuppie Cadillac |
| Ministry | No W |
| Morrissey | Irish Blood English Heart |
| The Real Tuesday Weld | The Show Must Go On |
| William Hung | She Bangs |