| January
|
*
Australia's first rock festival "Pilgrimage for Pop" held at
Ourimbah, NSW, with a lineup including Billy Thorpe and The
Aztecs and Tully. More than 11,000 attend, with 26 arrested
for misbehaviour. |
| February |
*
Tully perform Love 2000
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
| April
|
*
Master's
Apprentices release 'Turn Up Your Radio' |
| May
|
*
Master's
Apprentices leave for the UK where they record 'Because
I Love You'
* Four students shot dead in anti-Vietnam War protest, Kent
State University, USA |
| June |
*
Greg Quill forms Country Radio
* Chain record 'Live Chain'
at Caesar's Palace in Sydney |
| July |
*
Tully release their self-titled,
debut album
* Warren 'Pig' Morgan leaves Chain to join Billy
Thorpe and The Aztecs |
| August |
*
Jimi Hendrix' last performance - at the Isle of Wight Pop Festival |
| September
|
*
Matt Taylor joins Chain
|
| November
|
*
Ross Wilson forms Daddy
Cool, playing their first gigs at the T.F. Much Ballroom
in Melbourne |
|
|
*
Axiom release their debut album 'Fool's Gold'
* The Moonshine Jug and String Band form in Adelaide, later
to be known as The Angels
|
