| February |
*
Marc Hunter is sacked from Dragon,
replaced by Richard Lee
* Jerry Lee Lewis cars and possessions taken by tax officers
|
| March
|
*
Cold Chisel release
'Breakfast at Sweethearts', reaching #4 nationally and becoming
the highest selling Australian album of the year |
| April
|
*
The Boys Next
Door release their debut album 'Door Door' |
| July
|
*
The Angels release 'No
Exit' |
| September |
*
Mental
As Anything release 'Get Wet' and the single 'The Nips are
Getting Bigger' goes on to #1 on the UK alternative charts |
| October |
*
Midnight Oil
release 'Head Injuries' |
| November
|
*
The Go-Betweens
leave Australia for the UK |
| December
|
*
The Angels play for 100,000
people on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, on New Years
Eve. Doc Neeson and Chris Bailey were both injured by flying
bottles during the show which ends in a riot
* The Boys Next
Door sign to Missing Link and release Hee Haw
* Dragon break up |
|
|
*
Little River
Band release 'First Under the Wire', which also goes platinum
in the US
* Split Enz release
'True Colours' which goes to #1 in Australia (10 weeks) and
New Zealand
* The Sports release
'Don't Throw Stones'
* Billy Thorpe
signs with the Pasha Music Organisation and records 'Children
of the Sun'
* The Farriss Brothers return to Sydney and change their name
to INXS
* John Lloyd and Michael Hoste join Flowers,
and the band support XTC, Magazine, The Angels and Cold Chisel |
