In July 1985, the band played their first-ever concerts behind the Iron Curtain , in Budapest and Warsaw .
On 19 May 1985, INXS won seven awards at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards ceremony. They performed ” Burn for You “, dressed in Akubras (hats) and Drizabones (outdoor coats/oilskin jackets).
In April 1985, Garrett, with some 30 other members, walked out of the national conference and resigned from the NDP claiming it had been infiltrated by a Trotskyist group.
On 17 March, they played the Festival Chateau Rock ’85 at the Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras in front of a claimed audience of fifteen thousand. However, Córdoba media outlets claim that, “only half the number of people actually showed up” and that Soda were “hardly noticed because their first record…
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In March 1985, the band returned to Sydney’s Rhinoceros Studios and recorded the Listen Like Thieves album along with producer Chris Thomas (the Sex Pistols , Pink Floyd , the Pretenders , Elton John ). As the band was finishing the recording sessions, Thomas stated that the album was not…
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On 26 January 1985, Soda played the Rock in Bali festival in Argentine port city of Mar del Plata .
In 1985, the band reduced its name to Camper Van Beethoven, replaced West with Anthony Guess, and recorded their debut album, Telephone Free Landslide Victory . The record featured their first successful single, ” Take the Skinheads Bowling “, the lesser hit “The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon”,…
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Writer and critic Bruce Elder , in a mid-1980s newspaper review described their music as “narrow and xenophobic ” and declared Midnight Oil were:
Pierce returned to guitar playing during this lineup, and both he and Powers are credited with guitar on their third album, The Las Vegas Story (the Blasters’ Dave Alvin also played lead guitar on a handful of tracks). Released on June 25, 1984, this album marked a significant change for…
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Jane’s Addiction formed from the remains of frontman Perry Farrell ‘s previous band, Psi Com . In mid-1985, Farrell was searching for a bassist to replace Kelly Wheeler in the faltering Psi Com. He was introduced to Eric Avery by Carla Bozulich (later of the Geraldine Fibbers ), and the…
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