On 26 January 1985, Soda played the Rock in Bali festival in Argentine port city of Mar del Plata .
Early in 1985, the Smiths released their second studio album, Meat Is Murder . It was more strident and political than its predecessor, including the pro-vegetarian title track (Morrissey forbade the rest of the group from being photographed eating meat), the light-hearted republicanism of “Nowhere Fast”, and the anti-corporal punishment…
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Finally, the song was re-released in 1985 with a new, groundbreaking video; this time, the song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number two on the UK Singles Chart .
Morrissey brought a political stance to many of his interviews, courting further controversy. Among his targets were the Thatcher government , the British monarchy and the famine relief project Band Aid . Morrissey famously quipped of the last, “One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia , but…
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A-ha became the first Norwegian band to have a number-one hit in the U.S. The popularity of “Take on Me” earned the band a spot on the American television series Soul Train in 1985, making them one of the few white artists to appear on the black music-oriented show. (Earlier…
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The band’s first album, 1985’s Hunting High and Low , became a worldwide bestseller, spending most of October and November in the top 20 of Billboard ‘s Top 200 album chart. The album and its four hit singles garnered international recognition for A-ha. Hunting High and Low earned triple platinum…
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Beyond this European success, the song also reached No. 13 on the US charts in mid-1985, the first appearance of a DM single on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was a Top 20 hit in Canada.
In 1985, Kino released their third album, Eto ne lyubov… .
In 1985, Soda Stereo visited Los Angeles California for a press tour and was interviewed by Miguel Banojian, a U.S. journalist with a degree from UCLA , who was also the first Hispanic rock concert promoter in Los Angeles, and was scheduling Hispanic music concerts around Hollywood in clubs like…
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In early 1985, Kino attempted to record another album, but Tsoi did not like producer Andrei Tropillo ‘s interference in his work, and the project was left unfinished.