rock

1985
Screaming Trees The band rehearsed at the Conner family’s video rental store and

The band rehearsed at the Conner family’s video rental store and recorded their demo tape Other Worlds in the summer of 1985 with Steve Fisk at Creative Fire recording studio in Ellensburg. It was initially distributed by the independent label K Records . Other Worlds then got a wider release…
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Hootie & the Blowfish met in Columbia

Darius Rucker and Mark Bryan met in Columbia, South Carolina , in the mid-1980s when they were both freshmen at the University of South Carolina . Bryan, a guitar player, heard Rucker singing in the showers of the dormitory they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability. The pair…
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Kiss (band) hired Bruce Kulick

The band hired Bruce Kulick , the brother of Balance ‘s Bob Kulick , in 1985 to replace St. John.

1984
Def Leppard car accident

On the afternoon of 31 December 1984, drummer Rick Allen was involved in a car accident on the A57 road in the countryside a few miles west of Sheffield. While trying to pass another car at a high speed, he lost control of his Corvette C4 , which hit a…
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Soda Stereo presented their debut album at El Teatro Astros

Soda Stereo presented their debut album at El Teatro Astros on 14 December 1984, their first show at the venue. The TVs there were turned on and out of sync with each other to the theme of “Sobredosis de TV” (TV Overdose), creating a captivating visual effect.

Megadeth joined Megadeth

he joined Megadeth in December 1984

Kiss (band) dismissed from the band in December 1984

St. John, however, came down with reactive arthritis during tour rehearsals, and performed at a handful of shows before being dismissed from the band in December 1984

INXS gone double platinum

By December 1984, The Swing had gone double platinum , making it one of the five biggest domestic albums in the history of Australian music at the time.

Midnight Oil Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate

Garrett ran as a Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) candidate for a New South Wales seat in the Australian Senate during the December 1984 federal election , Garrett obtained 9.6% of votes but was unable to obtain the required quota of 12.5%.

Kiss (band) recorded on November 28, 1984

with one of these shows being at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York which was recorded on November 28, 1984.