| January
|
*
The Divinyls release
'Desperate', which reaches #3
* Cold Chisel
headlines the three day Narada Festival |
| February |
*
Midnight OIl
headlines and helps organise the Stop the Drop Nuclear Disarmament
concert in Melbourne
* INXS make their US debut
with release of 'The One Thing' single before embarking on a
marathon tour in March |
| March
|
*
The Birthday Party
release 'The Bad Seed' and 'Mutiny!' |
| April |
*
The Triffids release
the EP 'Bad Timing and Other Stories'
* Died Pretty form in Sydney |
| May |
*
The Go-Betweens
release 'Before Hollywood' |
| June
|
*
The Birthday Party
play Melbourne on the 9th of June, which turns out to be their
last gig |
| September |
*
Hunters
and Collectors release 'The Fireman's Curse', recorded in
Germany |
| November |
*
The Triffids release
'The Treeless Plain' |
| December
|
*
Having announced that they were splitting up in August, - Cold
Chisel play the last show of The Last Stand tour at the Sydney
Entertainment Centre |
|
*
The Bee Gees release
the film soundtrack, 'Staying Alive'
* INXS tour America
* Australian
Crawl embark on a UK tour as support for Duran Duran
* Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons
split up
* First CDs released in the US |
