| March |
*
Jimmy Barnes
starts his post-Cold Chisel career with a performance in Townsville
* Hoodoo Gurus
release their debut album, 'Stoneage Romeos' |
| April
|
*
Cold Chisel release
'Twentieth Century', which debuts at #1 nationally
* INXS release 'The Swing',
which debuts at #1 in Australia |
| June
|
*
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds release their first album 'From
Her to Eternity'
* Tim Finn leaves Split
Enz
* Guy McDonough dies of viral pneumonia |
| October |
*
Having decided to end the band, Split
Enz (withTim Finn) embark on a final tour of Australia and
New Zealand
* Midnight OIl
release 'Red Sails in the Sunset', recorded in Japan |
| September
|
*
The Go-Betweens
release 'Spring Hill Fair' |
| December
|
*
The Laughing Clowns split up |
| |
*
Billy Thorpe
announces his retirement from the music business
* Joe Camilleri forms the Black
Sorrows
* Michael Thomas forms Weddings,
Parties, Anything
* Peter Garrett stands as a candidate for the Nuclear Disarmament
Party inthe Federal election |
