STACK #187 May 2020

MUSIC FEATURE

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Belinda breaks free, we meet reality TV, and it's a sad day for the Grand Ol Opry: We've combed the dusty archives to assemble this calendar of notable dates, events, and oddities of music history for May.

MAY 2, 2010 A devastating flood through Nashville damages the historic Grand Ole Opry House; guitars and other musical equipment donated by Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and John Fogerty are irreparably ruined, as well as a Stratocaster owned by Jimi Hendrix.

MAY 23, 2015 After accepting a special invitation via a Wild Card entry to commemorate Eurovision’s 60th anniversary, Australia

MAY 4, 2012 Adam "MCA" Yauch of

beloved New York City rap trio Beastie Boys dies of cancer, at the age of 47.

MAY 10, 1985 Massively popular LA all-girl group The Go-Go's – purveyors of hits Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got The Beat – announce they’re breaking up. The most successful of the act’s members solo becomes Belinda Carlisle who achieves giant success, most notably with perennial classics Heaven Is A Place On Earth , Summer Rain , and Leave A Light On . MAY 14, 2004 Coldplay’s Chris Martin and his actress wife Gwyneth Paltrow have their first child, a daughter, whom they name Apple. MAY 21, 1992 Reality TV makes its first, indelible mark on the cultural landscape when MTV airs the first episode of The

makes its first ever appearance at the annual song contest, which historically only allows submissions from European nations. We are represented by singer-songwriter and Australian Idol alumnus Guy Sebastian, who sings Tonight Again and eventually places fifth in the comp. MAY 28, 1982 Rocky III opens in cinemas worldwide, and its theme song Eye Of The Tiger is an immediate hit. It was written by Chicago band Survivor on special request from Rocky star Sylvester Stallone, who reportedly couldn’t secure the rights to Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust . MAY 30, 1990 Midnight Oil make worldwide headlines when they perform outside the Exxon building in

MAY 8, 2001 Insane Clown Posse’s road manager is arrested at the band’s show in Omaha for attacking an audience member; the victim, a fan of ICP’s Detroit rap rival Eminem, was throwing M&M chocolates onto the stage.

MAY 9, 1965 Charles Leslie Drayton is born in New York City, and is quickly identified as a child prodigy on the drums. Charley goes on to perform or record with Iggy Pop, Mariah Carey, The Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Cash and many others. He joins Aussie band The Divinyls

in 1991, and marries frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett in 1999, to whom he remains devoted right up to her death from breast cancer in 2013. Drayton is currently part of the Cold Chisel line-up.

New York City, a protest in response to the Alaskan oil spill which destroyed Prince William Sound the year previous. Peter Garrett says: "We can't treat the world like a garbage dump, and there's more to life than profit and loss."

Real World . The ep gets massive ratings and prompts the start of MTV’s move away from music video programming.

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