May 18
TODAY IN 1985, AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO BREAK THROUGH IN AMERICA, ‘SIMPLE MINDS’ HAVE A #1 HIT WITH “DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME),” WHICH IS FEATURED IN THE MOVIE ‘THE BREAKFAST CLUB’.
R.E.M.’S SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘OUT OF TIME’, HITS NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS IN 1991. THE ALBUM WON THREE GRAMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM, AND TWO AWARDS FOR THE LEAD SINGLE, “LOSING MY RELIGION.”
AND IN 1996 SOUNDGARDEN PERFORM FOR THE FIRST, AND ONLY TIME, ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, PLAYING “PRETTY NOOSE” AND “BURDEN IN MY HAND.”
