MAY 31
TODAY IN 1986 PETER GABRIEL NOTCHED HIS SECOND SOLO NO. 1 ALBUM WITH ‘SO’, FEATURING THE HIT SINGLES “SLEDGEHAMMER” AND “IN YOUR EYES”
ATHENS BASED R.E.M. SIGNS A FIVE-ALBUM DEAL WITH I.R.S. RECORDS IN 1982 WITH THE BAND’S FORTHCOMING DEBUT EP, ‘CHRONIC TOWN’ SET TO BE RELEASED IN AUGUST.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE THUNDEROUS LED ZEPPELIN DRUMMER JOHN BONHAM WHO WAS BORN TODAY IN 1948.