TIME LINE 80´s

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL

ESTADO DE HIDALGO

AREA ACADEMICA DE

NUTRICION ENGLISH IIIELIZABETH

GARCIA GONZALEZ

GRADE: 3°

GRUP: 2

John Lennon dies after crazed fan Mark David Chapman guns him down outside the ex-Beatle's apartment building in New York City on December 8. Just a few weeks earlier, Lennon had released his first studio album in five years, Double Fantasy, which featured a collaboration between Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono. Despite the dilution caused by her musical presence, impressive new songs like "Watching the Wheels" and "Starting Over" make the legend's untimely passing seem even more tragic.

1980

In March, upstart cable network MTV (Music Television) ushers music into a brave new video age, helping to launch and nurture the careers of greater and lesser '80s stars-to-be. In its early days the network suffers from a lack of video material and therefore plays many of its clips over and over, serving as powerful promotion for artists smart enough to board the video train early on. Oh, for the days when MTV (or sister station VH-1, for that matter) actually played videos.

1981

In January, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame holds its first induction ceremony. While Elvis Presley is an obvious and appropriate inaugural choice, somehow the Beatles don't seem quite significant or popular enough to be included. If that isn't enough of a bad omen, organizers announce in May that the state-of-the-art facility will be built in Cleveland, of all places.

1986

Not that anyone really thinks the Grammys have ever meant anything anyway, but one of rock's most embarrassing moments comes this year when Jethro Tull is selected over favorite Metallica for Best Hard Rock Performance. Sometimes legendary nights really come out of nowhere.

1989