Werner Herzog released Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht. Walter Hill released The Warriors.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 15)
The Jam released Setting Sons. The Kinks released Low Budget.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 14)
The B-52’s released their debut album, The B-52’s. Talking Heads, who were breaking into the mainstream, released Fear of Music.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 13)
Samuel Fuller was directing The Big Red One. Some people were making Herbie Goes Bananas. Eight years later, it would…
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 12)
Queen released their live double album Live Killers. Racey released their debut album, Smash and Grab.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 11)
Peter Weir was directing Gallipoli. Peter Bogdanovich was directing Ben Gazzara in Saint Jack (1980). The film, which was shot…
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 10)
Nurse With Wound released their debut album, Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella.…
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 9)
Michael Jackson released Off the Wall. Magazine released their second album, Secondhand Daylight.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 8)
Martin Scorsese was directing Raging Bull. Michael Cimino was going over budget and over schedule on Heaven’s Gate.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 7)
Jimmy Buffett released Volcano. John Cale released Sabotage/Live.