Love initially gained notoriety in the Los Angeles indie rock scene as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989 with lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.

** Trace Cyrus ( born 1989 ), American musician ; ( former ) lead guitarist of Metro Station

* 1955 – Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1989 )

* 1989 – Joseph King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Canvas and Deadbeat Darling )

* 1989 – James Durbin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* 1989 – Mason Musso, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Metro Station )

* 1989 – Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R & B guitarist ( b. 1916 )

* 1989 – Tom Kaulitz, German guitarist ( Tokio Hotel )

* 1915 – Clyde Moody, American ginger and guitarist ( d. 1989 )

ABWH toured in 1989 and 1990 as " An Evening of Yes Music " which featured Levin, keyboardist Julian Colbeck, and guitarist Milton McDonald as support musicians.

Sessions for the album began in December 1989, and took place in Rio de Janeiro and New York, featuring guitarist J. J. Cale and many Brazilian and African musicians.

* Late Nite is the name of a 1989 solo album by American guitarist Neal Schon

In 1989, Primus was put on hold briefly and Claypool rejoined his former band, Blind Illusion, who at the time also featured one-time Joe Satriani student and ex-Possessed guitarist Larry " Ler " LaLonde.

" Edge produced two albums with guitarist Adrian Gurvitz, Kick Off Your Muddy Boots ( 1975 ) and Paradise Ballroom ( 1976 ); Hayward composed the acoustically textured Songwriter ( 1977 ), which would be followed up in later years by Night Flight ( 1980 ), Moving Mountains ( 1985 ), ( which Hayward dedicated to Peter Knight ) Classic Blue ( 1989 ), The View From The Hill ( 1996 ), and Live In San Juan Capistrano ( 1998 ); Lodge released Natural Avenue ( 1977 ); Pinder produced The Promise ( 1976 ); and Thomas collaborated on two projects with songwriter Nicky James, producing From Mighty Oaks ( 1975 ) and Hopes, Wishes and Dreams ( 1976 ).

The Verve were an English alternative rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury.

The next incarnation of The Sisters of Mercy featured an unknown German guitarist, Andreas Bruhn, whom Eldritch apparently discovered playing in a Hamburg pub and brought into the band in April 1989 ; controversial bassist Tony James ( ex-Sigue Sigue Sputnik guitarist and Generation X bassist / songwriter ); and last-minute recruit Tim Bricheno, formerly of All About Eve, on guitars.

In 1989, they reunited once again for the album Blast Off !, which was accompanied by a tour with US blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Since 1989 the group has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist and keyboardist Tom Dumont, bassist and keyboardist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young.

A third guitarist, Mark Refoy, had been recruited at the beginning of Summer 1989, to play on later live dates and work on the next album.

Fuel is an American rock band formed by guitarist / songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie in 1989.

The origins of Fuel were formed in 1989 in Brownsville, Tennessee by guitarist / songwriter Carl Bell and drummer Jody Abbott.

Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad is the first live album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1989 through Polydor Records.

* 1961 – Pete de Freitas, Spanish drummer ( Echo & the Bunnymen ) ( d. 1989 )

* 1989 – Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.

This version, released in 1989 was produced by British songwriting and production team formed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman.

On Friday 1 December 1989, Bob Geldof called Pete Waterman to ask if he would consider producing a new version of the song featuring the big stars from that time.

His friendship with Hughes led to Townshend's musical interpretation of Hughes's children's story, The Iron Man, six years later, as The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, released in 1989.

Fleischer served as Senator Pete Domenici's press secretary from 1989 to 1994.

* Pete York-Super Drumming II ( 1989 )

Alvin Ray " Pete " Rozelle (; March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996 ) was the commissioner of the National Football League ( NFL ) from January 1960 to November 1989, when he retired from office.

The institution's annual Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award was established in 1989.

After serving as a lawyer for the NFL, Tagliabue was selected by NFL owners to succeed Pete Rozelle as Commissioner of the NFL in 1989.

When NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle retired in 1989, Finks was the leading candidate to replace him.

* Pete Earley ; Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring ; Bantam Books, 1989, ISBN 0-553-28222-0

He finished four years ranked as the world's top player ( 1985 – 1987 and 1989 ) and was ranked No. 1 for a total of 270 weeks and set a new record previously held by Jimmy Connors, since broken by Pete Sampras and Roger Federer.

Chang reached three further Grand Slam finals after his 1989 French Open triumph, losing the 1995 French Open final to Thomas Muster, the 1996 Australian Open final to Boris Becker, and the 1996 US Open final to Pete Sampras.

Nelson " Pete " Shields became the organization's chairman in 1978 and retired in 1989.

Founded in 1989 by former Congressmen Paul Findley ( R-IL ) and Pete McCloskey ( R-CA ), the Council describes itself as " the only organization of its kind striving against tremendous odds to reverse the U. S. government's one-sided, one-way Middle East policies.

* On August 24, 1989, former baseball player Pete Rose voluntarily accepted a permanent ban from Major League Baseball for allegedly betting on Cincinnati Reds games while managing the team.

Pete Louis Vincent de Freitas ( 2 August 1961 – 14 June 1989 ) was a musician and producer, best known as a drummer with Echo & the Bunnymen, and whose drumming skills have been compared to Dave Grohl's.

* Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-July 5, 1989, with The Replacements, October 22, 1991, with Chris Whitley and May 15 and 17, 1995, with Pete Droge

One year later, in 1989, Rob Mobsy left the band and was replaced by Pete Luchter, who also quit to be replaced temporarily by Jim Thompson, who had been in the band prior to the release of Hell-O.

Ley is famous for breaking the banishment of Pete Rose from Major League Baseball for life in 1989.

line-up back together in 1986, Pete recorded the band's first three reunion albums, Suffer ( 1988 ), No Control ( 1989 ) and Against the Grain ( 1990 ), which are widely considered to be among Bad Religion's most important works.

At the NFL's annual meeting in Maui, Hawaii on March 15, 1987, Commissioner Pete Rozelle and Broadcast Committee Chairman Art Modell announced new three year TV contracts with ABC, CBS, and NBC for the 1987 – 1989 seasons.

The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, released in 1989, is an adaptation of Ted Hughes ' story The Iron Man, produced and largely composed and performed by Pete Townshend of The Who.