Revenge of the 80s Radio

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Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s Radio features a conversation with Dave Wakeling of the English Beat and General Public. He is currently on tour and expects to release new music early next year. Our discussion will play during the second hour of the show.

Wakeling’s sound has a quite intriguing origin to it, dating back to the first time he picked up a guitar. His unique approach to music (which you will find out more about in the interview) would up being the driving force behind his hybrid sound, mixing early punk, ska, reggae, new wave and soul to bring us the sound of the English Beat. After the Beat broke up, he and band-mate Ranking Roger formed the alt-supergroup General Public.

Wakeling has also worked as a producer, solo artist and contributed to charitable causes. Political issues and charity are extremely important factors in both Wakeling’s life and music. One of his most recent successful charity efforts was raising money for the Smile Train, which pays for surgery to fix the cleft palates of children from around the world.

In addition to the music, Dave offers his thoughts on the issues of the world from the Beat days through today as well as the balance an artist must make when producing politically-charged songs: bringing across the artist’s point, making the music entertaining and not sounding too preachy.

In the first hour, we will play classic alternative music from artists including The Little Girls, Jason and the Scorchers, Robey and Aneka.

Revenge of the 80s airs live on Friday nights 7-9ET on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley (www.wtbq.com); on Wednesdays 12noon Melbourne, AUS time on Radio 80s 87.6FM; Weekday mornings 7-9am AUS time on Seymour FM; Wednesday nights 6-8pm (Eastern US) and Saturdays 7-9pm on The Volt radio (Canada). Podcasts are available on Saturdays after the live show.

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