Month: June 2008
When the brains behind the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts decided to create their courtyards, pavilion and all-around atmosphere, they likely had the June 29th Doobie Brothers/Chicago concert in mind; it seemed to have been made for such a performance. [amazonify]::omakase::300:250[/amazonify] These great rock music innovators teamed up to tour this year and the […]
The podcast for our 6/27 Revenge of the 80s Show Featuring Dale Bozzio is up. Dale is best known as the singer and a fouding member of Missing Persons, a band that was not only ahead of its time, but is considered by many music historians to be true icons of thw L.A. New Wave […]
Click Here to Listen Live tonight, 6/27/08 7-9pm Eastern US time Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s features an interview with the immensely talented Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons. Dale, Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccarillo and Patrick O’Hearn came from the Frank Zappa musical projects to form this vastly unique band whose fine musicians set them apart […]
Although this board generally focuses on New Wave, Alternative pop and similar types of music, there was some great other music out there. Much of that comes from bands who were huge in the 1970s whose musicianship led them to be loved in the 80s and, in many cases, still today. Two of those bands […]
Devo is suing McDonalds fast food chain over their “American Idol Happy Meal” character “New Wave Nigel,” which the band claims is a blatant rip-off of their look and style. This came out in a recent story from the Australian Associated Press. A while back, we posted a story on how McDonald’s new Happy Meal […]
This Friday night, Revenge of the 80s Radio presents our interview with former Missing Persons singer and Founding Member Dale Bozzio. Since the mid-1970s (yes, before Missing Persons) Dale has electrified audiences with her unique vocal style and performance presence. [amazonify]B000VAQWZQ[/amazonify] She and Missing Persons are true icons of the New Wave era and the […]
One of the great comedians of all-time, George Carlin, died yesterday at the age of 71. Carlin will be remembered as one of the more controversial comedians of his time as he entertained audiences from the 60s through the years leading up to today. Perhaps his most famous bit is the “Seven Dirty Words You […]
This week’s broadcast of Revenge of the 80s featured an encore presentation of our earlier interview with Tracey and Missy Belland of Voice of the Beehive. We talk about hwo they got started after moving from sunny California to London, their careers and what they are doing now. Also, Missy’s new line of fairies will […]
A reception for X founding member Exene Cervenk will talk place tonight (Friday) at DCKT Contemporaries, 195 Bowery, in New York City tonight. The event is open to the public. Cervenka actually has two seperate art shows: “The Spirits Are Alive and Well” and “Epic Hero.” More information on tonight’s show can be found on […]
Click Here to Listen Live 7-9pm Eastern US time We might as well make it Voice of the Beehive week. First, we hear news that former bassist Martin Brett has joined a new band, we will soon release details of a TV show that Missy Beehive will appear on as a guest, and tonight, Revenge […]
Maritn Brett (also known as “Brett Martini”), who played bass for Voice of the Beehive ln the late 1980s, is now taking his sour-stringer to the band I Ludicrous, an alternative rock band out of the U.K. Brett was most recently the guitarist for Dollshouse, which was featured on a past Revenge of the 80s […]
Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Tour made its way to the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Sullivan County, NY to kick off its summer concert series. Lauper is headlining the nationwide extravaganza with help from several other acts, including arguably the world’s best party band, The B-52s, who also performed at the Hudson Valley […]
The podcast for our 6/13 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show — featuring Annabella Lwin — is up. The main part of the discussion is about how she is working hard to help raise awareness and encourage donations to help the people devastated by Cyclone Nargis in Yangoon, Myanmar, Burma — where she was born. […]
Click Here to Listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio Live 7-9pm Eastern U.S. Time. Tonight, June 13, 2008, I am honored to have Annabella Lwin as my guest. While we will talk about her career and new music, this is an especially important discussion because Annabella has been out front in helping relied efforts […]
Considered by many as the top party band of the 1980s, the B-52s are headed to Sullivan County, NY as part of their nationwide tour through much bigger cities to play at the Bethel Woods Center For the Arts, the location of he historic Woodstock concert in 1969. The B-52s, who did videos in the […]
We now have a page on the Revenge of the 80s Radio blog where we have links to sites for organizations working on relief efforts for the people of Myanmar, Burma who were devastated by Cyclone Nargis, which hit the region on May 2nd — and where you can donate to help them. I would […]
This Friday night, our guest on Revenge of the 80s Radio will be Annabella Lwin, who is currently working hard on an important project: her relief efforts to help the victims of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated her home town of Yangoon, Myanmar, Burma on May 2nd. While we do talk about Annabella’s career from her […]
The podcast for our Revenge of the 80s show from 6/6/08 is up. We played a track (during the 2nd hour) from Aimee Mann’s new CD, @#%&*! Smilers. The album was released on June 3rd and Mann is currently on tour to promote it. Among the artists we highlighted during the show were: Kim Wilde, […]
Click here to listen live 7-9pm Eastern US time! Tonight will be an all-music night on Revenge of the 80s Radio. We will feature tracks from Kim Wilde, Voice of the Beehive, Nikki and the Corvettes, The Cure and more. To salute Aimee Mann on the release of her new CD,[amazonify]B00171MNKQ::text::::@#%&*! Smilers[/amazonify] , we wil […]
Mojo Magazine’s special New Wave edition is now available and can be ordered on their website. Inside they do a special tribute to Blondie and list the top New Wave Power Pop songs of all time. Mojo is probably the best magazine source for information on real music these days and has not forgotten about […]
[amazonify]B00171MNKQ[/amazonify] Singer and songwriter Aimee Mann, best known as ‘Til Tuesday’s lead singer released her 7th solo CD today: [amazonify]B00171MNKQ::text::::”@#%&*! Smilers.”[/amazonify] from Amazon. Aimme’s tour to promote the CD begins on June 6th in Anahem, California’s House of Blues and currently runs through September 14th (as of today, according to her home page) in Westhampton […]
While this is an 80s/New Wave-centric blog and program, one would wonder if music would eventually evolve toward New Wave, Punk, Post-Punk or any of its variations without rock pioneers like Bo Diddley, who died yesterday in his Florida home at age 79, to start the first big rock movement. Diddley, whose innovative guitar sound […]
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