Year: 2010
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Corey Haim is found dead in his home at age 38.
This week, we feature a conversation with Kate Garner of Haysi Fantayzee. Garner is also an internationally-renowned fashion and art photographer, with several critically-acclaimed shows including Jolly Darkness.
Tonight’s guest on Revenge of the 80s is Kate Garner of Haysi Fantayzee. We will also have new music from Debora Iyall and Martha Davis.
Expectations are high when a Detroit punk legend and a Motor City garage band queen team up to form an alt-rock supergroup. Gorevette, formed by Nikki Corvette (Nikki and the Corvettes) and Amy Gore (Gore Gore Girls), deliver solidly with their first EP, Lustfully Yours
While weaseling through the blogosphere, here are some classic alternative music-related highlights: Blitz Magazine has an excellent article on The Little Girls Adriana Kaegi‘s 2009 TAG album is showcased in the Album Art Hall of Fame Blog The people at the Michael Hutchence Tribute Site continue to do a bang-up job. …and those who worked […]
This Friday, our guest on Revenge of the 80s Radio will be Kate Garner, who — with Jeremy Healy and Paul Caplin — formed Haysi Fantayzee.
This week, we ran an encore Revenge of the 80s Radio show, featuring a conversation with Adriana Kaegi
Due to a massive blizzard, we are forced to postpone airing our interview with Kate Garner. We will run an encore show featuring a conversation with Adriana Kaegi.
Gorevette will tour the Eastern US and continue on in Japan this spring. Band leaders Nikki Corvette and Amy Gore made the announcement shortly after the release of their Lustfully Yours EP
Rhino Records announced it will release the first Pogues live albums (Rum Sodomy and the Lash, Red Roses for Me, If I Should Fall from Grace With God, Peace and Love, and Hell’s Ditch) as a Box Set on March 1st, 2010
This Friday, our guest on Revenge of the 80s Radio will be Kate Garner, who — with Jeremy Healy and Paul Caplin — formed Haysi Fantayzee.
This week, we talk with Mary Buffett, the investment and management leader, speaker and author. While she is famous on the financial media circuit, Mary also had a hit EP and video in 1984.
Mary Buffett, the investment and management expert and author who had a hit in 1984 with “My Boyfriend’s Back,” who will be on Revenge of the 80s Radio tonight.
driana Kaegi’s superb documentary on the band she co-founded will be featured at the Phoenix Art Museum on March 24th. This will be thw first Western US screening of Kid Creole and My Coconuts.
Doug Fieger, former lead singer of The Knack, lost his battle with cancer this morning at age 57. Fieger and the Knack mainstreamed the “new wave sound” of rock in 1979 when they hit #1 with “My Sharona.” UPDATE: A quite posted on The Knack’s official website: “Our hearts are broken, we will miss you […]
Once again, Revenge of the 80s Radio celebrates the time of amore with a collection of classic alternative love songs.
In honor of St. Valentine’s Day, Revenge of the 80s Radio will celebrate the amorous holiday tonight with two hours of classic alternative love songs.
Former Romeo Void frontwoman Debora Iyall says she is working on a solo album. According to her Facebook and MySpace page posts, Iyall’s new collection has an ETA of summer 2010.
This week, we pay tribute to Lux Interior a year after his passing with a block of music by The Cramps. We also played new music from Adriana Kaegi.
Click here to listen live between 7-9pm Eastern US Time You can also get the show from our flagship station website: www.wtbq.com. Check the bottom of this post for other affiliates’ dates and times. On tonight’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show, we will take time in the second hour to dedicate a Cramps music […]
Louise Robey will be back in the United States this year to promote her new music and upcoming anthology album: Louise Robey Music Anthology (1979-2009) The Essential Collector’s Edition
On this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show, we featured new music from Gorevette, who a few days ago released their first EP, “Lustfully Yours.” We also played another previously unreleased recording from August Darnell (Kid Creole), who is currently working on his upcoming anthology album.
Tonight on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we will play a new track from Gorevette, led by Nikki Corvette (of Nikki and the Corvettes) and Amy Gore (The Gore Gore Girls). The band — consisting of Corvette, Gore, Lianna Castillo and Al King — is celebraitng the release of their new EP, “Lustfully Yours” this weekend with two big parties: one tonight in Detrot and one this weekend in Ann Arbour
Martha Davis shines with hr new retro jazz track “Mr. Grey.”
Gorevette released their new EP, “Lustfully Yours,” today. The Detroit supergroup featuring Nikki Corvette, Amy Gore, Lianna Castillo and Al King plan to celebrate this weekend with two big CD release parties
This week, we played some of Michael Hutchence’s classic tracks with INXS in tribute to what would have been his 50th birthday.
Tonight on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we will honor the legendary Michael Hutchence, who would have celebrated his 50th birthday today had it not been for his tragic death in 1997.
August Darnell announced the winners of the two creative challenges he issued to fans after introducing several previously unreleased songs.
Fans of INXS and Michael Hutchence are campaigning to give the former frontman a special posthumous 50th birthday present on January 22nd: a #1 hit song
Once again, Dave Wakeling is out front in a major humanitarian cause: The English Beat will play two major Haiti Earthquake Relief benefit concerts this week