Year: 2012
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Our 9/28 Revenge of the 80s Radio podcast/syndication edit is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we have a conversation with rock icon Bebe Buell
Thirteen bands from across the U.S. and Canada will play at the second annual Power Pop-A-Licious Fest at Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The power pop celebration takes place on November 16th and 17th.
Revenge of the 80s Radio welcomes its newest radio affiliate, Q107FM in Peoria, Illinois.
Revenge of the 80s Radio is giving away a pair of tickets to see the two bands live that night at B.B. Kings.
This week: music from Robin Lane, Icehouse, Josie Cotton, Wall of Voodoo, Mondo Rock, The Alarm, General Public, Ultravox and more…
Today, Robin Lane uses her talents to help others with the various music outreach programs she originated under her Songbird Sings organization umbrella. Her new record company, Funzalo Records, recently released recordings of some of Lane’s standout tracks in a compilation titled The Deli Platters Versions.
Highlights from around the blogosphere:
This week, Suzi Quatro is our very special guest. We will also play tracks from her 2011 album, In the Spotlight.
For the first time in 17 years, Adam Ant will perform live west of the Atlantic Ocean as he starts his 2012 North American tour on September 13th.
This week, we re-broadcast our August 2011 interview with Julie Brown.
This week, Deniz Tek will be our guest with top-notch Detroit musicians Chris “Jukebox” Taylor and Al King. The three recently recorded and produced a track together with the Taylor-led Mazinga project. We will discuss the track and talk Detroit rock with these fine music-makers
A-ha frontman Morten Harket will be honored for his pro-environmental work at an annual ceremony as The Clean Tech Media Award will present the singer with the first Green Media Award.
Is Eddie Murphy going to bring “Beverly Hills Cop” back? A popular web-zine says he will, but with a different dynamic.
This week, we catch up on your requests, with music from The Alarm, The Hoodoo Gurus, Tom Tom Club, Bauhaus, Christie Allen, The Blasters, Nikki Corvette, Polly Styrene and more.
The English Beat and The Paul Collins Beat will play a series of shows together this fall.This will be the first time Dave Wakeling’s Beat and Collins’ Beat share the stage for a mini-tour.
Men Without Hats will hit the road beginning September 5th in San Diego.The band plans to play classics and songs from their new album, Love In the Age of War.
This week. we present an encore broadcast, featuring our March 2012 interview with Ginger Coyote, editor of Punk Globe magazine and lead singer of the White Trash Debutantes. Punk Globe Magazine is celebrating its 35-year anniversary this month.
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the release of one of the iconic teen party movies of the 80s, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Not only is this flick fondly remembered and still quoted by fans, it spawned the careers of several future stars. Fast Times was more mainstream than many of the other […]
Kim is a talented and widely-respected writer, show promoter and story teller. She has been in the center of the Motor City Rock scene for decades (having been born in Ypsilanti, MI and raised on alt-rock, blues, Motown and country music) and works with some of the region’s top talents, including King, Taylor, Rikki St. James and many more stellar musicians.
Our 8/10 Revenge of the 80s Radio show podcast/syndication edit is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we premiere a previously unreleased track featuring Deniz Tek with Detroit rockers Al King and Chris “Jukebox” Taylor’s Mazinga project. The song, “Wake Up,” was recorded in 2011.
Longtime ska musician Andy Keys Clark conveys his longtime admiration for classic rock and soul band Dexy’s Midnight Runners with “When Dexy’s Ruled the World,†a tribute single from his new album, The Prophecy.
This week, we feature a new song from ska artist Andy Keys Clark, who pays homage to one of the most inspirational and unique bands of the 1980s, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, with the single, “When Dexy’s Ruled the World.”
In the center of the San Francisco punk scene of the late 70s was Ginger Coyote, who wanted to shine a spotlight on some of the great underground acts of the time.
This week, Taco Ockerse is our guest. Plus, learn how you can win tickets to see Bow Wow Wow, Gene Loves Jezebel and Dale Bozzio live at B.B. King’s Blues Club and Grill in NYC on August 21, 2012. We will also play classics by INXS, The Housemartins, Kirsty MacColl, ABC, Jimmy Barnes and more.
This week, we feature a conversation with Haircut 100 bassist Leslie Nemes. Plus, classics from Simple Minds, Wall of Voodoo, The Divinyls, Julie Brown, The Korgis and more.
This week, we play new music from Nikki Corvette and Patti Smith, plus classics by Spandau Ballet, The Specials, Christie Allen, Laibach, The Flirts, Howard Jones, The Members, Joy Division, The Motels and more
Alt-rock heavy-hitter Hugh Cornwell today gave fans a preview of the artwork and track list for his forthcoming album, Totem and Taboo
We at Revenge of the 80s Radio welcome our new affiliate: Rock 103FM in Central Illinois. The station plays music of the 70s and 80s (with a little 60s sprinkled in) and is an excellent flashback to the days of great personality radio.
This week, we re-air our September 2011 interview with August “Kid Creole” Darnell.
Aimee Mann says she will release a new album later this year. According to her website, Charmer, will be released on Septemner 18th thruogh Superego Records. It will be her eighth solo collection and first since 2008’s @#%&”! Smilers.