Revenge of the 80s

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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 […]

[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 […]

Click here to listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio live between 7-9pm Eastern US time! Tonight’s Revenge of the 80s will feature an interview with Nikki Corvette, who is directly credited with influencing artists and bands from her days with Nikki and the Corvettes through today — from the Go-Gos to The Donnas, who […]

[amazonify]B00004SZGD::text::::Get the remastered original Nikki and The Corvettes CD HERE![/amazonify] This Friday night, my guest will be Nikki Corvette, whose influence on female punk, power-pop and new wave artists and bands is still strong after Nikki and The Corvettes formed thirty years ago. Nikki is back in the studio and with a new band, The […]

Last week, we posted an article about Annabella Lwin’s efforts to help the people in her native city of Myanmar, Burma who are still suffering from the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the area when it hit there on May 2nd. While we posted links to Annabella’s MySpace page and a Google donation site, […]

The podcast for our 5/23/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. Hour 2 is the first (and not last) Revenge of the 80s New Wave Dance Party. Remember those days nights in the club? I don’t either, but I do remember the music. The broadcast/podcast […]

Listen Live 7-9pm Eastern US time here! Tonight on Revenge of the 80s, our second hour will bring us back to those nights at the club. We will play the top New Wave dance hits including tracks from Alphaville, Yaz, Captain Sensible and Blancmange. The first hour will include a Post-1980s duet between Kim Wilde […]

Annabella Lwin has been out front for the past month in trying to find help for the people in her home town of Myanmar, Burma, who are still suffering from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis from May 2. She and many others are encouraging people to donate money and help through this website: www.dec.org.uk/. Google […]

The podcast for our 5/16/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post, featuring our interview with Caron Maso Murray of The Little Girls. Caron and her sister, Michele, became famous for their energy, fast-paced songs and their harmonies. Their most successful track, “The Earthquake Song,” was […]

Listen Live 7-9pm Eastern US tiem Firday Nights here Tonight, our guest on Revenge of the 80s Radio will be Caron Maso Murray of The Little Girls. Caron, her sister Michele and guitarist Kip Brown were the core in the early 80s and still remain, even after a nearly 20-year long hiatus. More on our […]

Did you miss an interview? Do you want to hear a discussion with one of your favorite artists again? Then go to our Interview Archives page on the Revege of the 80s Radio website. While we archive past shows, this is a special section where you can go right to some of our best interviews […]

Remember The Little Girls? That’s the band best known for singing about having fun during an earthquake and taught us all How To Pick Up Girls in the early 80s. This Friday night, Caron Maso, the band’s leader and songwriter, will be our guest on Revenge of the 80s. The core of the band was […]

We apologize for putting this up so late. The Podcast from the Friday 5/9 show is now up. We featured music from Howard Jones, The Belle Stars, Annabella Lwin, Voice of the Beehive and more artists of the era. We also showcased a new track from the band Dollshouse, led by former Voice of the […]

Tonight, Revenge of the 80s Radio will introduce a new feature: we will showcase a new track from an artist from the 1980s. Many of the great New Wave era acts are out touring and releasing new material so it is only natual for Revenge of the 80s to showcase their new music. [amazonify]:right:omakase:free-software-catalog-20:300:250[/amazonify] This […]

Note: Revenge of the 80s will be featuring new and upcoming projects by artists from the 80s New Wave era both on the radio program and on this blog. The first will be Dollshouse — a band founded by former Voice of the Beehive bassist Martin Brett. {IMU_468_60} Martin Brett, who was the bassist for […]

Our podcast for the 5/2/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up. We talked with Jean MacColl, who wrote the book Sun On the Water about her daughter, singer/songwiter Kirsty MacColl. Proceeds from sales of Sun On the Water will benefit the Justice for Kirsty campaign. During the interview, we talked about: Kirsty’s music […]

Jean MacColl, who wrote the book Sun On the Water to chronicle the life of her daughter, the late singer’songwriter Kirsty MacColl, will be my guest tonight on Revenge of the 80s. We will talk about Kirsty’s life, career and the Justice For Kirsty campaign, which the family launched after her tragic death. We will […]

Fans of Kirsty MacColl might remember the events surrounding her tragic death while scuba diving in Cozumel, Mexico. Kirsty’s mother, Jean MacColl, recently wrote a book on her daughter’s life: Sun On the Water. In it, she tells of Kirsty not only as an accomplished singer and songwriter — but also as a daughter, person […]

The podcast for our April 25, 2006 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up. We talked with Songwriter/Storyteller/Vocalist/Multi-Instrumentalist Stan Ridgway, known to many as one of the foundig members of Wall of Voodoo and the band’s first lead singer. The interview leads off Hour 2. During the interview, we talked about: The beginning, rise […]

This Friday, Revenge of the 80s Radio welcomes Stan Ridgway, who many know as the former original lead singer of the band Wall of Voodoo. After he left the group in 1983, Stan began his solo career and hasn’t stopped, working on his own material and collaborating with other musicians including his wife, Pietra Wexstun. […]

Sun on the Water, the book about Irish singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl’s life (writtern by her mother, Jean MacColl), is officially being released at a launch party in the Soho section of London today. Proceeds will help the Justice For Kirsty campaign, which is helping the MacColl family seek justice and a possible retrial in the […]

Sun On the Water, a book on the life of singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl, best known for her duet with The Pogues, “Fairytale of New York,” will be officially released on Monday, April 21st. It was written by her mother, Jean Newlove (as Jean MacColl), as part of the “Justice for Kirsty” campaign. Many of us […]

The podast from the Frida 4/11/08 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up. We featured music from Big Audio Dynamite, Voice of the Beehive, Strawberry Switchblade, INXS, Red Rockers and more. Our “Soundtrack Classic” was an unlikely duet between Annette Funicello and Fishbone from the movie “Back to the Beach.”

Revenge of the 80s Radio airs live tonight 7-9pm Eastern US time on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley and the Revenge of the 80s website (the “listen live” link is near the top of the far right column), featuring some of the great music from the New Wave era. {IMU_468_60} You can also call us […]

The official MySpace page for Revenge of the 80s Radio is up and running. Stay connected as a “Friend” of Revenge of the 80s. We will update you on show news, podcasts, interviews and more. Revenge of the 80s MySpace

In one week, we will broadcast the first “Revenge of the 80s” Radio show in the Q99.1 FM studios in New York’s Hudson Valley. We premiere on Friday, March 14, 2008 7-9pm Eastern Time. If you are not in our terrestrial listening area, you can listen to the live webcast on the WTBQ website. A […]


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