80s radio
In the early days of Revenge of the 80s Radio, I used to cover and review concerts somewhat regularly. During one at Jones Beach in 2009 which featured several artists of the 80s, I met backstage a rather talented percussionist, Lily Gonzalez, who was playing with ABC at the time. Since, she has worked with several classic alternative acts, most recently (and currently) with Tony Hadley. Lily has a new album out titled Sink or Swim; she will be our guest on this episode of Revenge of the 80s Radio.
This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we play new music from Men Without Hats and Steve Hovingtom plus classics by Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Mi-Sex, Captain Sensible, Bad Manners, The Raincoats and more.
Suzi Quatro is back on with us and with a new album, The Devil in Me. The album, produced by her son Richard Tuchey, features Suzi spanning genres from her classic sound, to the blues, moving ballads, some modern rock and a hint of smooth jazz-rock back to a potential Detroit anthem titled “Motor City Riders.”
This week, we play new music from The Plimsouls, Midnight Oil, Steve Kilbey and Michele Maso plus classics by INXS, The Humans, Noiseworks, Amazulu and more.
This week, we salute our furry, feathered and scaly friends as we play classic alternative tracks with animals in the titles. We are fans of animals here on Revenge of the 80s Radio; we recognize them with cuts from The Cramps, The Damned, The Nomads, David Bowie, The Associates and many more.
This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, Jamie James of the Kingbees talks with Chris about the release of a musical project he put together with famed actor Harry Dean Stanton. The band, Harry James With the Cheap Dates, includes James and more Rockabilly Royalty. James also looks back at The Kingbees, his own influences and a project with Dennis Quaid: DQ and the Sharks
Chris talks with David Diamond and Mister Zero of The Kings.
We play holiday classics and new musical cheer from Josie Cotton, Captain Sensible, The Pogues and Kirtsy MacColl, The Lopez Beatles, Limahl, Doug & the Slugs and more.
Our Revenge of the 80s Radio #Halloween 2020 special is up. We play haunted tracks and spooky classics from Tom Waits, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, Carmine Capobianco & Debi Thibault, The Dream Syndicate and more
Cidny Bullens talks with Chris upon the release of his first album as Cidny: Walkin’ Through This World
This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we play new music from Linda Jo Rizzo, Willie Nile and Kid Creole & the Coconuts plus classics from Dexy’s Toyah, Icehouse, Psychic TV and many more classic alternative artists
Mike Peters is our guest as he and Peters is our guest as he and The Alarm release Stream – Hurricane of Change
In hour 2, we will feature classic alternative artists from New England with music by Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, The Del Fuegos, Jonathan Richman, The Fools, Til Tuesday and many more
Carol Decker tells Chris about the making of new music from T’Pau including their latest single, “Be Wonderful.
Cherie Currie is back with Chris on Revenge of the 80s Radio. Cherie has a new album, Blvds of Splendor.
This week, Peter Godwin joins Chris as we play his newest single, You!. Peter will be releasing more new music this year; find out more about it on this week’s show
This week, we talk Josie Cotton as she re-releases her Invasion of the B-Girls album
we salute our furry, feathered and scaly friends as we play classic alternative tracks with animals in the titles
we have a lot of fun talking 80s sitcoms with classic tv expert Herbie J. Pilato, host of Then Again With Herbie J Pilato. Having worked in the industry and written several books spanning stars and shows of the 60s, 70s and 80s, Pilato and Chris look at the 80s sitcoms as well as their better, influential and not-so-good contributions to entertainment and our culture.
Adriana Kaegi talks with us about her newest projects: her television channel, StyleCultureTV, and several new ambient music tracks
songs with the artists names in the titles, featuring music from Immaculate Fools, Dog Police, Dominatrix, Falco, Madness, Tear Garden, Book of Love and more
Jack Hues talks with Chris about hs upcoming new album, Primitif, and the newest Wang Chung album, Orchestral.
we play new music from Linda Jo Rizzo and Andy Prieboy plus classics by Roman Holliday, Peter Case, Stan Ridgway, Mojo Nixon, It’s Immaterial, The Three O’clock and more
This week we play songs about travel, driving, riding, flying, sailing and other means of transportation from artists including The Selecter, Stan Ridgway, Pearl Harbour and the Explosions, Nash the Slash, Devo, The 3 O’clock and many more classic alternative artists
Steven Jones and Man Parrish are back on with us. They will talk about their new collection: The Art of Pop
Musician/producer Mark Rozzo talks with Chris about his soundtrack for the 80s movie parody audio project Passable in Pink. We also play a musical tribute to Andy Gill
Marshall Crenshaw talks with Chris about the re-release of his 1996 album, Miracle of Science, featuring two new bonus tracks. Crenshaw also discusses a documentary he is working on about producer Tom Wilson
This week‘s show features music from artists of the 80s out of New York City. We play tracks from Kid Creole & The Coconuts, The Dictators, Ron Rogers, Bush Tetras, The Toasters, Blondie and more.
This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we play new music from Jack Hues and Berlin plus classics by The Bolshio Madness, DMental As Anything, The Vapors, Men Without Hats and many more
Andy Rourke of The Smiths and KAV of Happy Mondays talk with Chris about their new project: Blitz Vega. We also play music from Madness, Dave & the Dynamos, The Blow Monkeys, Split Enz, Nina Hagen, Seona Dancing and many more