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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
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.
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
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.
Do you remember the song “Yaya” in 1982 on the Ronnie Bruce Rogers Ze Records EP Don’t Play With My Emotions? Tonight, on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we will talk with the young up-and-comer who collaborated with him on the effort and sang lead, Rikki St. James.
A new DVD, Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s, attempts to right the wrongs of music history outside the confines of the Great White North, exposing some of the great sounds out of the Canadian New Wave movement to classic alternative fans today.
We wanted to kick off 2010 with something different, so we celebrated with two previously unreleased songs from August Darnell, better known as Kid Creole.
Tonight, we will have our first new show of 2010. We will kick off the new year by featuring two previously unreleased tracks by August Darnell of Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holdays to all of you from us at Revenge of the 80s Radio. The podcast edit of our Revenge of the 80s Christmas special is up and available at the end of this post.
This week, we played the World Radio Premiere of Adriana Kaegi’s new single, “I’ve Been Going Out,” which the Original “Mama Coconut” released earlier this week as the first follow-up to her brilliant TAG album
Two classic British TV shows, “The Young Ones” and “The Black Adder” have new editions out on DVD — great gifts for the connoisseur of fine British comedy in your life
Following up on her brilliantly-elegant TAG album, Kid Creole and the Coconuts Co-Founder Adriana Kaegi captivates us once again with her stunning “I’ve Been Going Out.”
This week, we feature memorable 80s party songs during the first hour and top classic alternative dance tracks during the second hour
Tonight, we will play those classic club and college party favorites of the era through the entire second hour of the show.
Our Revenge of the 80s Amazon Store leads you to the great apparel of the decade, leading off with the ties that epitomize of coolness
The podcast for out 11/27 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up. The second hour features our November 2008 conversation with Andy Prieboy
Tonight’s show will feature a re-broadcast of our interview with Andy Prieboy, former lead singer for Wall of Voodoo and Eye Protection, master musician and lyricist.
80s Christmas and Holiday Gift Idea #2: Hand-Crated Fairies by Missy Beehive of Voice of the Beehive
The new video from Gorevette, with Nikki Corvette of Nikki and the Corvettes on vox partnering with rocker Amy Gore (Gore Gore Girls).