Revenge of the 80s Radio - Hour 2

This week, Revenge of the 80s airs a rebroadcast of its movie soundtrack music special. Artists featured include Trio, The Plimsouls, Bone Symphony and Wall of Voodoo.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/revenge-logo-3x1.jpeg) The podcast for our 6/26/09 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up and available at the bottom of this post. bet on eurovision (http://blog.partybets.com/eurovision/) This week's show features music from classic alternative artists including Berlin (Happy Birthday Terri Nunn), Dramarama, Robey, Madness and The Pursuit of Happiness. We also played a Micheal Jackson track in tribute to the longtime pop singer, who elevated the mini-movie music video concept among other accomplishments, after he passed away suddenly at age 50.

The podcast for our 6/19 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up. This week, we rebroadcast our interview with Tony Kinman, co-founder of The Dils, Rank & File and Blackbird. We discuss the San Francisco Punk Scene of the 1970s. Our conversation leads off the second hour.

(http://manoferrors.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/fry-2.jpg) The podcast for our 6/12 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. Leading off the second hour, we spent some time with ABC (http://www.abcmartinfry.com/)'s Martin Fry, who will once again perform on the Regeneration Tour (http://regenerationtour.com/). Fry talked with us before last year's concert series; that discussion can be found here (http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/?p=130). bet on eurovision (http://blog.partybets.com/eurovision/) Our conversation focused on some of the more interesting things happening with ABC (http://www.abcmartinfry.com/) recently, including the fine reception received from fans of all ages from last year's Traffic (http://www.amazon.com/Traffic-ABC/dp/B001AIRUQ8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1244980579&sr=8-1) album, an upcoming charity trek through the desert lands of Namibia and a special full-orchestra performance commemorating The Lexicon of Love as one of the world's greatest albums. We also discussed Martin's thoughts on performing live over the past few decades, cool suits and some new music coming from ABC. (http://regenerationtour.com/RegenBanner_03.gif) ABC will be performing on this year's Regeneration Tour with Terri Nunn & Berlin, Wang Chung and The Cutting Crew. Shows begin this week; ticket and tour information can be found on the Regeneration Tour Official Website (http://regenerationtour.com/). Last year, ABC's set was filled with all of the style and energy one would expect from them as well as the excellent performances with the special aura Fry brings to the stage. They will be mixing some classics with tracks from Traffic and (according to Fry) some new music. We also featured classic alternative cuts from artists of the era including Blondie, Total Coelo, Mojo Nixon and Nikki & the Corvettes.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/berlin_allwayin_finalcover.jpg) The podcast for our June 5, 2009 Revenge of the 80s is up and available at the end of this post. This week's show features a conversation with Terri Nunn (http://www.berlinpage.com/), she and Berlin (http://www.berlinpage.com/) will be on this year's Regeneration Tour (http://regenerationtour.com/). (http://regenerationtour.com/RegenBanner_03.gif) Last year, Terri came on with us to talk about her career and some new developments with Berlin (http://www.amazon.com/Pleasure-Victim-Berlin/dp/B000000OXB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1244291235&sr=8-1) at the time (the 2008 interview is here). This time, we talk about some of the interesting things Terri is working on now, including: * Berlin's live CD/DVD, Berlin: All the Way In, with some new music as well as classic tracks. * The Regeneration Tour and other upcoming performances * Terri's charity work * A reality TV project . * ..and Terri's thoughts on talk radio -- and working on her own show. Berlin (http://www.amazon.com/4play-Berlin/dp/B000B5KQYY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1244291284&sr=8-1) will also be headlining the LA Gay Pride 2009 event on June 14th (http://www.lapride.org/). bet on eurovision (http://blog.partybets.com/eurovision/) [amazonify]B0028EW450[/amazonify]This week we also premiered another song from Adriana Kaegi's new solo album, TAG (http://www.amazon.com/Tag/dp/B0028EW450/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1244291366&sr=8-2), which is now available. Our review of TAG is in here (http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/?p=493). It is the first full solo album for Kaegi, who has worked on several musical projects as a performer, choreographer, costume designer and video producer. Kaegi is also planning the upcoming release of her documentary, Kid Creole and My Coconuts, on the band she helped form. We also featured classic alternative music from artists of the era including Icicle Works, X, The Pogues and Echo & the Bunnymen.

(http://www.wangchung.com/archive/jh/JACK_JPEG.jpg) This week's Revenge of the 80s Radio show features a conversation with Wang Chung (http://www.wangchung.com/)'s Jack Hues, who will be on this year's Regeneration Tour (http://regenerationtour.com/). Our interview leads off the second hour of the show and is available at the end of this post. (http://regenerationtour.com/RegenBanner_03.gif) Hues' background in the UK's local music scene led him to partner up with Nick Feldman and, later, Darrin Costin to form Huang Chung. [amazonify]B00006L3JC[/amazonify]As the band moved its talents to Geffen records, the name change to Wang Chung was the next step to international stardom with their big hit "Dance Hall Days (http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Hall-Days/dp/B000V6392Y/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1243687705&sr=8-6)," a track that was actually originated during the Huang Chung years, with strong 40s big-band and jazz influences that foretold the future for Hues: Wang Chung (http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Hall-Days/dp/B000V6392Y/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1243687705&sr=8-6) continues to produce hits, combining electric new wave with real horns and early jazz elements. The Mosaic (http://www.amazon.com/Mosaic-Wang-Chung/dp/B000000OYB/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1243687705&sr=8-10) LP featured their biggest hit to date: "Everybody Have Fun Tonight." Costin left the band before that project and after the 1989 album, The Warmer Side of Cool, Hues and Feldman pursued other projects. One of Hues' recent experiments is with a new jazz band, The Quartet (http://www.myspace.com/thequartetband), which evolved from some of his past ventures in that genre. The Quartet performs throughout the UK; some of their music can be found on The Quartet's MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/thequartetband). (http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/6700.jpg) bet on eurovision (http://blog.partybets.com/eurovision/) During our conversation, Jack Hues and I talk about: * Jack's early days in music * How he and Feldman came up with the idea to form Wang Chung * Interesting trivia behind some of Wang Chung's classic cuts * What to expect from Wang Chung on the Regeneration Tour (http://regenerationtour.com/) * Hues' Jazz influences * The Quartet and a new album coming soon from Wang Chung At the end of our talk, we premier a brand new song from Wang Chung: "Abducted By the 80s," which is slated to appear on the upcoming LP. You will also catch the "Dance Hall Days" Arista Mix, which the band recorded as Huang Chung. During the show, we also featured classic alternative tracks from artists including REM, Altered Images, Dramarama, a deeper cut from King and a selection from the new LP (formerly and EP) "Silly Songs For Kids (Volume 1) by Stan Ridgway and Pietra Wextun.

The podcast for our May 22, 2009 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. (http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/revenge-logo-3x1.jpeg) This week, we have wall-to-wall classic alternative cover songs of the 1980s. The art of the cover song was not a new phenomenon then, but it was a bit different from eras past. The 50s and 60s found the recording industry a huge platform for artists who performed work previously released by another singer or group. In many cases, the covers sounded very much like the original or companies would have an unknown artist perform the track for special compilation edition records (hence those Time-Life infomercials for 50s-era music collections constantly assuring buyers that they have the "original recordings by the original artists"). It was the late 1960s when artists would begin to understand that covering a song means putting their own twist on it or making some improvements to the first cut. There were folk versions of old rock tunes and acid rockers found ways to make some songs stand out more by doing them in their style while still paying homage to the original (Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues" and The Zachary Thacks' "Little Red Book" comes to mind here). That trend continued in the 1970s as popular bands of the time would recreate an oldie by turning it into a fun 70s style pop song. bet on eurovision (http://blog.partybets.com/eurovision/) The 1980s, as an era of new sound, technology and creativity, produced possible the most interesting covers in music history. From Wall of Voodoo's version of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" to Devo's "Satisfaction," some of the great American classics were re-translated and admired by a new generation of listeners who wanted something different but understood what great music was. Later on the recording industry "suits" started winning their choke hold on mainstream radio play lists and found that bland, mellow versions of once-great songs would "test well" and make lots of money. Soon came Celine Dion and her watering down of "The Power of Love" and "I Drove All Night." Consequently, the industry kept churning out short-lived manufactured acts that all sounded like the typical "pop diva" or "boy-band lead whiner" and made money from the masses by having them strip the soul from what was great music (did I not mention that awful version of "Time After Time" by some trendy-boy-du-jour in a prebious post?). This Revenge of the 80s show features classic covers by artists of the era including Captain Sensible, Strawberry Switchblade, The Tom Tom Club, Louise Robey and The Cure.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/revenge-logo-3x1.jpeg) The podcast for our 5/15/09 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up and available at the bottom of this post. Back by popular demand, the second hour featured our Classic Alternative Dance Party with tracks from Yaz, The Flirts, Dominatrix and ABC. In the first hour, we played tracks from artists including Jason and the Scorchers, Boomerang, REM and Voice of the Beehive (with a Happy Birthday going out to Tracey Belland -- May 17th).

(http://watikiwaterpark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/happymothersday.jpg) In honor of Mother's Day, Revenge of the 80s Radio salutes Moms. We play songs by moms, about moms and for moms (aside from the lead track because I like to be different). This installment of Revenge of the 80s: A Salute to Mothers includes cuts from Voice of the Beehive, Tears For Fears, Strawberry Switchblade, Louise Robey, Kate Bush and Altered Images.

The podcast for our 5/1 Revenge of the 80s Radio Show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week's show is loosely-themed "Songs of the Spring." I write "loosely" because the music is not necessarily about the spring or from the spring, but the selected tracks are songs that I always liked to hear in the spring in the 1980s and beyond. Enjoy this week's loosely-themed show, which features classic alternative tracks from artists including Trio, Icehouse, Stan Ridgway and Robey, a Later Track from Nena and Kim Wilde as well as new music from Los Trendy, the band led by Rank and File's Tony Kinman.

The podcast for our April 24, 2009 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week's show features some classic alternative tracks from artists including Strawberry Switchblade, Captain Sensible, INXS and the Soup Dragons with some deeper cuts from The Flirts and Kate Bush. We also introduced a new feature: the "Later Cut," where we play some of the artists' post-1980s work between the end of the decade and new music from recent years. The first Revenge of the 80s "Later Cut" is Andy Prieboy's "Montezuma Was a Man of Faith" from the self-titled EP (and the album Upon My Wayward Son). We also played a number of your requests. Keep them coming: e-mail us with yours at radio@revengeofthe80sradio.com (mailto:radio@revengeofthe80sradio.com).

The podcast for our 4/17/09 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we featured classic alternative tracks from Dexy's Midnight Runners, Tuxedomoon, REM and The Clash with deeper cuts from Falco, Laibach and Men Without Hats.

The podcast for our April 3rd Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Badnews87.jpg) This week, in honor of April Fool's Day, our entire second hour pays homage to some of the best comedy tracks of the 1980s, including classics from Bad News, Neil, Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper, The Frantics and Julie Brown. In the first hour we have cuts from alternative artists of the 80s including ABC, Kate Bush, Adam & the Ants and Nikki Corvette.

The podcast for the March 20th Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. For this week's show, we mix in a bit more new music from artists of the 1980s with the alternative classics. We feature new creations from Adriana Kaegi, Gorevette (Nikki Corvette's band), Louise Robey, Martin Fry, Andy Prieboy and Stan Ridgway. As always, we have the classic tracks and deeper cuts from singers and bands of the era including the B-52s, Haysi Fantaysee, Missing Persons. Voice of the Beehive and Trio.

(http://www.logosportswear.com/embroideryclipart/CD022205TH.jpg) March 14, 2008 was the official launch date of Revenge of the 80s Radio. Since that initial broadcast, we not only played alternative classics from the 80s (give or take a few years for some tracks), we also interviewed some of the great artists of the era and showcased their new music and programs. We also added features to the news, information and podcasts on the Revenge of the 80s blog. There will be more exciting things happening with Revenge of the 80s in Year 2. Our first anniversary show is now available in a podcast at the bottom of this post. I would like to thank you for listening to the radio broadcasts and podcasts as well as visiting our blog and making Revenge of the 80s one of the fastest-growing shows in the U.S. (http://www.voiceofthebeehive.com/gallery/gallerypics/moonback.jpg) To celebrate our first anniversary, we re-aired our first-ever interview on the program: a conversation with Tracey and Missy Belland of Voice of the Beehive (http://www.voiceofthebeehive.com/). They are incredibly talented ladies who who grew up in California, moved to London and formed one of the most unique and memorable bands of the late 1980s. Our discussion leads off the second hour. They both are extremely nice and I was honored to have them on to help Christen the show; Tracey and Missy will always have a special place in the heart of Revenge of the 80s and, of course, mine. These days, Tracey shares her talents with youngsters as a music teacher and Missy creates hand-crafted faeries, which are available at the Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival (http://www.sawdustartfestival.org/)and through her website for Made In Heaven by Missy (http://www.madeinheavenbymissy.com/). We also featured classic alternative tracks from artists including Altered Images, Devo, EBN-OZN and ABC.