The thing – one of the things – I can't stand about classic rock radio stations, and why they have become unlistenable,  is the playlist that has stagnated. It's not that the bands are at fault. Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Foreigner, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Bob Seger, Journey, Pink Floyd – they all rock, right?  But when the typical classic rock and roll station in the US plays the same 3 or 4 songs from each band and has played those same songs since 1990, how can you stop me from hating what the stations sound like?

My point of contention is the deep catalog all these bands – plus Springsteen, Petty, Bryan Adams, Rolling Stones, and Pat Benatar and other big rockers, and even the less mass popular bands too, like Traffic or The Pretenders – have great catalog songs that don’t get played.

So we dig a little deeper, well past where the radio stations stop, and find some songs that, for whatever reason, were just minor hits for Big 80’s bands.  How come it wasn’t a big radio song?  We try to figure that out on Rock Pop and Roll. with Five Overlooked Minor Hits For Five Big 80s Bands.

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