Longtime Pittsburgh radio personality and current on-air DJ with WDVE, Cris Winter, returns to Boogie Street Studio for another sit down with Eric to talk music.   Among topics this round, the pair discuss 1984 - The Year in Rock.

Topics discussed on this EMP episode:

New digs

Slam Dancing

Mosh Pits

Keanu Reeves in the pit

1984

College Radio

New Wave

Billy Squier career killing video

Van Halen

Pop Music and rock blurred

MTV

Prince's Purple Rain

Prince the guitarist

Michael Jackson

Keyboards start to dominate some of rock

Van Hagar

Lou Albano

Spinal Tap

Night Ranger

Ringo at 82

80's metal singing gymnastics

Blackmore

Wham

Depeche Mode

The power or Duran Durna live

Escalating Ticket prices

Artifact

Circus and Hit Parader

Modern Radio

Modern Record companies

VIP packages

Aging rock stars

...and Much More!

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The Eric McKenna Project is the 'Anti-soundbite'.

The EMP podcast is long form, relaxed interviews and conversations. Always real and unvarnished with no agenda or bias. And absolutely no sponsors, no ads and no commercial spin.

EMP is filmed and recorded at the Boogie Street Studio in Moon Township, Pa.

Each show is released in a video format as well as an audio podcast format.

Eric McKenna is a Pittsburgh based Entrepreneur, Realtor, Radio Show Host and Podcaster.