Revenge of the 80s Radio - Hour 1

Our Revenge of the #80s Radio #Halloween 2019 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

Josie Cotton is back to talk about her new album, Everything is Oh Yeah, which was originally recorded in 1986. Josie discusses the album, why it represents a transition in her career, in-session contrary industry advice from Malcolm McLaren and Brian Setzer, thoughts on some of the tracks and an plans for 2020.
We also play tracks from Blotto, The Waterboys, Icehouse, The Lopez Beatles, Stiff Little Fingers and more

Dr. Robert of The Blow Monkeys looks at his career, music with the band, solo projects and an album in the works for 2020. We also play tracks from Linda Jo Rizzo, The Payolas, The Jazzateers, Big Country and more

This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we salute the women of punk and new wave with tracks from the ladies of the Classic Alternative era, featuring new tracks from Josie Cotton, Rose McDowall, Berlin and classics by Martha Davis, Lydia Lunch, The Little Girls, Strawberry Switchblade, The Coconuts and many more.

Bass legend Mike Watt (The Minutemen, Dos, fIREHOSE and several other projects) talks with host Chris Cordani this week on Revenge of the 80s Radio. He is playing with a new project with Todd Congiliere, The Jumpstarted Plowhards, who are soon releasing their first album: Round One. Watt also looks back to his projects with D. Boon when they were Navy family kids to The Minutemen, almost leaving music after D. Boon’s death, the creation of Dos, fIREHOSE and his other projects, fighting through a long illness, thoughts on playing bass and the new Jumpstarted Plowhards album, Round One. We will also play a musical tribute to Ric Ocasek, who passed away on September 15, 2019

This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio: an encore broadcast of our conversation with Pearl Harbour in hour 2.

Click here to listen live between 10pm and midnight 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.

This week's Revenge of the 80s Radio podcast edition is up, The Punk Professor, Vivien Goldman, is back on with us and with a new book: Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot. Vivien looks at the female stars of punk from the early pioneers to today, not only in the US and UK.

We also play music from Poly Styrene, The B-Girls, The Divinyls, Midnight Oil and more.
If you like our show, please feel free to help us keep going through our Patreon Page. Revenge of the 80s Radio also broadcasts each week on our affiliate radio stations:

* Q93.5FM – WTBQ FM, Warwick, NY, US
* Rock 103 FM, Central Illinois
* Q107 FM, Peoria, Illinois
* The Big 80s Radio – Appleton, WI
* Flashback Radio, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Totally 80s – 88.4 FM, Beindorm, Spain
* Surf FM – 87.6 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Radio 80s – 87.6 FM, Korumburra, AUS
* Seymour FM – 103.9 FM, Seymour, AUS
* Greater Home Radio – 96.7FM, Holbrook, New South Wales, AUS
* Indigo FM Radio Network – 88.0 FM Beechworth, AUS; 88.0 FM Yackandandah, AUS; 87.6 FM, Corowa, AUS; 87.6 FM Rutherglen, AUS
* Elwood FM – 89.1 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Whaley Radio – 107.4FM, High Points, UK
* WMAC Radio – 107.3FM, Manchester, UK
* 80s & More – Internet Radio, U.K.
* Radio Vera – Limerick, Ireland
* TKO Replay – Internet Radio, U.K./Spain


 

Click here to listen live between 10pm and midnight 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.



This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, comedian Yakov Smirnoff joins host Chris Cordani. Yakov recently earned a Doctorate in Global Leadership from Pepperdine University. We talk about his new academic career, an upcoming podcast and look back at highlights throughout Smirnoff's career from the former USSR to stardom in the US. Our podcast edition is up.

We also play a musical tribute to psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson, who passed away on May 31, 2019.

If you like our show, please feel free to help us keep going through our Patreon Page. Revenge of the 80s Radio also broadcasts each week on our affiliate radio stations:

* Q93.5FM – WTBQ FM, Warwick, NY, US
* Rock 103 FM, Central Illinois
* Q107 FM, Peoria, Illinois
* The Big 80s Radio – Appleton, WI
* Flashback Radio, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Totally 80s – 88.4 FM, Beindorm, Spain
* Surf FM – 87.6 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Radio 80s – 87.6 FM, Korumburra, AUS
* Seymour FM – 103.9 FM, Seymour, AUS
* Greater Home Radio – 96.7FM, Holbrook, New South Wales, AUS
* Indigo FM Radio Network – 88.0 FM Beechworth, AUS; 88.0 FM Yackandandah, AUS; 87.6 FM, Corowa, AUS; 87.6 FM Rutherglen, AUS
* Elwood FM – 89.1 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Whaley Radio – 107.4FM, High Points, UK
* WMAC Radio – 107.3FM, Manchester, UK
* 80s & More – Internet Radio, U.K.
* Radio Vera – Limerick, Ireland
* TKO Replay – Internet Radio, U.K./Spain



 

Click here to listen live between 10pm and midnight 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.



This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we play covers of Rolling Stones songs by classic alternative artists, withy tracks originally recorded by Jagger and Company from David Bowie, The Inmates, Mondo Rock, Psychic TV, Laibach, The Damned and more.

If you like our show, please feel free to help us keep going through our Patreon Page.

Revenge of the 80s Radio also broadcasts each week on our affiliate radio stations:

* Q93.5FM – WTBQ FM, Warwick, NY, US
* Rock 103 FM, Central Illinois
* Q107 FM, Peoria, Illinois
* The Big 80s Radio – Appleton, WI
* Flashback Radio, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Totally 80s – 88.4 FM, Beindorm, Spain
* Surf FM – 87.6 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Radio 80s – 87.6 FM, Korumburra, AUS
* Seymour FM – 103.9 FM, Seymour, AUS
* Greater Home Radio – 96.7FM, Holbrook, New South Wales, AUS
* Indigo FM Radio Network – 88.0 FM Beechworth, AUS; 88.0 FM Yackandandah, AUS; 87.6 FM, Corowa, AUS; 87.6 FM Rutherglen, AUS
* Elwood FM – 89.1 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Whaley Radio – 107.4FM, High Points, UK
* WMAC Radio – 107.3FM, Manchester, UK
* 80s & More – Internet Radio, U.K.
* Radio Vera – Limerick, Ireland
* TKO Replay – Internet Radio, U.K./Spain


 

Josie Cotton is back with us this week; she has a new album coming in the fall, a new single out soon and gearing up for a re-release of her 2011 Pussycat Babylon.

We also play tracks from Pseudo Echo, The Blow Monkeys, Tenpole Tudor, The Uncanny X-Men, Nena, The Flesh Eaters and more.

If you like our show, please feel free to help us keep going through our Patreon Page.
Revenge of the 80s Radio also broadcasts each week on our affiliate radio stations:

* Q93.5FM – WTBQ FM, Warwick, NY, US
* Rock 103 FM, Central Illinois
* Q107 FM, Peoria, Illinois
* The Big 80s Radio – Appleton, WI
* Flashback Radio, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Totally 80s – 88.4 FM, Beindorm, Spain
* Surf FM – 87.6 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Radio 80s – 87.6 FM, Korumburra, AUS
* Seymour FM – 103.9 FM, Seymour, AUS
* Greater Home Radio – 96.7FM, Holbrook, New South Wales, AUS
* Indigo FM Radio Network – 88.0 FM Beechworth, AUS; 88.0 FM Yackandandah, AUS; 87.6 FM, Corowa, AUS; 87.6 FM Rutherglen, AUS
* Elwood FM – 89.1 FM, Melbourne, AUS
* Whaley Radio – 107.4FM, High Points, UK
* WMAC Radio – 107.3FM, Manchester, UK
* 80s & More – Internet Radio, U.K.
* Radio Vera – Limerick, Ireland
* TKO Replay – Internet Radio, U.K./Spain
* The list includes more- will update soon