Our Revenge of the 80s Radio #Halloween 2020 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

This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, Steve Kilbey talks about his new solo album, Eleven Women. During our conversation, Steve tells host Chris Cordani what inspired him to record the album fresh off of two collaboration projects, thoughts behind the tracks and the resumption of a new album with The Church.

This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we have a new wave dance party with two hours of music to keep us all moving. We feature tracks and remixes from The Art of Noise, Alphaville, New Order, Linda Jo Rizzo, Ivan Doroschuk and many more.

Midge Ure is back on with Chris. As governments continue their COVID-related shutdowns, Midge established his new Backstage Lockdown Club. Midge spent his time in lockdown learning new video production skills and promises a new streaming experience, complete with multiple cameras, cool in-house production innovation, Q and A sessions, concerts and guest musicians.

This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, Peter Flierl of Plan B is back on with us. The band released a new maxi-single, which will be part of an album in the works. Peter also talks about Plan B's post-COVID shutdown plans and an upcoming video shoot/performance at a drive-in theater.

This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we play songs about food and drink, eating and imbibing, going out to dinner or a barbecue with tracks from Spit Enz, The Dead Milkmen, Dr. Feelgood, Lone Justice, Bad Manners, Trio and many more classic alternative artists. (Hour 2)

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This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, Brian Mannix of the Uncanny X-Men talks with Chris as he and The Androids are set to soon release their collaboration album: Hit Me. During our conversation, Mannix tells us about how the Uncanny X-Men formed, stories from the road, the time when someone shot at him, when he drove a Grand Prix race care, the day he kicked a tough-guy movie star in the sack and whether he may one day appear in a Marvel X-Men movie.

The 80s are back - and with a Claymore! On this week's Revenge of the 80s Radio, we play music from Scottish artists of the classic alternative era including Rose McDowall, Orange Juice, Big Country, Fish, The Armoury Show, The Associates and many more.

This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, Cidny Bullens talks with Chris upon the release of his first album as Cidny: Walkin’ Through This World. You might remember Cidny when he was Cindy Bullens, star backup singer to the likes of Elton John, featured on the Grease soundtrack and through her own solo work. Cidny discusses his music, his transition, his life, how Cindy broke into the music business and thoughts on the album.

2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the movie Breaking Glass. Hazel O’Connor, who starred in and wrote the soundtrack for the acclaimed movie, is with us on Revenge of the 80s Radio this week. This is the UNCUT podcast version of our conversation - without the time constraints of the regular radio show.
Hazel discusses world travels before singing with her brother’s The Flys, her pre-Breaking Glass jobs, how she got the part of “Kate,” how Breaking Glass’ production was almost halted, her music, evolution as an artist, dealing with the lockdowns, her livestreams and new music. Hazel also reveals she turned doewn a very famous and accomplished artist who offered to help her write the Breaking Glass soundtrack.