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Featuring forgotten and overlooked new wave/powerpop music of the early to mid 80's.
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Forgotten 80's Vol 46: RPM- The Best Band You've Never Heard!
Why this group didn't hit it big in the 80's with this LP, "Phonongenic", I'll never know. The track "Man Overboard" should've been a huge hit, but b...
Forgotten80's Volume 45- Men Without Hats LIVE
Disregarded as "one hit wonders", Men Without Hats actually had some great new wave material up their sleeves as evidenced in this podcast.
Forgotten 80's Vol 44: Huang Chung
Wang Chung's first album was recorded under the name "Huang Chung". They changed the spelling on subsequent albums.
Their first album...
Forgotten 80's Vol 43- Randy Bishop & The Underdogs
A truly FORGOTTEN powerpop/rock gem from the 80's. I can't even find what this guy's up to now. It's such a common name, searching the net is fruitl...
Forgotten 80's Volume 42- Before They Were The Cars..
Before they were the Cars, they were called Cap''n Swing. I've unearthed a few demos they recorded under that name. I'm just guessing at the titles!...
Forgotten 80's Vol 41: A Flock Of Seagulls- The Story Of A Young Heart Part 2
Part two of my special "The Story Of A Young Heart Podcast".
Enjoy!
The songs on Part 2 are:
1- Remember David
Forgotten 80's Vol 41: A Flock Of Seagulls- The Story Of A Young Heart Part 1
An excellent yet overlooked album from the 80's. The entire album is presented here divided into two podcasts for your listening pleasure. Good luc...
Forgotten 80's Volume 39: Dweezil Zappa- "Having A Bad Day"
First solo album from Frank's son Dweezil Zappa. He was only 16 at the time. It's a little rough, he got more polished as time went by, but for bein...
Forgotten 80's Volume 38: J Geils Band Sans Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf left the J Geils Band after their live LP "Showtime". The boys of J Geils forged on with Seth Justman and Stephen Bladd sharing lead vocal...
Volume 37: New CD From 80's Influenced Artist Joe Lynch
Joe Lynch has released a new cd called "Taking My Time". It's included here on the Forgotten 80's Podcast page because it's heavily influenced by the...
Volume 36: Then And Now- The Romantics
This podcast features The Romantics, as they were, and as they are now. Two songs from the past, and two songs from their latest effort.
Forgotten 80's Volume 34- Paul Carrack- "Suburban VooDoo"
An overlooked, but great album from the early 80's. The songwriting is excellent, and the overall feel is much like 60's good time rock and soul musi...
Forgotten 80's Volume 33: The Vapors
Much like their name, The Vapors quickly vanished from the music world after only two albums in the early 80's. Their lead singer David Fenton did re...
Forgotten 80's Special Edition: History Lesson- The Cars (A Beginning)
It's not widely known, but The Cars was NOT the first group that Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr had. The first group they formed was named Milkwood.
Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 32- Pot Luck Pt 5
Some more various gems from the wonderful 80's!! The decade of prosperity, NOT greed!
Some good songs on this one. Paul McCartney's...
Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 31- Pot Luck Pt 4
Some more rarely heard gems from the 80's.....
The songs featured are:
01- Fantasy- Aldo Nova
02- When The Rain C...
Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 30- Pot Luck Pt 3
Another Pot Luck edition of Forgotten 80's. A couple of rare gems in this one; one you may not have even heard of.
The songs feature...
Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 29- Robert Fleischman
While you many not know Robert Fleischman, his voice in undeniable. Robert was the original lead singer of Journey. (yes, there WAS someone before S...
Forgotten 80's Podcast Vol 26: The States Pt. 2, "Picture Me With You"
The second and final official release from the States, "Picture Me With You". How this was NOT a hit I don't know! Their sound was tailor made for t...
Forgotten 80's Podcast Vol 25: The States Pt. 1
One of my favorite bands of the 80's. As far as I know they only had two albums released, although I've heard rumor of a third independent release, w...
Forgotten 80's Vol 24: SPECIAL POT-LUCK EDITION VOLUME 2
More random songs from the best decade ever!
The songs featured are:
01- Let The Day Begin- The Call
02- Pump It...
Forgotten 80's Vol 23: SPECIAL POT-LUCK EDITION
A special edition of the Forgotten 80's pocast! A potluck collection of songs by various artists that didn't quite catch on with the masses, but none...
Forgotten 80's Volume 17- Kasim Sulton "Basement Tapes" CD
Recorded in his basement studio during the 70's and 80's; this collection of "demos" from Utopia bassist Kasim Sulton surpasses the quality of most "l...
Forgotten 80's Podcast Vol 13- Kasim Sulton Interview
Interview and in-studio performance from Kasim Sulton on 96.7 The Buzzard Radio in Greenville, SC.
In studio songs:
Sacrifice<...