Alternative 80s

Hi then, hello again - your old buddy SurfingTrucker with another sun-soaked podcast. Last one that will come from Nashville! Headphones, sunscreen, Alternative 80s Podcast, and you're all set! Track List: 1) Goody Two Shoes (Extended) - Adam Ant 2) Wouldn't It Be Good (Extended Version) - Nik Kershaw 3) Young Guns [Go For It!] - Wham! 4) Rock Lobster - B52's 5) Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins...

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! As we prepare to relocate to Florida's Emerald Coast, we can't miss out on this Irish holiday. So enjoy this podcast from 2020 which focused on Irish alternative bands from the 80s, and stay safe. Track Listing: 1) Lookin' After Number One - Boomtown Rats 2) Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live Aid 1985) - U2 3) Red Light - Into Paradise 4) Tell The Boys - Tuesday Blue 5) Looking...

Valentine's Day - Need we say more? Track List: 1) I Love You [Extended Version] - Yello 2) Love Me Simple - Tuesday Blue 3) Kiss Me On The Bus - The Replacements 4) Louise - Human League 5) I Want Your (Hands On Me) - Sinead O'Connor 6) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family 7) Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs 8) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls 9) My Heart Goes Bang - Dead Or Alive 10) Only Yo...

Hey y'all - back in the portable studio, near Chicago this time around. Great lineup, concert announcements and all around great content. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Synchronicity II - The Police 2) Crazy [Manic Mix] - Icehouse 3) Keep On Laughin' - Ric Okasek 4) Why Can't I Be You? - The Cure 5) Obsession - Animotion 6) Goodbye Is Forever - Arcadia 7) Dear Prudence [Original 12" Version] - Siouxsie...

It's our annual countdown show, and we never disappoint! Sit back, crank it up, and reminisce. Track Listing: 25) Love Plus One (Edge Remix) - Haircut 100 24) Friend Or Foe (Alternate Version) - Adam Ant 23) White Wedding [Live] - Billy Idol 22) Senses Working Overtime - XTC 21) Nip It In The Bud - B-52's 20) Shock The Monkey (Extended Remix) - Peter Gabriel 19) Peek-A-Boo! [Dance Velocity] - Devo...

Two Christmas podcasts this month! This time we dipped back into 2017 to keep things different since we have two podcasts so close together. So enjoy and Merry Christmas! Track List: 1. Joy To The World [Mocean Workers Remix] 2. Baby It's Christmastime - Bananarama  3. Father Christmas - The Kinks  4. Holiday Girl - The And 5. O Tannenbaum - They Might Be Giants  6. Birthday Bo...

1) We Three Kings - Book Of Love 2) Fruitcake - The Superions 3) X'mas Time [It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It] - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 4) Last Christmas - Wham! 5) Santa's Beard - They Might Be Giants 6) Another Lonely Christmas - Prince 7) Merry Something To You - Devo 8) Things Fall Apart - Cristina 9) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 10) Silent Night - Sinead O'Connor 11) Winter Wonderland...

Classic podcast from 2012, came after a life changing upheaval and move to Tennessee and includes the initial appearance of Roxy. Not a Christmas podcast - I don't believe we did one that year, but enjoy just the same! 1) Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 2) Push - The Cure 3) I Could Be Happy - Altered Images 4) Coast To Coast - Jesus And Mary Chain 5) It's A Mug's Game - Soft Cell 6) Sexcrime...

Turned back the way back machine to 2009! Enjoy this little bit of Alt80s nostalgia. 1) Swear [Extended Mix] - Tim Scott 2) Success - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3) Things Fall Apart - Cristina 4) Can't Stop Running [Powerblast Mix] - Space Monkey 5) War [Hidden] - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6) Call It Heaven - Step On Board 7) Day After Day - Thompson Twins 8) Chamber Of Hellos [Ivan Ivan Remix] - Wire Tr...

Halloween is done - time to relax with another fine podcast. Kick back and enjoy as you finish off the last the "extra" candy you "accidentally" purchased the day after Halloween. Track Listing: 1) Pictures Of You - Berlin 2) Angel Park - Big Country 3) Open Your Eyes - Tuesday Blue 4) The 4th Dimension - Devo 5) You Can Run - A Flock Of Seagulls 6) What I Want - Dead Or Alive 7) Rock Me Amadeus [...

It's time for this year's Halloween podcast, digging up some songs that fit the theme but aren't the same songs played year after year. Hope you enjoy this episode - just don't fall asleep. Special thanks to listener Steve Turner for allowing us to use his original artwork on the week's podcast, great stuff! Check out his IG: @bezerkartwerk Track Listing: 1) Dreaming - Blondie 2) Nightmares [12" E...

Too much to limit to one podcast, so let's open the crypt and dust off this episode from 2009. Stay tuned for a new 2022 Halloween podcast in another week. Track listing: 1) Every Day Is Halloween - Ministry 2) A Time For Fear [Who's Afraid] - Art Of Noise 3) Halloween - The Dream Syndicate 4) Nightmares - Flock Of Seagulls 5) People Who Died - The Jim Carrol Band 6) Halloween - The Misfits 7) Dev...

Hey - it's October! Yup, autumn here in the states and we have a podcast with absolutely nothing related to the season, lol. Enjoy this podcast with your friends and family for no particular reason other than great music! Track Listing: 1) Up On The Catwalk [Alternate Extended Version] - Simple Minds 2) Secret Separation [Extended Mix]- The Fixx 3) Chamber Of Hellos [Ivan Ivan Mix] - Wire Train 4)...

We all knew this had to be done since The Queen Mother has passed, but let's also recognize there is a new king. God save the King! Track Listing: 1) King For A Day (U.S. Remix) - Thompson Twins 2) Emperor's New Clothes - Sinead O'Connor 3) King Is White And In The Crowd - Simple Minds 4) King For A Day - Planet P Project 5) King Of Wishful Thinking (Club Mix) - Go West 6) King For A Day - XTC 7)...

Welcome to August and yet another awesome explosion of 80's tunes, including one that features a singer you wouldn't associate with the 80's. Her song was produced by the Pet Shop Boys, and it's very apparent. So turn on the tunes and enjoy these waning days of summer. Track Listing: 1) Hit That Perfect Beat (Extended 85's Club Dance Mix) - Bronski Beat 2) Big Blue '82' - Danielle Ash 3) If You Le...

End of July and time for a fresh new podcast - this time with complete songs! Track Listing: 1.) I Touch Roses [Dark Rose Mix] - Book Of Love 2) Genetic Engineering [312mm Mix] - OMD 3) What About Love [Extended Single Mix] - 'Til Tuesday 4) One Of Our Submarines [Extended Mix] - Thomas Dolby 5) Images of Heaven [Extended Remix] - Peter Godwin 6) A View To A Kill [That Fatal Extended Kiss] - Duran...

1) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 2) Crash - The Primitives 3) Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers 4) Love Plus One (12" Remix) - Haircut 100 5) A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey 6) Doctor! Doctor! (Extended Version) - Thompson Twins 7) Love Train - Holly Johnson 8) Everywhere That I'm Not - Translator 9) I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coleo 10) Are Friends Electric? - Gary Numan 11) Motorcrash - Sugarcubes 1...

Hey - time for another podcast! Recording in a different location, but still the same great music you all have come to expect. Track List: 1) Don't Ask Me - Flock Of Seagulls 2) Kiss [The AON Mix] (Feat. Tom Jones) - Art Of Noise 3) Love Is The Law - The Suburbs 4) Desire [12" Dance Mix] - Gene Loves Jezebel 5) Telephone [USA Remix -12" Version] - Style 6) To Look At You [Extended Version] - INXS...

Are they out there? Are they listening? I believe they are, and I'm hoping they're here to find more great 80's music. Well here it is - all ready for your alien enjoyment. (Insert "out of this world" pun here) Track Listing: 1) Zero Zero UFO - Ramones 2) UFO Over Cairo - NASA 3) Flying Saucer Safari - Suburban Lawns 4) Loving The Alien (Original Remix) - David Bowie 5) I Married A Martian - Spark...

Time for another flashback! Over a decade ago, which I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex 2) Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes 3) Between Planets - The Jesus And Mary Chain 4) Taschenrechner - Kraftwerk 5) I Married A Martian - Sparks 6) We Love You (12" Version) - OMD 7) Work For Love - Ministry 8) Kosciuszko - Midnight Oi...

Diego Mas said he'd like to see some of the older Alt80s Podcasts re-released, so I figured why the hell not. This was recorded back in 2011 while still living in Boston, MA and well before ever meeting Roxy. Track List: 1) Nobody's Girl - Invisible Zoo 2) Masquerade - Berlin 3) Heaven - Until December 4) Love Comes Quickly - Pet Shop Boys 5) Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood...

Welcome to episode 233! We're moving into springtime, which has nothing to do with this podcast, lol. Just enjoy - we had fun with this one, then went into a rather interesting theme towards the end. I assure you it was unplanned, but that's how some of the best podcasts are made. Track List: 1) Breakaway [Extended Version] - Big Pig 2) The Earthquake Song - The Little Girls 3) Child Star - The Di...

It's podcast time - and it feels like the 80s all over again. Current events obviously inspired this podcast - but don't despair, it's top quality entertainment. Track List: 1) Two Tribes (Johnnoes Mix - Video Version) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 2) Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 3) When Ya Get Drafted - Dead Kennedys 4) Generals And Majors - XTC 5) Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel 6) Fragile -...

It's Valentine's Day 2022, and we're actually honoring it this year! Here's my mix tape to you. ❤ Track Listing: 1) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 2) Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Extended Version] - Flock Of Seagulls 3) You Know I Love You, Don't You? - Howard Jones 4) What Do All The People Know - The Monroes 5) Heart Of Glass [Extended Version] - Blondie 6) Invisivlble - A...

Here it is - the podcast that's been requested, delving into the second Era of alternative music, the 90s. Bear with our growing pains as we get this beast off the ground! Don't worry Alt80s fans, the regular podcast will remain here, Alternative 90s has its own feed. Track Listing: 1) Ready To Go [Original Version] - Republica 2) Army Of Me [Sucker Punch Rix] - Björk 3) My Cat [Meow Mix] - Jack O...