Alternative 80s

Ahhh - time to relax. No countdowns or specials, just a light hearted podcast this time. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Whisper To A Scream [Birds Fly] (Extended Club Mix) - Icicle Works 2) More To Lose (Rare Version) - Seona Dancing 3) Legs (Inside Legs Mix) - Art Of Noise 4) Wings Of A Dove (12" Remix) - Madness 5) Relax (Original 7") - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 6) Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds 7)...

Welcome to our year end countdown! We go back forty years and countdown the top 25 of 1981. It's a great lineup! Track Listing: 25) I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses 24) W.O.R.K. - Bow Wow Wow 23) Girls On Film - Duran Duran 22) Prince Charming - Adam Ant 21) Electricity - O.M.D. 20) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police 19) I Will Follow - U2 18) Lust To Love - Go-Gos 17) New Toy...

Here we go - barely in time for Christmas! Such are the joys of having a newborn. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and please have a safe New Year! Track Listing: 1) Jingle Bell Rock - The Fall 2) Fruitcake - Fred Schneider and The Superions 3) Jingles Are Jingles - Dan Wilson 4) Winter Wonderland - Cocteau Twins 5) A Change At Christmas - The Flaming Lips 6) Another Lonely Christmas [E...

November is almost over, but we have a podcast just in time for those horrible travel conditions. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1.) Low Life - The Police 2.) Not One Of Us - Peter Gabriel 3.) Chihuahua [12" Version] - Bow Wow Wow 4.) Dark And Dangerous Guy - Missing Persons 5.) The Smartest Person I Know - The Waitresses 6.) Original Sin [Dance Version] - INXS 7.) Houses In Motion - Talking Heads 8.) Big...

It's here, and all ready for you. Turn up the volume and turn down the lights - it's Halloween! Track Listing: 1.) I'm Afraid - Oingo Boingo 2.) Every Day Is Halloween (2010 Evil Mix) - Ministry 3.) Devil's Night Out - Mighty Mighty Bosstones 4.) Halloween - Siouxsie and the Banshees 5.) Lonely In Your Nightmare - Duran Duran 6.) If Only Tonight We Could Sleep - The Cure 7.) I See You - Subject 8....

Mid October - yup, summer is gone, but the music isn't! Wanted to do a special little dedication to my mom, who is a big ABBA fan. So let's celebrate Swedish Supergroup ABBA getting back together after 40 years with a little mini tribute. Mom, and all you ABBA fans - enjoy the opening four songs! Well, and the rest of the podcast, of course. Track list: 1.) Lay All Your Love On Me - Information So...

It's September and summer is slowly disappearing on us, but that won't keep us from the podcast. Put this one together for y'all while in Orlando, FL - hope you enjoy. Track Listing: 1) Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie 2) Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode 3) Dominion - The Sisters Of Mercy 4) Kill The Pain - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5) Disintegration - The Cure 6) It's A Mug's Game - Soft Ce...

Welcome to August, lovely listeners! Brief delay while Roxy and myself welcomed a new addition into the world, but we're back and ready to send some awesome music your way. A heads up, the very last song does have some profanity, just a warning to save you from embarrassment while in the drive-thru. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) The Honeythief - Hipsway 2) Reward - The Teardrop Explodes 3) A New Englan...

Welcome to the latest podcast! Roxy is due any day now, so we're getting in as many shows before Hunter is born. Hope y'all enjoy this latest mix! Track Listing: 1) I Feel Love - Donna Summer 2) The Nelson Highrise (Sector One - The Elevator) - Alphaville 3) Matter Of Time (live) - Berlin 4) Million Miles Away - Positive Noise 5) Bye Bye Love (Live Aid) - The Cars 6) Visions Of The Night - The Pol...

Another podcast so quickly? Yes! Gotta make up for lost time. Let's head to the beach and enjoy some sunshine! Track Listing: 1) English Summer - Eurythmics 2) Someone, Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds 3) Taking In The Summer - The Higher Primates 4) On The Beach - Comsat Angels 5) Bikini Wax - Killer Pussy 6) Can't Get A Tan - Surf Punks 7) Summer Spies - Fatal Charm 8) Play In The Sunshine...

Here we go - another podcast. Upbeat and awesome - finally, after two months! Sorry folks - but here we go... Track Listing: 1) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls 2) Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry - Heaven 17 3) Summertime - Fun Boy Three 4) 1963 - New Order 5) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag 6) Girls On Film - Duran Duran 7) The Model - Kraftwerk 8) Fashion - David Bowie 9) Cindy C. -...

Slap on a new piece of grip tape and tighten your trucks, we've got a podcast full of some of the best skate punk of the 80s. Put on these OP shorts and slip on your Vans, we're off to shred. Track List: 1.) Skate Or Die - Teenage Bottlerocket 2.) Adrenaline Addiction - The Zeros 3.) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies 4.) Bloodstains - Agent Orange 5.) Sailin' On - Bad Brains 6.) Don't Draft...

Spring is officially here in the states, and you know what that means? No, seriously - because I haven't a clue. But, we do know what good music is all about, and here's another podcast full of 80's goodness! Track listing: 1.) The Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite 2.) Nowhere Girl - B-Movie 3.) Ball Of Confusion [U.S. Mix] - Love and Rockets 4.) Out Of Hand - Lemon Drops 5.) Russian Roulette - L...

Wow - it's been a month? Time Marches on ,and we're sorry for the delay. Don't waste any time - download and enjoy this latest episode of Alt80s! Track listing: 1.) Butterbean - B52s 2.) Sewing The Seeds Of Love [Wen's Overnight Mix] - Tears For Fears 3.) Son Of A Gun - Dead Or Alive 4.) Fishing - PiL 5.) Fist Banging Mania - S.O.D. 6.) Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies 7.) Stigmata [Remix]...

Love is in the air, as it always is this time of the year - but some of have a love for motorsports as well. Hope y'all enjoy a high octane boost from our latest podcast! Track List: 1) No One Driving - John Foxx 2) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 3) Devil In My Car - B-52s 4) Behind the Wheel/Route 66 Mega Mix - Depeche Mode 5) Racer X - Big Black 6) Speed Racer [Extended Version] - D...

Listener Adam Agosto asked about doing a podcast of Alt80s covers. Low and behold - here it is! No rhyme or reason for most of the selections, I just enjoyed them and hope you will as well. Thanks for the suggestion, Adam! Original artist names are included in the off chance you don't recognize one. Enjoy! Track Listing - 1.) Dope - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) [Dead or Alive] 2.) Sigue Sigue...

Welcome to February! As is customary after the holidays, we take it easy and do up a lighthearted podcast. Enjoy some of these simpler Alternative tracks from the 80's! Track Listing: 1.) I La La La Love You - Pat Travers 2.) Belly Of The Whale - Burning Sensations 3.) Will You Stay The Night - Comsat Angels 4.) More To Lose - Seona Dancing 5.) Let Me Go - Heaven 17 6.) Don't Wanna Fall In Love -...

Hello lovely listeners and welcome to 2021! Normally we'll give you a full list of songs in the podcast, but this is a countdown, so where's the fun in that? Pretty sure you'll know everything in this countdown, so relax and enjoy the countdown!

Snowfall, Christmas trees, and the annual Alt80s Christmas podcast - it's all here! Track Listing: 1.) Hey Santa - UK Subs 2.) There Ain't No Sanity Clause - The Damned 3.) Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine - Fay Lovsky 4.) We Three Kings - Blondie 5.) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - X 6.) Listen, The Snow Is Falling - Galaxy 500 7.) Candy Carol (Sugar Lips Caroling) - Book Of Love 8.) X'Mas Time (Su...

Since we switched servers at the beginning of this year, a lot people missed last year's Christmas podcast. Here it is again in all it's glory - hopefully it'll tide you over until this year's Christmas Special gets posted. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives 2) Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners 3) Santa Claus - They Might Be Giants 4) We Wish You A Protein Christma...

Tis the season for special podcasts, we figured this was the perfect chance to just relax with some easy Alt80s tunes. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1.) Funky Town [12 inch Extended Version] - Pseudo Echo 2.) Girlfriend Is Better - Talking Heads 3.) Skin - Icehouse 4.) I'm The Man - Joe Jackson 5.) Give Me Back My Man [Party Mix] - B-52s 6.) She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 7.) The Motion Of Love - Gene Lov...

Welcome to the Alt80s Funhouse! Slip inside and feast your ears on this years selection. Step this way, everyone is welcome. Track listing: 1) Ghost Highway - Mazzy Star 2) The Cardinal Sin Dead Can Dance 3) Stigmata - Ministry 4) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Specimen 5) Crucify Me [12" Version] - Moev 6) Witchcraft [Extended] - Book Of Love 7) All Cats Are Grey - The Cure 8) Disorder - Joy Division 9) L...

With a lot of previous episodes not around on some platforms, this is a perfect time to repost last year's Halloween episode. It's October, which of course brings us the annual Halloween podcast. Do you have what it takes to listen to the end? Track Listing 1) Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix) - Dead Or Alive 2) Bloodletting [The Vampire Song] - Concrete Blonde 3) Full Moon Dirty Hearts - INX...

Miss us? We missed you! So so sorry it's taken two whole months to get a podcast out! Can you believe it? Well we're finally back with an illustrious choice of music, and this episode has actually completed while on the road. So here it comes, uploaded in Girard, OH: 1) Loving The Alien - David Bowie 2) Up On The Catwalk (Ultimate Remix) - Simple Minds 3) The Sanity Assassin - Bauhaus 4) Collapsin...

Hi then, hello again - Surfingtrucker here with another fine podcast for y'all. Can't believe it's been a full month since the last podcast, we're doing the we can! Hope you enjoy the podcast this month, we try to make each and every one unique and enjoyable for you. Without further ado, here's the track listing: 1) Berlin (Is Dufte!) - Nina Hagen 2) Less cities, More Moving People - The Fixx 3) P...