I'm on a mission to do just that and need to be reminded of some, I'm sure. So far I've got The Eurythmics, Dead or Alive, THompson Twins, Soft Cell, A-Ha..you know, the usuals.

My first disc includes these tunes that take me back to happier times....(ahh, it was great being ten years old. LOL)

Age of Consent, New Order
Whip It (Live), Devo
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Boy George and Culture Club
Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung
I'll Tumble 4 Ya, Boy George and Culture Club
Lies, The Thompson Twins
Too Shy, Kajagoogoo
Miss Me Blind, Boy George and Culture Club
Cars, Gary Numan
Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop), Q-Feel
King For Just One Day, The Thompson Twins
Der Kommissar, After the Fire
She Blinded Me With Science, Thomas Dolby
Space Age Love Song, A Flock Of Seagulls
Karma Chameleon, Boy George and Culture Club
Church of the Poison Mind, Boy George and Culture Club
Rock Lobster, The B-52's
Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order

(DH cringes everytime Boy George comes on but I tell him to deal with it, as this is MY 80's fantasy)

Ah Leah! - Donny Iris
Voices - Russ Ballard
Fantasy - Aldo Nova
I Could Be Good For You - 707
Jeopardy - Greg Kihn
Naughty Naughty - John Parr
Jenny - Tommy Tutone
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Time - Culture Club
Stand Or Fall - The Fixx
Red Skies Tonight - The Fixx
Photograph - Flock Of Seagulls
I Got You - Split Enz
Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds
Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds
Don't Forget About Me - Simple Minds
What Is Love - Howard Johnson
Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Johnson
Electric Blue - Icehouse
I'll Fly For You - Spandau Ballet
Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
What's On Your Mind - Information Society
The Sun Always Shines On TV - A Ha
Opportunities - Pet Shop Boys
Desperate But Not Serious - Adam Ant
A Girl Like You - Smithereens
Strength - The Alarm
Los Angeles - X
Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Birth School Work Death - The Godfathers
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Danger - The Motels
Disappointed - P.I.L.
Christine - Siouxie & The Banshees
Cities In Dust - Siouxie & The Banshees
Words - Missing Persons
Walking In L.A. - Missing Persons
Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
I Love A Man In A Uniform - Gang Of Four
Really Saying Something - Bananarama
Quit - The Waitresses
Buffalo Girls - Malcom McLaren
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Tears Run Rings - Marc Almond
The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
Dig For Fire - The Pixies
Monkey's Gone To Heaven - The Pixies
Desire - Jean Loves Jezebel
Jealous - Jean Loves Jezebel
Motion Of Love - Jean Loves Jezebel
20,000 Killer Hurts - Jean Loves Jezebel
Kundalini Express - Love And Rockets
Ball Of Confusion - Love And Rockets

From The Air - Laurie Anderson
Warm Leatherette - The Normal
T.V. O.D. - The Normal
Hello Dad, I'm In Jail - Was Not Was
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendancies
Smoke Two Joints - The Toyes
Broken English - Marianne Faithful
I Know There's Something Going On - Frida
Babies On Fire - Brian Eno
Mongoloid - Devo
Homicide - 999
It's Too Late - Jim Carroll
Sex & Drugs & Rock And Roll - Ian Dury
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury
Beat On The Brat - The Ramones
I Want To Be A Cowboy - Vandals
The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun - Julie Brown
Valley Girl - MoonUnit Zappa
Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes

Mirror People -- Love and Rockets
Nowhere Girl -- B Movie
Fascist Groove Thing -- Heaven 17
Shiny Shiny -- Haysi Fantayzee
Just an Illusion -- Imagination
Love and Rockets -- No New Tale to Tell
New Order -- Blue Monday (you GOTTA have this!)
I can't break away -- Big Pig

Oh, and check out the hits from the so-called World Famous KROQ of LA -- see link below

There are only two cities musicians care about... New York and Los Angeles, the two biggest media markets in the country.

Many times on KROQ bands would appear on the show (or call in) to announce album or concert news. Of course that was before the Internet.

Then of course there's Rodney Bingenheimer's Sunday night show, "Rodney on the 'ROQ" for playing obscure and underground punk tunes.

Oh, and the now nationally syndicated radio show Love Line started on KROQ back in the mid-80's with The Poorman and Dr. Drew.

Just A gives a good description of KROQ. I miss those days. Los Angeles may be a media target but they have missed my demographic.

Oh, and I remember staying up late at night listening to Loveline! Man, that show was AWESOME! Apparently Poorman got booted (or quit) from KROQ back in '93. If there ever was a show that needed to USE a delay/kill switch, Loveline was it! Oh, and did any of you guys catch Adventures with the Poorman on one of the LA channels?

KROQ got me started on alternative and new wave...... actually, I still listen to a lot of those songs nowadays. Man, I must be getting old or something! ;-)

(Now if only I can find that old KROQ car sticker I have somewhere .....)

Your relatives are right about KROQ. Not a lot of good music out there right now, plus some DJs have moved on.

Re: Poorman - Legend has it he was fired from KROQ because he allegedly invited the entire listening audience over to Kevin or Bean's house for a party and announced the address over the air.

"Adventures Of Poorman" was his post-radio gig and I believe it was on KDOC(?), an independant station out of Orange County. I seem to recall he did a lot of taped segments from Newport/Huntington Beach, hassling the beach-babes as usual. No idea what he's up to these days.

Sorry to hear about your World Famous KROQ sticker. I lost a KMET sticker once and haven't gotten over it. Maybe you can email the station and have them mail you one. Until then, here ya go...

I vaguely remember watching Adventures with the Poorman in '88 -- so he may have been on TV prior to being booted off KROQ.

Oh, and if you want to listen to KROQ's best music from the 80s, Live365 has about 3-4 online stations that play nothing except KROQ stuff. KROQ itself is broadcast on Live365 but the stuff coming out of it now is crappy. Another station plays KROQ stuff from '83, another has stuff from '82-'83, and a third one plays their top 100 songs from '80-'90.

The link for the last station's below.

Great to find another KROQ aficionado!

(The station's currently playing The Beastie Boys -- Fight For Your Right! Kewl!)

dynomutt, I think you are right about the Poorman show in the 80's. I guess his post-kroq show had a different title. Thanks for link for kroq's streaming audio, too. Now I can go back in time and relive the 80's via KROQ and KNAC online.

Woo Hoo!

And do you remember this station, too?

But I have to thank Phyllis for starting this thread and you for linking to KROQ. Because without that I wouldn't have thought to dig out my old radio station bumperstickers, only to discover that my old vintage KMET sticker was MIA. Thankfully I bought a replacement sticker on Ebay this morning so all is right with the world again.

And where *is* Phyllis? She starts a great thread and doesn't post a follow-up? C'mon...

Anyway, here are the other two radio station bumperstickers I have, as well as
the logo from a t-shirt I bought while vacationing in Hawaaii back in the early 80's...

I'm on volume 3 of my 80's trilogy - and I think I'm about done. Some of the songs mentioned I have never heard of but am sure I would remember if I listened to them. Acutally, my local public library has a very good assortment of disks and well.. you can draw your own conclusions. Brings new meaning to the words "Pirate Radio," I'm sure. ; ) (Gasp! Did I say that?)

Anyway, disk two is the "Totally 80's" disk I burned and contains these great hits, all for just three easy payments of .... (anyone remember K-Tel??)

These are in alphabetical order thanks to iTunes, but not how I burned them on the disk. (Not that that matters)

A Sort of Homecoming U2
Brand New Lover Dead or Alive
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Boy George and Culture Club
Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears
Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals
I Ran (So Far Away) A Flock Of Seagulls
If You Leave Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark
Miss Me Blind Boy George and Culture Club
One Thing Leads to Another The Fixx
Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood
rio Duran Duran
Tainted Love Soft Cell
Take On Me A-Ha
True Faith New Order
West End Girls Pet Shop Boys
What You Need INXS

Some of them appeared on my last list but I shuffled things around to take care of the rather Boy George-heavy playlist. Once I did that, DH was happy. LOL

Disk 3, so far:
Karma Chameleon Boy George and Culture Club
Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
Be Near Me ABC
What have I done to deserve this? Pet Shop Boys
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive
New Sensation INXS
Steppin' Out Joe Jackson
Obsession Animotion
Would I Lie to You? The Eurythmics
Our House Madness
Alive and Kicking Simple Minds
Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel
Dancing with Myself Billy Idol
I Melt With You Modern English

I must say, the Dead or Alive CD cover photo (and insert) were some of the most visually disturbing images I've seen in a while. LOL

And Just A Guy, I'm glad you found your stickers! Isn't that awesome?

I actually remember K-Tel. I think I own a collection of about 8 CDs full of 80s hits from K-Tel! I vaguely remember ordering the set one very early morning after coming home from a night of carousing at the local bars. Suffice it to say that I was in an inebriated state as that was the only circumstance in which I would actually order such things! ;-)

Oh, and I also have Dead Or Alive's greatest hits CD. Quite a trip down memory lane ......

No one mentioned THE ( ENGLISH ) BEAT, Sooner or Later!!

So far nobody has listed any of the following bands:

Joy Division - Colony
Depeche Mode - It's Called a Heart
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Dali's Car - His Box
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
Bow Wow Wow - W.O.R.K.
The Fall - Mark'll Sink Us
Caberet Voltaire - Doom Zoom
R.E.M. - Odd Fellows Local 151
Virgin Prunes - Caucasion Walk
The Stranglers - Peaches
The Police - Invisible Sun
The Cure - A Forest
Bauhaus - God in an Alcove
Psychedelic Furs - We Love You
Tones on Tails - Christian Says
The The - Sweet Bird of Truth
Sonic Youth - Star Power

I also have to hand it to "Just a Guy" for noting two of my favorite bands of all time; Gang of Four and Echo and the Bunnymen!!

Mike

I do have several Joy Division disks in my collection - somehow I think they are a little too dark for happy pop-synth. LOL The Cure/The Forest is a great track.

Then one night when I was home alone, I turned off the lights and slipped on my headphones and listened to their "Solid Gold" tape backed with "Songs of the Free". About half way thru the first side I had my "break-through" and everything came together for me. I realized that there really was a underlying logic to what they were doing and that all the parts did mesh together, (and beautifully!). I have to give them credit for my downward spiral of searching out more and more challenging music ever since...

I can understand what you mean by Joy Division being darker than many of their contemporaries, but that's probably why I liked them so much. Kind of matched my mood at the time; no sugar-coating and a lot of pure angst before it became such a buzzword. Probably the same reason that I like the old 30's-50's blues as much as I do!

Mike