"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Boomtown Rats – Live At Middlesex Polytechnic College – September 22, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Boomtown Rats in concert this weekend. The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. The group...
Big Flame – in session for John Peel – May 4, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – Big Flame in session for John Peel to end the week. Often referred to as one of the more influential bands nobody ever talks about anymore, Big Flame were around for a comparatively...
Rich Kids in session for John Peel – October 31, 1977 – Broadcast – November 7, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – Rich Kids – another short-lived band from the Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave period. Rich Kids sported former Sex Pistol founding member Glen Matlock, and future Ultravox front man Midge Ure...
Talking Heads – live in Boston 1977 (disputed venue – disputed date – via undisputed FM broadcast) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Talking Heads this weekend. I realize I’ve been spending a goodly amount of the past several weeks traipsing all over the world, running sessions and concerts from...
National Pastime – In Concert from BBC’s Paris Theatre – December 5, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – National Pastime to kick off the week. Admittedly, I wasn’t familiar with this band, but they were very much in a familiar genre of the mid-1980s; a heavy emphasis on...
The Cars – In Concert at Old Waldorf, San Francisco – August 19, 1978 – KSAN-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Cars this weekend. Via their Wikipedia page: The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the new wave scene in the late 1970s. The band...
Freur – In Concert from London – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – Freur in concert tonight. Virtually unknown in the U.S., aside from “Doot Doot” which had been used in Vanilla Sky, Valley Girls, a second season episode of Gossip Girl, the last episode of Glory...
Magazine – Live at The Roundhouse – Electric Proms 2009 – BBC 6 Music – Magazine. One of the cornerstone bands of the Post-Punk/New Wave genre from the late 1970s until disbanding in 1981. In that relatively short period of time they were a substantial influence on bands all through...
Simple Minds – In session for David Jensen – BBC Radio 1 – 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Simple Minds in session for the BBC in 1982. Probably one of the bands who most epitomized the 80s, got their start in 1977 and scored a number of hits prior...
Aztec Camera – in Concert from Madrid – September 9, 1984 – Radio Nacional España – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aztec Camera, fronted by the inimitable Roddy Frame, whose razor-sharp songwriting skills added a whole new dimension to the New Wave scene in the early 1980s. The Glasgow-based band...
