The pre-MTV ‘70s and early ‘80s were a golden age for live performances on variety TV shows. Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and Burt Sugarman’s The Midnight Special were primetime showcases for so many top-shelf acts of that hallowed time, and often in the up-and-coming stages of the...
(Atlantic, 1989) A 21-year-old Sebastian Bach fronted one of the most lethal bands to top the decade with a set of pipes that had to be heard to be believed. Capable of doing just about anything, Bach’s jaw-dropping range and sharp vibrato were just what songs like “Sweet Little S...
a Netflix show, it introduced people to Kate Bush, and her song had amassivecomeback. A lot of the 80s songs are played on that show andCobra Kai, which is another big Netflix show. My kids are familiar with all these 80s songs because they hear them on these TV shows that ...
Poison tightened up their act ever so slightly with help from hard-rock super-producer Tom Werman (Cheap Trick, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister) and delivered their most consistently catchy batch of songs to date. “Nothin’ but a Good Time” and “Fallen Angel” were tailor-made for the arenas...
There are also T-shirts and sweatshirts printed with imagery inspired by '70s and '80s punks. Rendered in a custom "aged" ink, the graphics have the lived-in feel of vintage concert merchandise — as a press release elaborates, they "beckon to early one-off parking lot punk merch, and...