80's Underground Podcasts

Jeff Shelton
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Truly a lost genre of radio programming until now...the 80’s Underground resurrects the best in 80’s indie, college, punk, post-punk, new wave, and modern rock every week. No other Podcast devotes such a concentrated two hours to the best in completely underground 80’s rock.

  1. 3D AGO

    80s Underground Replay: Feb 20, 2013

    THE STRANGLERS – All Roads Lead To Rome (Feline) 1982 PETE SHELLEY – Qu’est Ce Que Ce Ca (Homosapien) 1981 THE MOOD – Watching Time (Singles) 1982 ALTERED IMAGES – Pinky Blue (Pinky Blue) 1982 SPLIT ENZ – Clumsy (Waiata) 1981 MEN WITHOUT HATS – I Like (Rhythm Of Youth) 1983 MADNESS – Baggy Trousers (Absolutely) 1980 *request* GARY NUMAN – Observer (Pleasure Principle) 1979 CHEER – I Don’t Even Know What I Want (s/t EP) 1984 THE WATERBOYS – Church Not Made With hands (A Pagan Place) 1984 THE JAM – Funeral Pyre (single) 1981 CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE – The Picture (This Can’t Be Heaven) 1987 MIDNIGHT OIL – Sometimes (Diesel and Dust) 1988 THE FIX(x) – Acrobats (unreleased track) 1980 THE THREE O’CLOCK – Her Head’s Revolving (Arrive Without Travelling) 1985 *request* NEW ORDER – Leave Me Alone (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983 ULTREAVOX – White China (Lament) 1984 MARCH VIOLETS – Snake Dance (single) 1985 LOVE & ROCKETS – An American Dream (Express) 1986 BLEACHED BLACK – Will (Wrist Slashing Romance EP) 1984 REM – Box Cars (Chronic Town) 1982 THE REPLACEMENTS – I Will Dare (Let It Be) 1984 X – Fourth of July (See How We Are) 1987 JAVIER ESCOVEDO – The Rain Won’t Help You (Por Vida: AE tribute) 2004 THE SMITHEREENS – Elaine (Green Thoughts) 1988 UPS AND DOWNS – The Living Kind (single) 1987 GAME THEORY – 24 (Real Nighttime) 1985

    1h 57m

  2. FEB 11

    80s Underground Replay: Feb 10, 2016

    THE DAMNED - In Dulce Decorum (Anything) 1986 CHAMELEONS UK - Pleasure & Pain (12" single) 1985 ULTRAVOX - Reap The Wild Wind (Hymn) 1982 OMD - Messages (10" single) 1980 U2 - Treasure/Pete The Chop (b-side "New Years Day") 1983 THE ALARM - Absolute Reality (Strength) 1985 THE CULT - Judith (Revolution EP) 1984 THE TRUTH - Playground (Playground) 1985 TEN TEN - When It Rains (Walk On) 1986 INXS - Johnson's Aeroplane (The Swing) 1984 VISAGE - The Damned Don't Cry (single) 1982 ALTERED IMAGES - Another Lost Look (Bite) 1983 DRAMARAMA - Scenario (Cinema Verite) 1985 HOODOO GURUS - In The Wild (Mars Needs Guitars) 1985 HUXTON CREEPERS - Rack My Brains (Keep To The Beat) 1988 DIVINYLS - Only Lonely (Desperate) 1983 ROCKPILE - Teacher Teacher (Seconds of Pleasure) 1980 THE PRIMITONS - Don't Go Away (Happy All The Time) 1987 BIG DIPPER - Al Going Out Together (Supercluster comp. ) 1987 THE LONG RYDERS - Still Get By (Native Sons) 1984 R.E.M. - Ages Of you (Dead Letter Office) 1987 SWIMMING POOL Qs - Pull Back My Spring (s/t) 1984 TRANSLATOR - Beyond Today (No Time Like Now) 1983 CHINA CRISIS - Working With Fire & Steel (s/t) 1983 THE STRANGLERS - Souls (Aural Sculpture) 1985 THE SMITHS - What Difference Does It Make (Singles) 1984 CABARET VOLTAIRE - White Car (C.O.D.E.) 1987 WIRE - Ahead (The Ideal Copy) 1987 JOY DIVISION - Dead Souls (Still) 1980

    2 hr

  3. FEB 4

    80s Underground Replay: Feb 4, 2020

    JULIAN COPE "Saint Julian" from Saint Julian 1987 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "The Game" from Echo the Bunnymen 1987 DANCING HOODS "She May Call You Up Tonight" from 12 Jealous Roses 1985 THE SILENCERS "I See Red" from A Letter to St. Paul 1987 GANG OF FOUR "Why Theory?" from Solid Gold 1981 THE STRANGLERS "All Roads Lead To Rome" from Feline 1982 THE DAMNED "Wait for the Blackout" from The Best of The Damned 1980 THE JAM "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)" from Snap 1982 SQUEEZE "In Quintessence" from East Side Story 1981 SPLIT ENZ "I Don't Wanna Dance" from Waiata 1981 NICK HEYWARD "When It Started to Begin" from North of a Miracle 1983 ENGLISH BEAT "Too Nice To Talk To" from What Is Beat? 1983 MADNESS "Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)" from The Rise & Fall 1982 GLEAMING SPIRES "Big Surprise" from Walk on Well Lighted Streets 1983 SPARKS "I Predict" from Angst in My Pants 1982 THE REVILLOS "Rev Up" from Sixteen Candles Soundtrack 1983 THE CRAMPS "What's Inside a Girl?" from A Date with Elvis 1986 THE GUN CLUB "Sex Beat" from Fire of Love 1981 THE SLICKEE BOYS "Here To Stay" from Single 1982 NINE NINE NINE "Obsessed" from Concrete 1981 THE AFFORDABLE FLOORS "The Sounding" from The Sounding 1986 TALK TALK "Such A Shame" from It's My Life 1984 BLANCMANGE "Waves" from Happy Families 1982 COCTEAU TWINS "Garlands" from Garlands 1983 THE OPPOSITION "A Day in the Future" from Intimacy 1982 A CERTAIN RATIO "Your Blue Eyes" from Single 1989 THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988 EASTERHOUSE "Whistling in the Dark" from Contenders 1986 THAT PETROL EMOTION "Sooner Or Later" from End Of The Millenium Psychosis Blues 1988

    1h 59m

  4. JAN 28

    80s Underground Replay: Jan 24, 2018

    THE CHURCH - Constant In Opal (Remote Luxury) 1984 THE LUCY SHOW - Ephemeral (Remain) 1985 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - The Passenger (Through The Looking Glass) 1987 FAITH GLOBAL - Love Seems Lost (single) 1984 THE CLASH - Guns Of Brixton (London Calling) 1979 999 - Silent Anger (Concrete) 1981 RUDI - When I Was Dead (single) 1981 THE DAMNED - Drinking About My Baby (s/t) 1980 THE FALL - 2x4 (Wonderful & Frightening World) 1984 THE MEKONS - Only Darkness Has The Power (Rock n Roll) 1989 GUN CLUB - Sex Beat (Fire Of Love) 1981 LEAVING TRAINS - She Knows The Rain (Well Down Blue Highway) 1984 HUSKER DU - Celebrated Summer (New Day Rising) 1985 ADOLESCENTS - Who Is Who (s/t) 1981 DINOSAUR JR. - Just Like Heaven (You're Living All Over Me) 1987 MEAT PUPPETS - Bad Love (Huevos) 1987 BLOW UP - Good For Me (single) 1987 HOUSE OF LOVE - Real Animal (single) 1987 WEATHER PROPHETS - Almost Prayed (Mayflower) 1987 INSPIRAL CARPETS - Joe (single) 1989 THE WONDERSTUFF - Unbearable (8 Legged Groove Machine) 1988 THE OTHER ONES - All The Love (s/t) RE-FLEX - Keep In Touch (Politics of Dancing) 1983 TRANS-X - Living On Video (single) 1983 CABARET VOLTAIRE - I Want You (7" single) 1985 REVOLTING COCKS - We Shall Cleanse The World (Big Sexy Land) 1986 GANG OF FOUR - Independence (Hard) 1983 GARY NUMAN - I Die: You Die (Telekon) 1980 DEVO - Time Out For Fun (Oh No, It's Devo!) 1982 THE FALL - Bombast (This Nation's Saving Grace) 1985

    1h 59m

  5. JAN 21

    80s Underground Replay: Jan 23, 2013

    THE DAMNED - Street of Dreams (Phantasmagoria) 1985 DANSE SOCIETY - Red Light Shine (Heaven Is Waiting) 1984 THE SOUNDS - Sense of Purpose (From the Lion's Mouth) 1982 ICICLE WORKS - Understanding Jane (If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy) 1987 THE JAZZ BUTCHER - Looking for Lot 49 (Fishcoteque) 1986 THE DENTISTS - She Dazzled Me With Basil (Down & Out in Chatham and Paris) 1986 THE WAKE - O Pamela (Here Comes Everybody) *request* ULTRA VIVID SCENE - Mercy Seat (s/t) 1988 THE JACK RUBIES - Good Morning Heartache (See the Money in My Smile) 1989 XTC - Dear God (Skylarking) 1987 ULTRAVOX - All Stood Still (Collection) 1981 *request* THE MOOD - Watching Time (Singles) 1982 SPANDAU BALLET - To Cut a Long Story Short (Singles Collection) 1980 IGGY POP - Blah Blah Blah (Blah Blah Blah) 1986 *request* DUMPTRUCK - Walk Into Mirrors (D is For Dumptruck) 1986 GRAPES OF WRATH - Not The Way It Is (Now and Again) 1989 WIRE TRAIN - Love, Love (Between Two Words) 1985 LET'S ACTIVE - Every Dog Has Its Day (Every Dog Has Its Day) 1988 THE 3 O'CLOCK - Stupid Einstein (16 Tambourines) 1983 THE LILAC TIME - Return to Yesterday (s/t) 1988 THE SMITHS - Boy With a Thorn In His Side (The Queen Is Dead) 1986 THE FOUNTAINHEAD - Sometimes (The Burning Touch) 1986 HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - Towtruck (Payload EP) 1982 CACTUS WORLD NEWS - The Bridge (Urban Beaches) 1986 DRIVIN N' CRYIN - The Friend Song (Whisper Tames The Lion) 1988 REM - Ages of You (Dead Letter Office) 1987 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Way Away (Bread and Circus) 1989 RHYTHM CORPS - Broken Haloes (Paquet Du Cinq) 1984

    1h 56m

  6. JAN 14

    80s Underground Replay: Jan 15, 2014

    THE DAMNED - Shadow Of Love (Phantasmagoria) 1985 UNTIL DECEMBER - Forgive & Forget (s/t) 1986 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Drowning Crazy (House of Dolls) 1987 LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - Livin on Livin (s/t) 1982 THE STRANGLERS - All Roads Lead to Rome (Feline) 1982 KON KAN - I Beg Your Pardon (single) 1988 *request* NEW ORDER - Sunrise (Low Life) 1985 FLESH FOR LULU - So Strange (s/t) 1984 DRAMARAMA - Scenario (Cinema Verite) 1985 THAT PETROL EMOTION - Big Decision (Babble) 1987 WANG CHUNG - Fire in the Twilight (Breakfast Club soundtrack) 1984 *request* THE MEMBERS - Working Girl (s/t) 1982 ENGLISH BEAT - Two Words (I Just Can't Stop it) 1980 MADNESS - Missing You/Mrs. Hutchinson (Madness 7) 1981 CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - Good Guys & Bad Guys (s/t) 1986 GALAXIE 500 - Parking Lot (Today) 1988 YO LA TENGO - Clunk (New Wave Hot Dogs) 1987 THE FELIES - Away (Only Life) 1988 28th DAY - Burnsite (s/t) 1985 THE OPPOSUMS - My Thing (Marsupial Eruptus) 1989 LET'S ACTIVE - Easy Does (Cypress) 1984 WIRE TRAIN - Love Against Me (In a Chamber) 1983 PURE JOY - Standing on a Bridge (Unsung) 1988 GRAPES OF WRATH - Stay (Now & Again) 1989 WINTER HOURS - Hyacinth Girl (Wait Til the Morning EP) 1986 O POSITIVE - With You (Only Breathing EP) 1985 THE SPLIFFS - Never Say Goodbye (House of Seven) 1987 THE REDUCERS - Let's Go (Let's Go) 1984

    1h 57m

  7. JAN 7

    80s Underground Replay: Jan 6, 2016

    NEW ORDER - Procession (single) 1981CHAMELEONS UK - Looking Inwardly (What Does Anything...) 1985SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Belladonna (Hyaena) 1984FOR AGAINST - Get On With It (Echelons) 1987HOUSE OF LOVE - Destroy The Heart (single) 1988ULTRAVOX - Man Of Two Worlds (Lament) 1984GARY NUMAN - Berzerker (Berzerker) 1987MOEV - Rotting Geraniums (12" single) 1982DREAM ACADEMY - Edge of Forever (s/t) 1985REAL LIFE - Catch Me I'm Falling (12" single) 1983BOW WOW WOW - Aphrodisiac (When the Going Gets Tough...) 1983OINGO BOINGO - Controller (Only a Lad) 1981ADAM ANT - Strip (single) 1983PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Mr. Jones (Talk Talk Talk) 1981DOLCE VITA - Beginning All Over (s/t EP) 1984R.E.M. - Auctioneer (Fables of the Reconstruction) 1985LOVE TRACTOR - Chilly Damn Willy (s/t) 1982LET'S ACTIVE - Easy Does (Cypress) 1984THE PLIMSOULS - How Long Will It Take? (Everywhere At Once) 1983HOODOO GURUS - Show Some Emotion (Mars Needs Guitars) 1985MIDNIGHT OIL - No Reaction (Head Injuries) 1979COMSAT ANGELS - Be Brave (Sleep No More) 1981RHYTHM CORPS - Solidarity (s/t EP) 1982U2 - Like a Song (War) 1983CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE - The Picture (This Can't Be Heaven) 1987McCARTHY - Red Sleeping Beauty (single) 1986CLOSE LOBSTERS - Skyscrapers (Headache Rhetoric) 1988THE FLATMATES - My Empty Head (single) 1988

    1h 56m

  8. 12/18/2025

    80s Underground Replay: Dec 17, 2014

    PETE SHELLY - On Your Own (Heaven & The Sea) 1986 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Over Your Shoulder (Bring on the Dancing Horses b-side) 1985 MODERN ENGLISH - Blue Waves (Ricochet Days) 1984 HOUSE OF LOVE - Destroy The Heart (single) 1988 NEW MODEL ARMY - Courage (Poison Street 7" b-side) 1987 XYMOX - Blind Hearts (Twist of Shadows) 1989 MINISTRY - Same Old Madness (single) 1982 SOFT CELL - Heat (The Art of Falling Apart) 1983 HUMAN LEAGUE - Fascination (Keep Feeling) single 1983 *request* SPLIT ENZ - Missing Person (True Colours) 1980 MIDNIGHT OIL - No Reaction (Head Injuries) 1979 WALL OF VOODOO - Far Side of Crazy (Seven Days in Sammystown) 1985 JOE JACKSON - It's Different for Girls (I'm The Man) 1979 LET'S ACTIVE - Every Word Means No (Afoot) 1983 THE JAM - Boy About Town (Sound Affects) 1980 ENGLISH BEAT - Sole Salvation (Special Beat Service) 1982 ADAM ANT - Stand & Deliver (Prince Charming) 1981 GANG OF FOUR - Paralysed (Solid Gold) 1981 PYLON - Recent Title (Gyrate) 1980 ROMEO VOID - Present Tense (Never Say Never EP) 1981 HARD RAIN - I Will Remember (single) 1987 CACTUS WORD NEWS - Years Later (Urban Beaches) 1986 SWIMMING POOL Qs - Pull Back My Spring (s/t) 1984 MIRACLE LEGION - Glad (Glad) 1987 R.E.M. - #11 Untitled (Green) 1988 GUADALCANAL DIARY - Pray For Rain (Jamboree) 1986 GRAPES OF WRATH - O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987 THE THREE O'CLOCK - I Go Wild (Baroque Hoedown) 1982 HUXTON CREEPERS - Autumn Leaves (12 Days to Paris) 1986

    2h 1m
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Truly a lost genre of radio programming until now...the 80’s Underground resurrects the best in 80’s indie, college, punk, post-punk, new wave, and modern rock every week. No other Podcast devotes such a concentrated two hours to the best in completely underground 80’s rock.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Shelton
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Jeff Shelton
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