Alternative 80s

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Offering up the best in New Wave, Goth, Post-Punk and Ska from the 80's, including rare and hard to find music you forgot you've missed!

  1. #308 - Christmas 2025, Episode 2

    5D AGO

    #308 - Christmas 2025, Episode 2

    Too much awesome Christmas to contain in one podcast, so here's Episode 2! Track Listing: 1) Things Fall Apart - Christina 2) Baby It's Christmas - Banarama 3) It's Always Christmas Time - Al Jourgensen 4) Christmas Day - Squeeze 5) Another Lonely Christmas (Extended) - Prince 6) I Believe In Father Christmas - U2 7) Blue Christmas - The Misfits 8) Oi To The World - The Vandals 9) This Time Of The Year - Mighty Mighty Bosstones 10) Christmas Is Coming - The Payolas 11) Frosty The Snowman - Cocteau Twins 12) Feed The World - Band Aid 13) Winter Sky - Big Country 14) Home On Christmas Day - Cyndi Lauper 15) A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So) - Flaming Lips 16) My Silent Night - Lisi 17) Run Run Rudolph - Billy Idol 18) Space Christmas - Shoenen Knife 19) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl 20) The Fat Man's Coming - David Byrne 21) Snow Girl - Haircut 100 22) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders 23) Xmas Time (Sure Doesn't Feel Like) - Mighty Mighty Bosstones 24) Silent Night - Sinead O'Connor 25) Merry Christmas, Santa Claus - Max Headroom

    1h 33m
  2. #307 - Christmas 2025, Episode 1

    DEC 10

    #307 - Christmas 2025, Episode 1

    1) Merry Christmas Merry - mu330 2) The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys 3) Christmas Was Better In The 80's - The Futureheads 4) Frosty The Snowman - froSted (Jane Weidland) 5) Silver Bells - Erasure 6) Linus And Lucy - Game Theory 7) It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Extended AYED Mix) - Pet Shop Boys 8) Last Christmas - All About Eve 9) Christmastime - Smashing Pumpkins 10) December Will Be Magic Again [Live 1979] - Kate Bush 11) Mary X-Mas - Nina Hagen 12) Black Christmas - Poly Styrene 13) Free Christmas - Johnny Marr And The Healers 14) Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics 15) Peace On Earth \ Little Drummer Boy - The Flaming Lips 16) Jingle Bell Rock - The Fall 17) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - X 18) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 19) Winterlong - Pixies 20) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primatives 21) Santa Claus - Throwing Muses 22) Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - U2 23) It Only Comes Once A Year - Deborah Holland 24) Feast Of Lights - They Might Be Giants 25) Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid

    1h 28m
  3. #306 - Bottom Line

    NOV 28

    #306 - Bottom Line

    Morning quiet time on Thanksgiving, perfect for putting together a podcast! Track Listing: 1) Bottom Line (Original UK 12" Extended Mix) - Big Audio Dynamite 2) Rain (Extended Version) - Dragon 3) Dreaming - Blondie 4) Blue Flower - Mazzy Star 5) Jeans Not Happening - Pale Fountains 6) The Downtown Lights - The Blue Nile 7) The Cats - The Essence 8) More Than This - Roxy Music 9) Radio Silence (Guitar Version) - Thomas Dolby 10) Making Plans For Nigel - XTC 11) Peanuts - The Police 12) Love's Like A Needle - The River Detectives 13) Beat's So Lonely - Charley Sexton 14) Come With Me - Translator 15) In A Big Country - Big Country 16) Baby Don't Forget My Number - Milli Vanilli 17) Dues - The Sugarcubes 18) The Pan Within - The Waterboys 19) Primary - The Cure 20) She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 21) Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders 22) Dreaming Of Me - Depeche Mode

    1h 39m
  4. #305 - Blue Angels

    NOV 14

    #305 - Blue Angels

    Another podcast, and opens with an background appearance by our lovely Blue Angels. Getting close to Turkey time, so gobble up some great 80s tunes! Track Listing: 1) All She Wants Is - Duran Duran 2) See Thos Eyes - Altered Images 3) Eighties - Killing Joke 4) Cut A Long Story Short - Spandeau Ballet 5) Procession - New Order 6) Life Goes On - The Damned 7) Over The Shoulder (12" Version) - Ministry 8) More - Sisters Of Mercy 9) Transmission - Joy Division 10) Hearts And Minds - Nitzer Ebb 11) Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 12) M.A.D. (Mutual Assured Destruction) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 13) Suicide Blonde (Devistation Mix) - INXS 14) The Lebanon (12" Extended Mix) - Human League 15) Quiet Life - Japan 16) Wasteland - The Mission 17) The Order Of Death - Public Image Limited 18) Windows - Missing Persons 19) Kiss (Art Of Noise Mix) - Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones

    1h 39m
  5. #304 - Let's Go!

    NOV 3

    #304 - Let's Go!

    Welcome to Standard Daylight Time (ugh) - at least we're starting this month off with my L.A. Dodgers winning the World Series! Enjoy the podcast! Track Listing: 1) Let's Go (Shep's Mix) - Wang Chung 2) Behind The Wheel (Josh Molet Vitaminwater Mix) - Depeche Mode 3) Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday 4) Rock Me Amadeus (Ihn Liebten Alle Frauen\ We Will Rock You \ Salieri Version) - Falco 5) Swamp - Talking Heads 6) When We Were Young - Victims Of Pleasure 7) I Want More - Can 8) Love Buzz - Nirvana 9) Just Like Honey - The Jesus And Mary Chain 10) Love Is A Wonderful Color - Icicle Works 11) Unlikely Remix 12) Booji Boy's Funeral - Devo 13) Welcome To The Pleasuredome [The World Is My Oyster] (Early 12" Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 14) Walk Away (Special Remix) - The Game 15) Vagabonds - New Model Army 16) Shoo Be Doo\Candy-O - The Cars 17) Reward - The Teardrop Explodes 18) Desire (Hollywood Extended Remix) - U2 19) Dizz Knee Land - Dada

    1h 43m
  6. #303 - Memorabilia

    OCT 24

    #303 - Memorabilia

    Hope y'all enjoyed the Halloween episode, but now we're back into the "regular" podcast, starting with Soft Cell in honor of David Ball's passing. Track Listing: 1) Memorabilia - Soft Cell 2) Girls Like Me - Bonnie Hayes 3) Secret Separation (Extended Version) - The Fixx 4) So In Love (Special American Dance Mix) - OMD 5) God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols 6) Kooler Than Jesus - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 7) I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel 8) Controversy Between - Front 242 9) Matador (Extended) - Xmal Deuschland 10) Close [To The Edge] (12" Mix) - Art Of Noise 11) Please (12" Mix) - Bolshoi 12) Electric Blue (Extended Mix) - Icehouse 13) Unlikely Remix 14) Staring Back\Return - Siouxsie And The Banshees 15) True Faith (Original 12" Version) - New Order 16) Whisper To A Scream [Birds Fly] (Extended Club Remix) - Icicle Works 17) Pretty In Pink (Berlin 12" Mix) - Psychedelic Furs 18) Clockout - Devo

    1h 42m
  7. #302 - Halloween 2025

    OCT 11

    #302 - Halloween 2025

    Halloween 2025, and the podcast is up in plenty of time to enjoy before the ghouls and goblins invaded your street. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) A Forest - The Cure 2) The Night Boat - Duran Duran 3) Nemesis - Shriekback 4) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie 5) Dr Heckyll And Mr Jive - Men At Work 6) Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps 7) Release The Bats - The Birthday Party 8) This Corrosion [Single Version] - Sisters Of Mercy 9) Nightmares [12" Version] - A Flock Of Seagulls 10) Haunted When The Minutes Drag - Love And Rockets 11) Fly On The Windscreen [Extended] - Depeche Mode 12) Murder By Numbers - The Police 13) Down In The Park - Gary Numan 14) Mad World - Tears For Fears 15) Nocturnal Me - Echo And The Bunnymen 16) Spellbound - Siouxsie And The Banshees 17) Dead Or Alive - Oingo Boingo 18) Something In My House [7" Remix] - Dead Or Alive 19) Dracula's Tango (Sucker For Your Love) - Toto Coelo 20) Halloween - Siouxsie And The Banshees 21) Every Day Is Halloween (Squirrely Version) - Ministry

    1h 35m
  8. #301 - She Drives Me Crazy

    OCT 3

    #301 - She Drives Me Crazy

    Beginning of October, almost time for the annual Halloween podcast. However, we've got this juicy bit of a podcast to tide you over until then. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals 2) Orange Crush - R.E.M. 3) We Care A Lot - Faith No More 4) Telecommunication - Flock Of Seagulls 5) That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma 6) Gut Feeling\Slap Your Mammy - DEVO 7) Pale Shelter (Original 1982 Remix) - Tears For Fears 8) Cities In Dust (Extended Version) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 9) Under The Milk Way - The Church 10) Running Up That Hill [A Deal With God] (12" Mix) - Kate Bush 11) In Dulce Decorum (Dreamtime Mix) - The Damned 12) Kings Of The Wild Frontier (First Version) - Adam And The Ants 13) Dragnet (Movie Mix) - The Art Of Noise 14) Pop Muzik - M 15) Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles 16) Metal - Gary Numan 17) Motorslug - Wiseblood 18) The Way The World Turned Day-Glo - X-Ray Spex 19) A Girl in Trouble [Is A Temporary Thing] (Dance Mix) - Romeo Void 20) Enjoy The Silence (Hands And Feet Mix) - Depeche Mode

    1h 36m
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Offering up the best in New Wave, Goth, Post-Punk and Ska from the 80's, including rare and hard to find music you forgot you've missed!

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  • Creator
    SurfingTrucker
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2025
  • Episodes
    114
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright STR Productions
  • Show Website
    Alternative 80s

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