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. 1d ago

    80s Underground Replay: June 11, 2019

    THE CHURCH "Volumes" from Remote Luxury 1984 CLEANERS FROM VENUS "Julie Profumo" from Going to England 1987 SPOONS "Arias & Symphonies" from Arias & Symphonies 1982 THE BUGGLES "Clean, Clean" from The Age of Plastic 1999 PETER SCHILLING "Lone Survivor" from Things To Come 1985 A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS "The Traveller" from Listen 1983 MODERN ENGLISH "Breaking Away" from Stop Start 1986 WIRE TRAIN "Everything Is Turning Up Down Again" from In a Chamber 1983 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Partys Fall" from Tinderbox 1986 SNAKE CORPS "Victory Parade" from Single 1986 CLAN OF XYMOX "Agonised By Love" from Medusa 1986 VISAGE "The Damned Don't Cry" from Single 1982 PAUL HARDCASTLE "Nineteen" from Single 1985 AFTER THIS "Fields" from 7" single 1986 O.M.D. "Radio Waves" from Dazzle Ships 1983 THE TOURISTS "All Life's Tragedies" from Reality Effect 1979 COWBOY MOUTH "Long Hot Ride" from Cowboys and Indians 1986 THE RAVE-UPS "Right Now" from Class Tramp EP 1983 SWIMMING POOL Qs "The Bells Ring" from Swimming Pool Qs 1984 THE DB'S "Dynamite" from Stands for Decibels 1981 LOVE TRACTOR "Chilly Damn Willy" from Love Tractor 1982 THE PRIMITONS "Happy All the Time" from Don't Go Away: Collected Works 1987 THE FURLONGS "Bed She Made" from 2300 Ward 1988 GAME THEORY "Shark Pretty" from Distortion - EP 1984 THE THREE O'CLOCK "Stupid Einstein" from Sixteen Tambourines 1983 SPLIT ENZ "Missing Person" from True Colours 1980 XTC "No Thugs in Our House" from English Settlement 1982

    1h 59m

  2. Jun 3

    80s Underground Replay: Sept. 12, 2012

    OINGO BOINGO – Who Do You Want To Be? (Good For Your Soul) 1983 B-52’s – Part Out of Bounds (Wild Planet) 1980 DEVO – Theme From Dr. Detroit (12” single) 1983 THE WAITRESSES – I Know What Boys Like (Best Of) 1981 ALTERED IMAGES – Don’t Talk to Me About Love (Bite) 1983 THE PAYOLA$ - Eyes of a Stranger (No Stranger to Danger) 1982 GLEAMING SPIRES – Are You Ready for the Sex Girl? (single) 1983 SPARKS – Tips For Teens (Whomp That Sucker) 1981 THE STRANGLERS – Two Sunspots (Meninblack) 1981 THE NAILS – Things You Left Behind (Dangerous Dreams) 1986 WALL OF VOODOO – Far Side of Crazy (Seven Days in Sammystown) 1985 SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS – I Wanna Be a Flintstone (Bikini Red) 1987 CAPTAIN SENSIBLE – Wot (A Day in the Life Of…) 1984 *request* MADNESS – Baggy Trousers (Absolutely) 1980 *request* THE CRAMPS – Can Your P***y Do The Dog (10” single) 1985 *request* LENE LOVICH – Lucky Number (single) 1980 ENGLISH BEAT – Two Swords (I Just can’t Stop It) 1980 ROCKPILE – Teacher Teacher (s/t) 1980 SIMPLE MINDS – I Travel (Empires & Dance) 1981 O.M.D. – Radio Waves (Dazzle Ships) 1983 ROBERT HAZARD – Escalator of Life (single) 1983 OUR DAUGHTERS WEDDING – Auto Music (s/t) 1982 LAVVI EBBEL – Much Ado About Nothing (7” single) 1982 PROPAGANDA – The Chase (A Secret Wish) 1985 COWBOY MOUTH – Long Hot Ride (Cowboys & Indians) 1986 LET’S ACTIVE – Waters Part (Cypress) 1984 SQUEEZE – If I Didn’t Love You (Argybargy) 1980 THE PROOF – That’s That (s/t) 1980 REPLACEMENTS – Kids Don’t Follow (Stink EP) 1982 JET BLACK BERRIES – Fatherly Advice (Desperate Fires) 1985

    1h 55m

  3. May 27

    80s Underground Replay: May 25, 2021

    THE CHAMELEONS – Nostalgia (What Does Anything…) 1985 THE DAMNED – In Dulce Decorum (Anything) 1986 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL – Desire (Discover) 1986 EASTERHOUSE – To Live Like This (Contenders) 1986 ICICLE WORKS – Love is a Wonderful Colour (single) 1983 THE LUCY SHOW – A Million Things (Mania) 1986 BIG COUNTRY – Angle Park (Wonderland) 1984 ULTRAVOX – Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Lament) 1984 BLANCMANGE – Living on the Ceiling (Happy Families) 1982 HEAVEN 17 – Play to Win (Penthouse & Pavement) 1982 GANG OF FOUR – Call Me Up (Songs of the Free) 1982 SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS – Holiday Head (Gun Shy) 1986 THE GODFATHERS – She Gives Me Love (single) 1989 MIDNIGHT OIL – U.S. Forces (10-1) 1982 DRAMARAMA – Wonderamaland (Stuck In Wonderamaland) 1989 THE SMITHEREENS – Green Thoughts (Green Thoughts) 1988 WIRE TRAIN – I Forget it All (In a Chamber) 1983 THE THREE O’CLOCK – Jetfighter (16 Tambourines) 1983 GAME THEORY – Room For One More, Honey (Two Steps From the Middle Ages) 1988 VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE – I Say Nothing (Let it Bee) 1988 THE SUGARCUBES – Motorcrash (Life’s Too Good) 1988 MIGHTY LEMON DROPS – Inside Out (World Without End) 1988 THE PRIMITIVES – I’ll Stick With You (Lovely) 1988 THE FLATMATES – I Could Be in Heaven (7” single) 1986 THE WONDERSTUFF – Unbearable (Eight Legged Groove Machine) 1988 MONSOON – Tomorrow Never Knows (Third Eye) 1983 PALE SAINTS – Sight of You (Barging into the Presence of God) 1989 RAILWAY CHILDREN – Over and Over (Recurrence) 1988 THE BLUEBELLS – Cath (Sisters) 1984

    1h 56m

  4. May 21

    80s Underground Replay: May 22, 2018

    FAD GADGET - Ricky's Hand (single) 1980 GARY NUMAN - Warriors (Warriors) 1983 MARY GOES ROUND - The Promised Land (Sunset) 1989 GHOST DANCE - When I Call (Word to the Wise EP) 1987 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - The Cow (single) 1986 CHAMELEONS UK - One Flesh (What Does Anything...) 1985 WIRE - Ahead (The Ideal Copy) 1987 TELEX - Exercise is Good For You (Sex) 1981 DEPECHE MODE - In Your Memory (People Are People b-side) 1984 HUMAN LEAGUE - The Lebanon (Hysteria) 1984 SPANDAU BALLET - Instinction (single) 1982 PINK INDUSTRY - Pain Of Pride (New Beginnings) 1985 REAL LIFE - No Shame (Flame) 1985 D'ARC - The Letter (single) 1982 THE STRANGLERS - Skin Deep (Aural Sculpture) 1985 *request* I.Q. - Universe In Time (s/t) 1983 ULTRAVOX - All Stood Still (single) 1981 UPS & DOWNS - Out of the Darkness (single) 1986 CORN DOLLIES - Map of the World (Wrecked) 1989 CLOSE LOBSTERS - Just Too Bloody Stupid (Foxheads Stalk This Land) 1987 THE BRILLIANT CORNERS - Why Do You Have to Be...(single) 1988 AN EMOTIONAL FISH - Celebrate (single) 1989 THE PIXIES - Debaser (Doolittle) 1989 BUFFALO TOM - Sunflower Suit (s/t) 1989 JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Kill Surf City (Barbed Wire Kisses) 1988 SONIC YOUTH - Teenage Riot (Daydream Nation) 1988 DIE KREUZEN - Slow (Century Days) 1988 MEAT PUPPETS - She's Hot (Out My Way) 1986 BUTTHOLE SURFERS - Sea Ferring (Rembrandt Pussyhorse) 1986

    2h 1m

  5. May 13

    80s Underground Replay: May 12, 2020

    THE REPLACEMENTS – I.O.U. (Pleased to Meet Me) 1987 SOUL ASYLUM – Tied to the Tracks (Made to be Broken) 1986 THE MICE – Not Proud of the USA (For Almost Ever EP) 1985 HUSKER DU – Pink Turns to Blue (Zen Arcade) 1983 THE NEIGHBORHOODS – Real Stories (The High Hard One) 1986 DUMPTRUCK – Wire (For The Country) UNGLE GREEN – He’s The Man (You) 1989 DRIVIN N CRYIN – House For Sale (Mystery Road) 1989 R.E.M. – Ages of You (Dead Letter Office) 1987 THE BEAT FARMERS – Bigger Stones (Tales of the New West) 1985 JASON & THE SCORCHERS – Absolutely Sweet Marie (Fervor) 1983 THE PRIMITONS – Don’t Go Away (Don’t Go Away) 1987 FLYING COLOR – Dear Friend (s/t) 1987 DREAMS SO REAL – Everywhere Girl (single) 1985 DREAM SYNDICATE – Out of the Grey (Out of the Grey) 1986 LETS ACTIVE – In Little Ways (Big Plans for Everybody) 1986 GUADALCANAL DIARY – Winds of Change (2x4) 1987 MARHSAL FIELDS – Come a Little Closer (s/t) 1986 FLESH FOR LULU – Sooner or Later (Long Live the New Flesh) 1987 THE WILD FLOWERS – Things Have Changed (Joy of it All) 1984 COCTEAU TWINS – Lorelei (Treasure) 1984 RAILWAY CHILDREN – Listen On (Reunion Wilderness) 1987 THE SMITHS – Boy With a Thorn in His Side (The Queen is Dead) 1986 THE PARACHUTE MEN – Goodbye (The Innocents) 1988 THE BAMBI SLAM – Happy Birthday (single) 1987 MIGHTY LEMON DROPS – My Biggest Thrill (Happy Head) 1987 THE FIELD MICE – Sensitive (single) 1989 STONE ROSES – She Bangs the Drums (s/t) 1989 NEW ORDER – All Day Long (Brotherhood) 1986 THE CHAMELEONS – Singing Rule Britannia (single) 1985 THE CURE – Fascination Street (Disintegration) 1989

    1h 58m

  6. May 7

    80s Underground Replay: May 7, 2014

    ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - My Kingdom (Ocean Rain) 1984 THE ESSENCE - Endless Lakes (Purity) 1985 ICICLE WORKS - Cauldron of Love (s/t) 1984 PETER MURPHY - Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem (Deep) 1989 *request* PROPAGANDA - Sorry For Laughing (Secret Wish) 1985 SECTION 25 - Reflection (From the Hip) 1985 THE VEIL - Hoax (Surrender) 1985 NEW ORDER - Everything's Gone Green (single) 1981 CHRIS & COSEY - October Love Song (Take Five EP) 1986 DEPECHE MODE - Something To Do (Some Great Reward) 1984 PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Love My Way (Forever Now) 1982 *request* GENERAL PUBLIC - Come Again (Hand To Mouth) 1986 OINGO BOINGO - Whole Day Off (Nothing To Fear) 1982 DEVO - Gates of Steel (Freedom of Choice) 1980 A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - You Can Run (s/t) 1982 THE VAPORS - Waiting for the Weekend (New Clear Days) 1980 ICEHOUSE - Hey Little Girl (single) 1981 THE VENETIANS - So Much For Love (Calling In The Lions) 1986 EASTERHOUSE - Come Out Fighting (Waiting for the Redbird) 1989 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Desire (12" single) 1986 MISSION UK - The Crystal Ocean (II EP) 1986 BAUHAUS - Lagartija Nick (single) 1983 SISTERS OF MERCY - Sympathy For The Devil (single) 1988 HUMAN LEAGUE - The Lebanon (Hysteria) 1984 ALTERED IMAGES - Think That It Might (Pinky Blue) 1982 XTC - Jason & The Argonauts (English Settlement) 1982 SQUEEZE - Hits of the Year (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti) 1985

    1h 57m

  7. Apr 29

    Deep Cuts Replay: April 29, 2015

    THE TREES - Wildwood (Sleep Convention) 1982 FIRST MAN OVER - It's Happening (s/t) 1986 MARY GOES ROUND - The Night (Sunset) 1986 CINEMA - Cinema Star (Single) 1983 KIRILIAN CAMERA - Blue Room (single) 1985 COMBO AUDIO - Romanticide (single) 1983 CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE - No More Hollow Doors (13 O'Clock comp.) 1981 THE PASSAGE - Drugface (Enflame) 1983 THE LEARNING PROCESS - Sixty Minutes (single) 1988 THE WORD - Wide Awake (Next Big Thing EP) 1984 ACK!ACK! - Another Face (single) 1985 UNCLE GREEN - He's The Man (You) 1988 THE PENCILS - Watching the Tears (single) 1982 CHOO CHOO TRAIN - Flowerfield (Briar Rose EP) 1988 NASHVILLE RAMBLERS - The Trains (single) 1986 THE SPLIFFS - Never Say Goodbye (House of Seven) 1987 THE ZIMMERMEN - Happy Heart (Rivers of Corn) 1986 TURNAROUND - Let's Do It (s/t) 1982 GRAPHIC - Medieval Daydream (Baysongs) 1985 MAP OF THE WORLD - Wall of Least Resistance (An Inch = 1000 Miles) 1989 THE OPPOSUMS - My Thing (Marsupial Eruptus) 1989 THE RANGEHOODS - Rough Town (Rough Town EP) 1984 THE VERGE - Tradition (single) 1983 SLEEP OF REASON - Sleep of Reason (s/t EP) 1984 UNDER TWO FLAGS - Day After Dub (10" single) 1984 RUDI - When I Was Dead (single) 1982 THE MOB - Witch Hunt (Let the Tribe Increase) 1983 DEEP SIX - Stay Right Here (s/t) 1986

    1h 57m

  8. Apr 16

    80s Underground Replay: April 16, 2019

    SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Dear Prudence" from Hyaena 1984 PLAY DEAD "Pale Fire" from Sacrosant b-side 1985 THE CHAMELEONS "Up the Down Escalator" from Script Of The Bridge 1983 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "The Killing Moon" from Ocean Rain 1984 ULTRAVOX "Reap the Wild Wind" from 12" single 1982 THE CHURCH "Dropping Names" from Seance 1984 LOVE & ROCKETS "An American Dream" from Express 1986 MODERN ENGLISH "Someone's Calling" from After the Snow 1982 NEW ORDER "Your Silent Face" from Power, Corruption And Lies 1983 THE CURE "Primary" from Staring At the Sea - The Singles 1981 THE SMITHS "There Is a Light Than Never Goes Out" from The Queen Is Dead 1986 THE HOUSEMARTINS "Anxious" from London 0 Hull 4 1986 MIGHTY LEMON DROPS "Inside Out" from World Without End 1988 THE THREE O'CLOCK "I Go Wild" from Baroque Hoedown EP 1982 WIRE TRAIN "Love, Love" from Between Two Words 1985 TRANSLATOR "Un-Alone" from No Time Like Now 1983 THE LIFE "The One" from Alone 1987 X "4th of July" from See How We Are 1987 DUMPTRUCK "Walk Into Mirrors" from Positively Dumptruck 1986 THE PIXIES "Here Comes Your Man" from Doolittle 1989 GUADALCANAL DIARY "Litany" from 2X4 1987 RIGHT AS RAIN "Rain" from Undertown 1988 THE CONNELLS "Something To Say" from Fun & Games 1989 GRAPES OF WRATH "O Lucky Man" from Treehouse 1987 THE GO-BETWEENS "Bye Bye Pride" from Tallulah 1987 JULIAN COPE "St. Julian" from Saint Julian 1987 XTC "Earn Enough For Us" from Skylarking 1986 SPLIT ENZ "One Step Ahead" from Waiata 1981

    1h 56m
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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
    59
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Jeff Shelton
  • Show Website
    80's Underground Podcasts

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