Episodes
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
This week we hit Canada to talk to two awesome rock bands from the Great White North. First up is the early 80s rock band Toronto. They were a pretty big deal north of the border, but never got the credit they deserved (in more ways than one, as you'll hear) in the States. Then we talk to the legendary Robb Reiner of Anvil to find out what his life has been like since the success of their 2008 documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil.
Tuesday Jun 23, 2015
Episode 8 - Baxter of Re-flex
Tuesday Jun 23, 2015
Tuesday Jun 23, 2015
Baxter was the lead singer of the British new wave band, Re-flex, who had one hit in the states when "The Politics of Dancing" reached #23 in 1983. They continued to make music, but label politics made it difficult for the work to get released. We talk about that, what he's been doing since, his experience with early Re-flex band member Mark King (now of Level 42), and we clear up those rumors that "Politics" was rejected for the Footloose soundtrack (or do we?)
Tuesday Jun 16, 2015
Episode 7 - Clive Farrington of When In Rome
Tuesday Jun 16, 2015
Tuesday Jun 16, 2015
Clive is the man behind one of the most enduring hits of the 80s, 1988's "The Promise", which was reborn when it was featured in Napoleon Dynamite in 2003. Unfortunately, his band, When In Rome, quickly broke up and there's a lot of bad blood that's still very toxic to this day. Clive is working hard to take his destiny into his own hands and keep his name alive. It isn't easy.
Tuesday Jun 09, 2015
Episode 6 - Brian Canham of Pseudo Echo
Tuesday Jun 09, 2015
Tuesday Jun 09, 2015
Brian Canham fronts the Australian band Pseudo Echo, who hit it big in 1986 when their cover of "Funkytown" reached #6 in the states. We talk about why the band dissolved a couple years later, how they ended up on the North Shore soundtrack, why he was memorably wearing a New York Yankees t-shirt in the "Funkytown" video, and what Pseudo Echo is up to now.
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
Episode 5 - Marge Raymond of Flame
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
Do you know anyone that's sung on some of the biggest hits in rock history, been friends with Bruce Springsteen and Steven Tyler, and performed with Pavarotti and Paul McCartney? I do. Her name is Marge Raymond and this is her story. She's the "most famous rock star you've never heard of."