Song Battle: Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon” vs. The Church – “Under the Milky Way”
Two songs. Two bands. Two completely different ways of making atmospheric rock feel enormous. Echo & the Bunnymen’s “The Killing
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Satudys 80s Jam: Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time
By the time Cher released “If I Could Turn Back Time” in 1989, she had already lived several careers in
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Cannibal Holocaust: The Movie That Made People Wonder If They Were Watching a Murder
There are horror movies that scare you. There are horror movies that disgust you. There are horror movies that make
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Song Battle: Judas Priest – “Breaking the Law” vs. Iron Maiden – “Run to the Hills”
Two songs. Two bands. Two completely different approaches to heavy metal. Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law” and Iron Maiden’s “Run
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Saturday 80s Jam: Flashdance…What a Feeling – Irene Cara
Few songs capture the sheer optimism of the early 1980s quite like Irene Cara’s “Flashdance… What a Feeling.” It is
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Forgotten Band: The Damned
There is a strange little corner of rock history occupied by bands that were important enough to change music but
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Troma Tuesday: Stuck on You!
Before Troma became famous for toxic waste, mutant superheroes and outrageous splatter, the company spent several years making something considerably
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Son Battle: Twisted Sister “We’re Not Gonna Take It” vs. Quiet Riot “Cum On Feel the Noize”
Two enormous 1980s rock songs. Two giant choruses. Two videos that practically define the decade. And two songs that
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Sunday Weird History Lesson: The Man Who Declared War on the Moon
There is something wonderfully absurd about the idea of declaring war on the Moon. It isn’t a country. It
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Saturday Night 80s Jam: Wham! – Wake ME Up Before You Go Go
Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” is one of the most instantly recognizable pop songs of the 1980s,
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Tuesday Troma: Waitress!
Before Waitress! became the name of a completely different and much more famous movie, there was this wonderfully strange 1981
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Song Battle: Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” vs. Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me”
Two of the biggest rock songs of the 1980s. Two enormous choruses. Two songs that can instantly transport you
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Saturday Night 80s Jam: Human League – Don’t You Want Me
The Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me” is one of the defining songs of early-1980s synth-pop, a dramatic, catchy and
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Troma Tuesday: Rabid Grannies
There are plenty of horror movies about monsters, demons, zombies and possessed children. But Rabid Grannies asks a much more
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Sunday Playlist: 21 Songs That Make You Want to Drive Too Fast
There are road trip playlists, and then there are playlists that require a little self-control. The songs on this
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Saturday Night 80s Jam: Bon Jovi – Livin’ On a Prayer
Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” is one of the defining songs of 1980s rock, a huge, emotional singalong that
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Troma Tuesday: Surf Nazis Must Die
There are bad movies, there are weird movies, and then there is Surf Nazis Must Die. Released in 1987, this
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Sunday Night Playlist
Great playlists do not always need a theme. Sometimes the best ones are built around a simple idea: put together
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Forgotten Band: Ugly Kid Joe
Ugly Kid Joe arrived at exactly the right moment to make fun of rock music while also being very good
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Song Battle: “Cruel Summer” vs. “Manic Monday”
The 1980s were filled with songs about everyday life, but nobody made everyday problems sound quite as catchy as Bananarama
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G.G. Allin: The Most Notorious Punk Rocker Who Ever Lived
G.G. Allin was never interested in being a normal rock star. While most punk musicians built their reputations by rejecting
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Saturday Night 80s Jam: The Bangles – Manic Monday
The Bangles – “Manic Monday”: The Prince-Penned Hit That Became an ’80s Pop Classic Few songs capture the universal feeling
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Jim “The Hammer” Shapiro: Rochester’s Most Unforgettable TV Lawyer
If you grew up watching television in Rochester, New York, during the 1990s and early 2000s, there was a
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TV Ads in 1986
A few years ago, and by a few I mean probably well over 25. There was a night The Infamous
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Song Battle: “She Blinded Me with Science” vs. “One Night in Bangkok”
The 1980s produced an impressive number of hit songs that were difficult to describe using a single genre. Pop could
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50 Most Recognizable Singers in Music History
Music has produced thousands of great singers, but greatness and recognizability are two very different things. There are singers with
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Troma Tuesday: Christmas Evil
Holiday horror has become a beloved subgenre, offering twisted takes on celebrations that are normally associated with warmth, family, and
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Saturday Night 80s Jam: Erasure – Chains of Love
Erasure – “Chains of Love”: The Joyful 1988 Anthem of Love, Freedom, and Acceptance Few synth-pop songs from the 1980s
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20 Old Bands and Artists Who Somehow Came Back in the ’80s
The 1980s were supposed to be the decade of the new. MTV was exploding. Synthesizers were everywhere. New wave, punk,
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Song Battle: “Where Is My Mind?” vs. “Blister in the Sun”
There are certain songs that seem to define an entire musical attitude without ever becoming conventional radio hits in the
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Troma Tuesday: Maniac Cop
Horror movies often prey on familiar fears, transforming everyday places and trusted figures into sources of terror. Few films embraced
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Saturday Night 80s Jam: Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
Whitesnake – “Here I Go Again”: The Power Ballad That Became an ’80s Rock Anthem Few rock songs capture the
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7 One-Hit Wonder Singers Who Went on to Become Legendary Producers and Songwriters
The one-hit wonder label has a funny way of shrinking a career down to three or four minutes. An artist
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Song Battle: “Hey Mickey” vs. “Whip It”
The early 1980s produced plenty of great songs, but it also produced a special category of hit that seemed almost
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When the Cover Was Better: 50 Songs Where Someone Else Did It Right
There is a strange rule in popular music: writing a great song and making the definitive recording of that song
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The 15 Most Recognizable Hip-Hop Samples
Sampling is one of the things that makes hip-hop unlike almost any other major genre of popular music. A rapper
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Song Battle: “Love Shack” vs. “Groove Is in the Heart”
There are songs that make you dance, songs that make you sing, and songs that seem to transform an ordinary
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Saturday Night 80s Jam: Phil Collins – Sussudio
Phil Collins – “Sussudio”: The Infectious 1985 Hit That Became One of the Decade’s Biggest Pop Singles Few songs
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Tuesday Troma: The Toxic Avenger
Independent filmmaking has produced countless cult classics over the decades, but few have left a mark quite like The Toxic
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