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Joe Satriani Featured On 80′s At 8 With, "Satch Boogie" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:10:00 +0000

“Satch Boogie” is one of Joe Satrini’s famous pieces, from the album ‘Surfing With The Alien.”According to Guitar World Magazine it is considered the 55th greatest guitar solo ever. The song appeared in the film, ‘Problem Child 2′ during the food fight scene, also you’ll find it on the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour. [...]

Ratt Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Way Cool Jr." [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:10:40 +0000

Glam rock was big in the 80′s and the band ‘Ratt‘ was no exception to the rule, in fact; the band was very instrumental in the Glam Metal scene back then. “Round and Round,” “Lay It Down” and “Wanted Man,” laid the foundation for the band as to who they were. A band originally called [...]

Billy Idol Featured On 80′s At 8 With, "Mony Mony" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:10:49 +0000

When Tommy James recorded the song it was considered a B-side throwaway . They had no idea “Mony Mony” would become a huge hit. Tommy James said about the record in an interview, ” “Originally, we did the track without a song. And the idea was to create a party rock record; in 1968 that [...]

Def Leppard Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Too Late For Love" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:10:42 +0000

Def Leppard’s “Too Late for Love“ is a 1983 single off their multi-platinum album ‘Pyromania.’ The single would reach #9 on the mainstream charts. The video was filmed in December 1983 and taken from ‘Supersonic’ a Christmas music special. The performance was filmed after partying with Elton John and Meat Loaf over some champagne. [...]

Greg Kihn Band Featured On 80′s At 8 With " The Breakup Song" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:10:26 +0000

Greg Kihn a Baltimore native kicked off his career in San Fransisco,Calif. back in 1972 where he primarily worked painting houses and singing in the streets. ‘The Breakup Song‘ song is better known as “They Don’t Write Em’ Like That Anymore,” the song’s hook. It basically defines break-up songs in Rock’s early songs, as Greg [...]

April Wine Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:10:59 +0000

‘April Wine’ comes out of Canada and got their name basically because all the band members apparently thought the two words sounded good together. Two of the original members were the brothers Henman, Ritchie (guitar) and David (drums) and then let’s bring another family member in the picture so cousin Jim Henman (bass) joined [...]

The Cult Featured On 80′s At 8 With,"Love Removal Machine" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:10:55 +0000

Hard Rock and Heavy Metal mixed together and you welcome 'The Cult'

Ozzy Osborne And Lita Ford Featured On 80′s At 8 With,"Close My Eyes Forever" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:10:31 +0000

Lita Ford recorded this as a duet with Ozzy . Ford was once engaged to Tony Iommi, who played guitar with Osbourne in Black Sabbath. Ford, along with Joan Jett, was part of the girl-group The Runaways from 1975-1979. She is a guitarist as well as a vocalist. The song came about by accident during [...]

Tommy Tutone Featured On 80′s At 8 With "867-5309/Jenny" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:10:57 +0000

This is one song you’ll never forget and neither will all the folks that got calls with that number, that was some craziness. Tommy Tutone is the bands name (similar to Jethro Tull etc…) not the lead singer. The group was led by Tommy Heath and Jim Keller, originally called itself ‘Tommy and the Two-Tones’. [...]

Tesla Featured On 80′s At 8 With " Little Susie" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:10:00 +0000

Get ready to Rock this summer as Tesla has been inked to perform at Halfway Jam, You can bet the band will perform our featured song on 80′s at 8, “Little Susie“.Tesla formed in 1982 out of Sacramento, California and have easily sold over 14 million albums throughout the U.S. Originally a song by a [...]

Billy Idol Is Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Dancing With Myself" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:10:38 +0000

Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad) knew he had the potential to make some noise in the music industry while at a very young age. Billy got his stage name from the inspiration of a teacher believe it or not and he described young William as, “idle”. Although the band, ‘Generation X’ was a stepping [...]

White Lion Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Wait" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:10:03 +0000

A Danish vocalist and an American Guitarist form White Lion

Dokken Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Breaking The Chains" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:10:43 +0000

Dokken a band out of Los Angeles with great showmanship. Formed in 1976 by Don Dokken (vocals) , George Lynch (lead guitar) , Juan Croucier (bass)and Mick Brown ( drums). Juan Croucier left Dokken in ’83 to join Ratt, Jeff Pilson filled that vacancy. Don Dokken and Mick Brown are the only original members. Dokken has [...]

Alice Cooper Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Poison" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:10:19 +0000

” Poison” what a great song for Alice Cooper that was released in 1989. The song was co-written by Desmond Child (Artist, Producer, Hitmaker), he has written hits for Bon Jovi, Kiss, Aerosmith, the list is endless. You will find the song at my place and on his 18th album titled, “Trash“. It was probably [...]

"Kingdom Come" Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Get It On"[VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:14 +0000

Formed in 1987, Kingdom Come‘s line-up featured players from both Germany and America. The German born Lenny Wolf and the only remaining member of the group, today, was instrumental in putting the band together. It was the introduction to Bob Rock, who had also worked with Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Metallica at the time, that [...]

Dio Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Rainbow In The Dark" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:10:43 +0000

One of the great depression metaphors, in this song where Dio is feeling isolated and trapped, unable to release the tremendous potential inside him – like a rainbow in the dark. Dio has mentioned his time as Black Sabbath lead singer as inspiration for the lyrics; he felt “rejected” when he left the band. Ronnie [...]

The Smithereens Featured on 80′s At 8 With,"Blues Before And After" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:15:26 +0000

The Smithereens, a Band out of New Jersey still on the road with all original members except one and that’s the Bass player Severo “The Thrilla” Jornacion. Original members Pat DiNizio,Jim Babjak and Dennis Diken can take you back to 1980 with the history of the band. The Smithereens have had much success as [...]

L.A. Guns Featured On 80′s At 8 With "Ballad Of Jayne" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:10:29 +0000

The hard hock band ‘LA. Guns’ from Los Angeles that formed in 1983 by Tracii Guns, however; disbanded in 1985 with the merger of ‘Hollywood Rose‘ which became essentially the first line-up of ‘Guns And Roses’. It wasn’t until 1999 that they would reunite and start to record new material. To go through all [...]

Kenny Loggins Featured On 80′s At 8 With "I'm Alright" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:11:39 +0000

The good ol’ days of ‘Loggins and Messina’ were good ones but Kenny struck gold when the solo career began. I’m sure you’re familiar with the movie, “Caddyshack”, the song, “I’m Alright plays at the beggining and the end of the film. He actually got to see pre-edited version of the film before he wrote [...]

Whitesnake Featured on Eighties At Eight With "Slide It In" [VIDEO]

Mark Alan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:10:09 +0000

After his departure from Deep Purple in 1978 David Coverdale formed Whitesnake. A band that was voted the 85th Greatest Hard Rock Band of all time by VH1. The album ,Slide It In came out in 1984 not bad considering it was Whitsnake’s forth Top 10 album (reached #9 in the UK). At this same [...]