KROQ 1981: June 20, 2010

Culled from KROQ's Top 106.7 Songs of 1981.

**Hour One
Go-Gos - This Town
Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
Missing Persons - Mental Hopscotch
20/20 - Nuclear Boy
Eye Protection - Take Her Where The Boys Are
Pretenders – The Adultress
Plasmatics - Sex Junkie
Josie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer?
Devo - Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
Suburban Lawns - Janitor
Brian Briggs - See You On The Other Side
Jim Carroll Band - It's Too Late
Duran Duran - Girls On Film
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Adam Ant - Prince Charming
Oingo Boingo - On The Outside
Polyphonic Size - Mother's Little Helper

**Hour Two
Go-Gos - Lust To Love
Sparks - I Married A Martian
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Nightwatchman
X – The Once Over Twice
Rolling Stones - Neighbours
Plimsouls - Now
Human Sexual Response - What Does Sex Mean To Me?
Lene Lovich - New Toy
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
Cure - Primary
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need That) Fascist Groove Thing
Killing Joke – Follow The Leaders
Oingo Boingo - What You See
Split Enz - Hard Act To Follow
Adolescents - Amoeba

KROQ 1980: June 13, 2010

Culled from KROQ's Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. Next week: 1981

**Hour One
Gary Numan - Cars
Devo - Whip It
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Christine
XTC - Generals and Majors
Clash - Clampdown
AC/DC - What Do You Do For Money Honey
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
X - Los Angeles
Kingbees - My Mistake
Romeos - Seriously Affected
Cars - Up and Down
B-52s - Give Me Back My Man
Police - Driven to Tears
Motels - Danger
Oingo Boingo - Ain't This the Life

**Hour Two
Pretenders - The Wait
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [Single Version]
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - What Are You Doin' In My Life?
Plimsouls - Everyday Things
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down
Gary Myrick & the Figures - She Talks In Stereo
Talking Heads - Houses In Motion
Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock...
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Vapors - Turning Japanese
Devo - Girl U Want
John Lennon - Cleanup Time
Rockpile - Teacher Teacher
B-52s - Strobe Light
Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
OMD - Enola Gay

NEXT SUNDAY: IT BEGINS

Something historic for summer ... Ten weeks of shows culled from the year-end countdown lists of literally world-famous KROQ, the "Rock of the 80s" station in Los Angeles that essentially defined "new wave" for the United States.

I won't be doing any countdowns, but I'll be airing my favorites from each list.

KROQ is still on the air in LA, of course, and celebrating its roots via HD and online.

June 6, 2010

**Hour One
Bongwater - Psychedelic Sewing Room
Angel and the Reruns - Buffy Come Back
Bauhaus - The Three Shadows, Pt. 1
Bauhaus - The Three Shadows, Pt. 2
Bauhaus - The Three Shadows, Pt. 3
Pooh Sticks - Force Fed By Love
Lydia Lunch - Lady Scarface
Nina Hagen - Russian Reggae
Little Girls - How To Pick Up Girls
Unit 3 With Venus - Boys
B-52S - 52 Girls
Pretenders - Day After Day
Passions - Bachelor Girls
Slaughter And The Dogs - I'm Mad
Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue
Joe Jackson - Got the Time

**Hour Two
Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Sparks - I Predict
Big Audio Dynamite - Sony
Fishbone - One Day
Big Country - Thousand Stars
Clash - Clampdown
Trio - Da Da Da
OMD - Talking Loud and Clear
XTC - You're the Wish You Are I Had
Madness - Shut Up
English Beat - Ranking Full Stop
Flaming Lips - Nobody Told Me
Cocteau Twins - Aikea-Guinea
Japan - Quiet Life (12-Inch Mix)
REM - Cuyahoga