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80's Underground Podcasts

80's Underground Podcasts

Jeff Shelton

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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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best 80's Underground Podcasts episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to 80's Underground Podcasts for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite 80's Underground Podcasts episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 207: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 30, 2017 (Hr 2)
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01/31/24 • 61 min

INXS - The One Thing (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982

GENERAL PUBLIC - Faults & All (Hand To Mouth) 1986

THE BIG DISH - Big New Beginning (Swimmer) 1986

RAILWAY CHILDREN - Brighter (Reunion Wilderness) 1987

THE SMITHS - Half a Person (single) 1986

AZTEC CAMERA - Deep Wide & Tall (Love) 1987

LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTION - Rattlesnakes (Rattlesnakes) 1984

THE SNEETCHES - Run In The Sun (Sometimes That's All We Have) 1988

THE BATS - Made Up In Blue (single) 1986

THE JAZZ BUTCHER - Death Dentist (Bloody Nonsense) 1986

THE MEKONS - Kidnapped (Honky Tonkin') 1987

THE GO-BETWEENS - I Just Get Caught Out (Tallulah) 1987

SWIMMING POOL Qs - Silver Slippers (s/t) 1984

THE CONNELLS - Fun & Games (Fun & Games) 1989

DREAMS SO REAL - Everywhere Girl (single) 1985

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 209: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 13, 2018
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02/14/24 • 119 min

ENGLISH BEAT - Sole Salvation (Special Beat Service) 1982

THE JAM - Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero? (The Gift) 1982

THE CLASH - Somebody Got Murdered (Sandinista!) 1980

THE FIXX - Less Cities, More Moving People (Phantoms) 1984

SQUEEZE - Hits of the Year (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti) 1985

KATE BUSH - The Big Sky (Hounds Of Love) 1985

JULIAN COPE - St. Julian (St. Julian) 1987

XTC - That's Really Super Supergirl (Skylarking) 1986

PETE WYLIE - Sinful (Sinful) 1987

OMD - We Love You (The Pacific Age) 1986

ICEHOUSE - Hey Little Girl (Primitive Man) 1982

ULTRAVOX - One Small Day (Lament) 1984

MOEV - Yeah, Whatever (single) 1986

WIRE - The Point of Collapse (The Ideal Copy) 1987

SNAKE CORPS - Calling You (More Than The Ocean) 1989

MARCH VIOLETS - Deep (Electric Shades) 1985

SAFEHOUSE - Underneath The Ice (single) 1982

COMSAT ANGELS - Do The Empty House (Sleep No More) 1981

BALAAM & THE ANGEL - Two Into One (She Knows b-side) 1986

KILLING JOKE - The Wait (s/t) 1980

GANG OF FOUR - I Found That Essence Rare (Entertainment!) 1979

SCARS - All About You (Author!Author!) 1981

BAUHAUS - Kick In The Eye (single) 1981

PARTY DAY - Atoms (Glasshouse) 1985

THE CUT - I Wish It Was Simple (Shadow Talks) 1981

DIG DIPPER - Faith Healer (Boo-Boo) 1987

HUSKER DU - Makes No Sense At All (Flip Your Wig) 1985

THE REPLACEMENTS - Kiss Me On The Bus (Tim) 1985

DREAMS SO REAL - Victim (Rough Night in Jericho) 1988

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 215: 80s Underground Replay: April 3, 2018
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04/03/24 • 116 min

MIDNIGHT OIL - Dreamworld (Diesel & Dust) 1988

WALL OF VOODOO - Big City (Seven Days in Sammystown) 1985

THE TRUTH - Playground (Playground) 1985

JULIAN COPE - The Bloody Assizes (Fried) 1984

BLOW UP - Good For Me (12" single) 1987

THE GO-BETWEENS - Right Here (Talulah) 1987

COCTEAU TWINS - Lorelei (Treasure) 1984

CHAMELEONS UK - Swamp Thing (Strange Times) 1986

WHITE CHINA - Real World (12" single) 1984

U2 - I Fall Down (October) 1981

THE RUTS - West One (Grin & Bear It) 1980

THE SAINTS - Grain Of Sand (Prodigal Son) 1988

THE PRIMITONS - Don't Go Away (Happy All The Time) 1987

HOODOO GURUS - Come Anytime (Magna Cum Louder) 1989

DREAMS SO REAL - Everywhere Girl (Fathers House) 1985

LET'S ACTIVE - In Little Ways (Big Plans For Everybody) 1986

THE RAVE UPS - When The End Comes Before (Book of Your Regrets) 1988

TRUE WEST - Falling Away (Hand Of Fate) 1986

VIOLENT FEMMES - Mother of a Girl (3) 1988

DARK WHITE - Call Of The Wild (The Grey Area EP) 1985

KILLING JOKE - Sun Goes Down (Birds of a Feather 12") 1982

FAITH GLOBAL - Love Seems Lost (Earth Report EP) 1982

THE CURE - Fascination Street (Disintegration) 1989

MORRISSEY - Suedehead (Viva Hate) 1988

PSYCHIC TV - Godstar (single) 1985

MIGHTY LEMON DROPS - One By One (World Without End) 1988

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 140: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 30, 2013 (Hr 2)
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01/31/23 • 47 min

BEFOUR THREE O’CLOCK – She Turns to Flowers (s/t) 1982

ONE+ONE – Remote Control (s/t EP) 1982

OINGO BOINGO – Reptiles & Samurai (Nothing to Fear) 1982

B-52s – Butterbean (Whammy!) 1983

ENGLISH BEAT – Walk Away (Wha’ppen?) 1981

THE UNTOUCHABLES – What’s Gone Wrong (Live & Let Dance) 1984

MADNESS – Promise, Promise (s/t) 1981

HOUSEMARTINS – Anxious (London O Hull 4) 1986

STONE ROSES – Made of Stone (s/t) 1989

THE OCEAN BLUE – Between Something & Nothing (s/t) 1989

IAN McCULLOCH – The Flickering Wall (Candleland) 1989

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 139: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 30, 2013 (Hr 1)
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01/31/23 • 68 min

JESUS & MARY CHAIN – April Skies (Darklands) 1987

THE CHAMELEONS UK – Inside Out (Strange Times) 1986

SNAKE CORPS – Look East For Eden (Flesh on Flesh) 1986

KILLING JOKE – Follow The Leaders (What’s This For!) 1981

A CERTAIN RATIO – The Fox (single) 1980

JAPAN – Quiet Life (Quiet Life) 1980

INXS – Barbarian (Underneath the Colours) 1981

BIG PIG – I Can’t Breakaway (single) 1989 *request*

PETER GODWIN – Images of Heaven (single) 1982 *request*

OMD – Telegraph (Dazzle Ships) 1983

UNTIL DECEMBER – Call Me (s/t) 1983

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH – Method to My Madness (Method to our Madness) 1984

MAD PARADE – Talk To Me (A Thousand New Words) 1987

HUSKER DU – Celebrated Summer (New Day Rising) 1985

MOVING TARGETS – Funtime (s/t) 1986

THE NILS – In Betweens (s/t) 1987

SOUL ASYLUM – Standing in the Doorway (Hang Time) 1988

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 138: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 21, 2015 (Hr 2)
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01/24/23 • 58 min

B-52s - Strobe Light (Wild Planet) 1980

MEN WITHOUT HATS - I Like (Rhythm of Youth) 1982

SPLIT ENZ - Hard Act to Follow (Waiata) 1981

SHRIEKBACK - Fish Below The Ice (Oil and Gold) 1985

BIG COUNTRY - Harvest Home (The Crossing) 1983

SMASH PALACE - Living on the Borderline (s/t) 1985

THE ALARM - Strength (Strength) 1985

U2 - The Three Sunrises (Wide Awake in America EP) 1985

THE BLASTERS - Crazy Baby (American Music) 1980

THE PLIMSOULS - Oldest Story In The World (Everywhere at Once) 1983

R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion (Reckoning) 1984

GAME THEORY - Too Late For Tears (Dead Center) 1984

THE THREE O'CLOCK - Suzie's on the Ball (Ever After) 1987

KIRSTY MACCOLL - Innocence (Kite) 1989

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 137: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 21, 2015 (Hr 1)
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01/24/23 • 61 min

KILLING JOKE - Fire Dance (Fire Dances) 1983

MINISTRY - Same Old Madness (single) 1982

SIMPLE MINDS - Wonderful In Young Life (Sister Feelings Call) 1981

CABARET VOLTAIRE - White Car (C.O.D.E.) 1987

BLUE IN HEAVEN - In Your Eyes (All The God's Men) 1985

BALAAM & THE ANGEL - The Wave (Greatest Story Ever Told) 1986

SIXTIETH PARALLEL - Over & Over (Into Bliss EP) 1988

GANG OF FOUR - I Find That Essence Rare (Entertainment!) 1979

THE STRANGLERS - All Roads Lead To Rome (Feline) 1982

OMD - Electricity (s/t) 1980

THE CHURCH - Metropolis (Gold Afternoon Fix) 1990 *request*

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - The More You Live the More You Love (Story of a Young Heart) 1984

THE FIXX - Running (Reach The Beach) 1983

OINGO BOINGO - Just Another Day (Dead Man's Party) 1985

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 135: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 11, 2017 (Hr 2)
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01/10/23 • 62 min

SQUEEZE - Hits Of The Year (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti) 1985

JOE JACKSON - Beat Crazy (Beat Crazy)

ENGLISH BEAT - I Confess (Special Beat Service) 1982

MADNESS - Tomorrow's Just Another Day (Rise & Fall) 1982

OINGO BOINGO - Private Life (Nothing To Fear) 1982

U2 - Another Day (single) 1980

THE JAM - Carnation (The Gift) 1982

ADAM & THE ANTS - Stand & Deliver (Prince Charming) 1981

THE PLASMATICS - Monkey Suit (New Hope For The Wretched) 1980

X - The New World (More Fun In The New World) 1983

THE BLASTERS - Crazy Baby (American Music) 1980

THE RAVE-UPS - Right Now (Class Clown EP) 1983

SMASH PALACE - Living On The Borderline (s/t) 1985

RED ROCKERS - Come On In To My House (Good As Gold) 1983

FLYING COLOR - Dear Friend (s/t) 1987

DRAMARAMA - It's Still Warm (Box Office Bomb) 1987

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 128: 80s Underground Replay: 11.30.16 (Hour 2)
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11/29/22 • 61 min

MAURICE & THE CLICHES - Soft Core (single) 1983

DEEP SIX - Stay Right Here (s/t) 1986

FACE OF CONCERN - Brighter Days (Brighter Days EP) 1986

THE OTHER ONES - All The Love (s/t) 1986

PRIMARY COLOURS - Paint Love Blue (single) 1985

FIRST MAN OVER - It's Happening (s/t EP) 1986

FALLING JOYS - You're In a Mess (single) 1988

UPS & DOWNS - In The Shadows (single) 1986

PARACHUTE MEN - Sometimes In Vain (The Innocents) 1988

ARMY OF LOVE - Exodus (s/t EP) 1983

HURRAH! - Gloria (single) 1985

SUDDEN AFTERNOON - Acid Rain (single) 1985

VEX - Sanctuary (Sanctuary EP) 1984

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80's Underground Podcasts - Episode 202: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 17, 2019
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12/28/23 • 121 min

CLAN OF XYMOX "7th Time" from Clan Of Xymox 1985

THE FACT "Into Your Heart" from Always There 12" 1986

KILLING JOKE "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" from Fire Dances 1983

PINK TURNS BLUE "When the Hammer Comes Down" from If Two Worlds Kiss 1987

WIRE "It's a Boy" from A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck 1988

NEW ORDER "Procession" from Singles 1981

DEPARTMENT S "Is Vic There?" from Substance 1981

HUMAN LEAGUE "I'm Coming Back" from Hysteria 1984

YAZ "Too Pieces" from Upstairs at Eric's 1982

ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983

INDUSTRY "State of the Nation" from Stranger to Stranger 1983

A DROP IN THE GRAY "All the Same" from Certain Sculptures 1984

ICEHOUSE "Stay Close Tonight" from Sidewalk 1984

BLANCMANGE "Lose Your Love" from Believe You Me 1985

DOUBTS EVEN HERE "Like The Wind" from Single 1989

THE CONNELLS "Darker Days" from Darker Days 1985

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET "Way Away" from Bread and Circus 1989

R.E.M. "Fireplace" from Document 1987

DRIVIN N CRYIN "Honeysuckle Blue" from Mystery Road 1989

THE WINDEBREAKERS "Run" from Run 1986

FIRE TOWN "Where the Shadows Fall" from The Good Life 1989

THE WINTER HOURS "Say The Word" from 12" Single 1988

SOMETHING HAPPENS "Burn Clear" from Been There, Seen That, Done That 1988

RHYTHM CORPS "I Surrender" from Common Ground 1988

MIDNIGHT OIL "Sell My Soul" from Diesel and Dust 1987

HUNTERS & COLLECTORS "Dog" from Human Frailty 1986

SPLIT ENZ "Six Months In a Leaky Boat" from Time and Tide 1982

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How many episodes does 80's Underground Podcasts have?

80's Underground Podcasts currently has 143 episodes available.

What topics does 80's Underground Podcasts cover?

The podcast is about 80S, Retro, College, Music, Indie, Podcasts and Alternative.

What is the most popular episode on 80's Underground Podcasts?

The episode title 'Episode 146: 80s Underground Replay: March 7, 2017 (Hr 1)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on 80's Underground Podcasts?

The average episode length on 80's Underground Podcasts is 87 minutes.

How often are episodes of 80's Underground Podcasts released?

Episodes of 80's Underground Podcasts are typically released every 6 days, 22 hours.

When was the first episode of 80's Underground Podcasts?

The first episode of 80's Underground Podcasts was released on Mar 17, 2020.

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