![David Bowie - Absolute Beginners (Official Video) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mu3hytnxe7nlwz2rjtoxbhpq/bafkreidzgucrxoaiw7afffrks7b2r2wek7ipovibdzrjbggffhhfd53eba)
40 years ago on March 3, 1986:
"Absolute Beginners" written and performed by David Bowie from the album 'Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' was released. It reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart and No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100.
#KROQ #LatePost
40 years ago on February 1986:
"Digging Your Scene" by The Blow Monkeys from their second studio album, 'Animal Magic' (1986) was released as their first single.
It reached number 14 in the United States, and it reached number 12 in the United Kingdom.
#KROQ #LatePost
Talk about pranks! Jed the Fish introduced himself to John Frost at a #KROQ event in a most embarrassing way!
This full episode of Three Fourths Human is out now on Patreon, Audacy, Spotify…
youtube.com/watch?v=Hjd1...
Hey #KROQ #mybandsisbetterthanjakes
THIS is the band you should have on air rn!
Listening to Bean @genebaxter.bsky.social on SiriusXM Lithuim. #KevinAndBean #KROQ
40 years ago today on March 24, 1986:
'Please,' the debut studio album by Pet Shop Boys was released by UK's Parlophone and by US' EMI Records.
Featured the No. 1 hit "West End Girls" and 9 other songs i.e. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", "Love Comes Quickly", "Suburbia", etc.
#KROQ
#KABC #KRTH #KKJZ #KLAX #KMPC #KFWB #KNX #KTNQ #KMRB #KCRD #KXOL #KROQ #KLOS #KBUE #KLVE #KLLI #abc7eyewitness
#KXLU #KPWR #KRRL #losangelesrealestate #losangelesreality #LAFD #FIREFIGHTERS
![Depeche Mode - Black Celebration [FULL ALBUM]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mu3hytnxe7nlwz2rjtoxbhpq/bafkreibq5hp7c7j3oink35xmc3pohzpihkhrnleesd4k66zgoli4vviymi)
40 years ago on March 17, 1986:
'Black Celebration' by Depeche Mode was released by UK's Mute Records and US' Sire Records.
"Stripped", "A Question of Lust", and "A Question of Time" was released in the UK. In the US, "But Not Tonight" was released as a single instead of "Stripped".
#KROQ
i guess this is more of a SongS Of The Day(ish) post, please enjoy a taste of early Boingo in concert!
SOTD 455 is just what this Boingoloid needed tonight...
youtube.com/watch?v=9VIOrcMeBsM&t
#SOTD
#OingoBoingo
#Boingo
#KROQ
#BoingoTapes
KROQ in Los Angeles - including Rodney Bingenheimer - hat tipped twice in this PoR video!
▶️ As little kids we all sang this Classic hit…not realizing it was really dirty! - Professor of Rock
youtube.com/watch?v=Io4A...
#genx #kroq #LosAngeles
KROQ in Los Angeles - including Rodney Bingenheimer - hat tipped twice in this PoR video!
▶️ As little kids we all sang this Classic hit…not realizing it was really dirty! - Professor of Rock
youtube.com/watch
#genx #kroq #LosAngeles
40 years ago today on February 28, 1986:
"Pretty In Pink" starred Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy was theatrically-released. Directed by Howard Deutch, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, written by John Hughes. Awesome soundtrack too!
#KROQ
40 years ago on February 24, 1986:
"Love Comes Quickly" by Pet Shop Boys was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Please' (1986).
It peaked at No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1986. The remix reached the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in October 1986.
#KROQ
40 years ago on February 17, 1986:
"Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush was released as the third single from her fifth studio album 'Hounds of Love' (1985).
The single peaked at No. 18 and spent 5 weeks in the UK singles chart.
#KROQ
#Liverpool born brothers Chris & Mark Reynolds formed #NewWave band #RedFlag when living in #SanDiego & got their biggest break when influential L.A. radio station #KROQ chose their 1988 single “Russian Radio” as ‘pick of the week.’- it was a Starck fave
#80sMusic #1980s #80s
youtu.be/1GttlWkHKeU
Driving to the dog park, this song came on the local NPR station. The husband couldn't stop laughing. Of course, I know all the words.
Detachable penis ftw
#absurd #kroq
youtu.be/Pp392Nk_2vw?...
40 years ago today on February 17, 1986:
'The Colour of Spring,' the third studio album by Talk Talk was released on EMI Records.
The album became Talk Talk's greatest commercial success, spawning the hit singles "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World."
#KROQ
AUDIO: Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians- KROQ Loveline, Pasadena Ca 9/8/91 xfer f/unknown gen cassette
Thanks to Adam Dristle for telling me what to do! Robyn gives love advice
#robynhitchcock #loveline #KROQ
sacramentomusicarchive.com/1991/09/08/r...
40 years ago today on February 10, 1986:
"Stripped" by Depeche Mode was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album 'Black Celebration' (1986) through Mute Records.
It was the band's sixth consecutive single to enter the UK Top 20, peaking at number 15.
#KROQ
Arielle Nissenblatt is the Founder of @earbudspodcol.bsky.social. She’s also a 2026 inductee to the #podcasthalloffame. Good reasons to welcome her to OUR podcast! She gave us advice, and we challenged her with #KROQ music from 1989. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social @ariellethisandthat.bsky.social
Andy Greene, Senior Writer for @rollingstone.com, inspired us with his article, The Ten Most Fantastically Eighties Rock Star Commercials. Now he’s on the the podcast! We heard some stories, then we grilled him about the songs played on #KROQ in #1989. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #80s #80smusic
40 years ago on January 27, 1986:
"Sanctify Yourself" by Simple Minds was the second single from their seventh studio album 'Once Upon A Time' (1985) released by Virgin.
The song reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
#KROQ #LatePost
We start our look at the year #1989, and the music played on The World Famous #KROQ in Los Angeles. Guests will join us as we count down, but this week it’s just us, looking at songs 106.7-101 on the KROQ 1989 year-end playlist. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #80smusic #80spodcast #musicpodcast
40 years ago on January 20, 1986:
"Rise" by Public Image Ltd was released as a single by Virgin Records. It was the first single from 'Album,' their fifth studio album.
The song was written by John Lydon and Bill Laswell about apartheid in South Africa, specifically about Nelson Mandela.
#KROQ
On September 13, 1987, my friends and I went to see Echo & The Bunnymen with opening acts New Order and Gene Loves Jezebel LIVE in concert at the then Great Western Forum in Inglewood, CA.. Awesome show!
#KROQ
![The Bangles - Different Light (1986) [Full Album] Cassette Tape](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mu3hytnxe7nlwz2rjtoxbhpq/bafkreibgphhwfezngemud4rgo57yhxo75kr2xyvznk63h24djw3wkjbjwi)
40 years ago yesterday (January 13, 1986), 'Different Light' by the Bangles was released by Columbia Records.
Their most successful album, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 5 charting singles, including the Billboard Hot 100 top two hits "Manic Monday" and "Walk Like an Egyptian."
#KROQ
