New Romantic synth-pop invades MTV. Thriller becomes history’s biggest hit. Music gets louder ... D.C. go-go. There’s ska, goth, reggae, acid house. But just one song per artist, or half ...

You probably know The Hooters best for their ’80s new wave/power pop hits like “And We Danced ... they actually were a ska band who’d made a name for themselves playing local clubs ...

The post Potato 5 on the ’80s Ska Scene, Mad Professor, and the Reinvention of Traditional Ska: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Potato 5 wasn’t exactly a two-tone band, per se.

They were a Canadian phenomenon. But to a future Vancouver director he was just the next door neighbour. When the 90-minute chronicle “Doug and the Slugs and Me” premieres Sunday on CBC and ...

The Cruel World onslaught on the Bay Area keeps right on rolling along, with so many acts playing the big ’80s music festival ... fun set of ska and pop. Although the venue was far from full ...