As we have discussed in the past, I am holding out for a punk/new wave greatest hits radio channel (Ramones, Blondie, Clash, the Fixx, new wave one hit wonders, early MTV music memories, etc.).
Then again, I’d be one of maybe five listeners. :-)
Yes well some of that is on an XM channel, 1st Wave
http://www.siriusxm.com/1stwave
>>Tune in with Madison weekdays as she spins your favorites like the Clash, the Cure, Depeche Mode and Duran Duran. It’s the 1st wave of alternative music from the ‘80s era.
>>Happy Birthday to the one and only, Mick Jones of the Clash, Big Audio Dynamite & The Farm!
I’d be two of five.
At the tender age of 15 I saw both the Runaways (awesome) & Ramones (third stop on their first tour ever outside NY)and played in our cities first punk band in 1976. I’d join you in listening to that old stuff. Guess we really DID hate the hippies, eh?
Funny how the Ramones, Clash, etc. are too "hard" for "classic rock" stations (now spinning a handful of cuts from the 60s like Hendrix, NO Beatles, 70s stadium rock, and some early 80s) yet not hard or cool or punk enough for the "extreme" "modern" stations that are still playing 20+ year old songs by Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
I love Punk and New Wave.