80s Alternative Underground: Recent Episodes
Chris Atwood
The Alternative features 70s punk, 80s new wave, 90s Brit Pop, and new alt rock from today. The Alternative airs every Friday from 6:15-11 pm on WATD-FM in the Boston radio market. Produced & hosted by Chris Atwood.
Atwood chats with Martyn from Heaven 17 about the bands music, current tour, and what's ahead for 2023.
Atwood chats with Robbie and Mic from Modern English about their music, current tour, and new album in 2023.
Chris Atwood chats with David Schelzel, lead singer, of The Ocean Blue about the bands past and present. Learn how Ballerina Out of Control was created based on an Industrial band's performance.
Let's travel back to 1986 and the top nine songs on the British Charts for May 27, 1986. Enjoy!
This episode of Friday Flashback 9 takes us back to August 27, 1983 and the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts.
This week's FF9 @ 9 takes us back to 05.21.1980 with a taste of the 80s alternative music scene: punk, post-punk, synth, and jangly guitars. Enjoy and consider sharing. www.80salternative.com
Giving it everything I had for this show. Raw, emotional, and leaving "blood on the floor" for you the listener. Let me know what you think. www.80salternative.com
Chris chats with Landon from SoCal power pop punk band Taken Days about their debut album 'Every Second' out now on Wiretap Records.
What were the top nine songs on the British Charts for March 26, 1986? Find out on this episode of Friday Flashback 9 at 9 with Chris Atwood. www.80salternative.com
We flashback to March 19, 1979 for the top nine alt songs on the British Charts. Please share. www.80salternative.com
I chat with Mike Peters of The Alarm about the band's new album, WAR, inspired by the pandemic and events at the US Capitol on 01.06.21. They wrote, recorded, and produced WAR in 50 days.
This episode of FF9 transports us back to March 12, 1990 and the top nine alt songs on the British Charts. Shoegaze mixes with 80s icons on this episode. www.80salternative.com
Atwood chat's with artist/printmaker Steve Shook about his unique prints of legendary nightclubs in Boston, DC, and elsewhere. www.80salternative.com
This episode of FF9 takes us back to March 5, 1980 and the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts. Please share and help us get to #1 on the podcast platform. www.80salternative.com
This episode takes us back to February 19, 1985 and the top nine alt songs on the British Charts. Enjoy! Please share with your friends.
This episode of FF9 brings us back to the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts for February 12, 1989. Please share with your friends. Cheers!
This week's episode takes us back to Feb. 5, 1981 and the top nine alt songs on the British Charts. Enjoy! Want to get some The Alternative merchandise? If so, go to the Merch tab on www.80salternative.com.
This episode of Friday Flashback 9 @ 9 returns us to the top nine songs on the British Charts for January 15, 1986. One band had two songs in the top nine. Please consider sharing with your friends. www.80salternative.com
This week's Friday Flashback 9 @ 9 pm takes us back to January 1, 1988 and the top nine Alt songs on the British Charts. Please considering sharing and keeping us in the Top 5 Alt Podcasts.
We flashback to 12.25.1981 and the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts. Enjoy! Please share with your friends to keep The Alternative in the Top 10.
This episode of Friday Flashback takes us back to the top nine alt songs on the British Charts for December 18, 1989. Enjoy! Check out The Alternative branded apparel at: http://thealternative.whatforapparel.com/
Atwood chats with WBUR-FM ARTery reporter and former Globe Nightlife Reporter Jim Sullivan about his "Punk, Post Punk, and New Wave" photobook with Boston Herald Photographer Michael Grecco about the legendary bands that played Boston's legendary clubs. Travel back in time. www.80salternative.com
This episode flashes back to December 11, 1980 and the top songs climbing up/down the British Charts. Please consider sharing with you alt music friends. www.80salternative.com
We flashback to December 4, 1983 and the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts. Enjoy. Want The Alternative Merchandise? Click on the "Merch" tab on www.80salternative.com
We flashback to November 27, 1981 and the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts. Please share with your friends. Enjoy! www.80salternative.com
This episode of Friday Flashback 9 transports us back to November 20, 1985 and the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts. www.80salternative.com. Please share with your friends.
This episode of Friday Flashback 9 @ 9 pm brings us back to the the British Charts on November 13, 1986. Enjoy!
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This episode of Friday Flashback 9 @ 9 pm on 95.9 WATD-FM jumps back to the top alternative songs on the British Charts on Nov. 6, 1983. Enjoy. www.80salternative.com
We flashback to October 23, 1987 to find out the Top 9 songs climbing up/down the British Charts. Enjoy!
This episode of Friday Flashback 9 at 9 takes us back to October 2, 1985 and the top nine alternative songs on the British Charts. Enjoy. www.80salternative.com
Sit back, relax, and transport back to September 4, 1981 for the top nine songs on the British Charts. www.80salternative.com
This episode transports us back to August 28, 1983 and the Top Nine Songs climbing up/down the British Charts.
I'm thinking of doing a daily live podcast--thoughts? www.80salternative.com
This episode of Friday Flashback 9 @ 9 brings us back to August 14, 1990 to hear the top nine alternative songs climbing up/down the British Charts.
Check out the new website, www.80salternative.com, and please share the podcast on your social media channels. Thank you!
On this edition of Friday Flashback 9 @ 9 with Chris Atwood, we travel back to August 8, 1979 to hear the Top 9 alternative songs on the British Charts. Check out my new website: www.80salternative.com
We travel back to July 24, 1982 to find out the top nine songs climbing up and down the British Charts on Friday Flashback 9 @ 9. Enjoy!
We jump back to July 10, 1989 to hear the top nine songs on the British Charts for Friday Flashback 9 @ 9 pm.
Atwood chats with Rob Juarez from Lost 80s Live about the September 6, 2020 Lost at Sea show on Catalina Island, CA. Rad!
Atwood chats with Cherie Currie about her new album and life in the rock limelight from The Runaways to today.
Atwood has a chat with Mike & Jules Peters about their Big Night In series during Lockdown, 80s music, and The Alarm's new album. Enjoy!
The 8-9 pm hour featuring songs chosen by the listeners from the show's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/80salternativeradio
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This episode features requests from Facebook fans. Great song selections! www.facebook.com/80salternativeradio
Friday Flashback 9 at 9 jumps back to the British Music Charts on March 20, 1979. Enjoy!
On this episode of Friday Flashback 10 @ 10, we flashback to February 21, 1987 and the Top 10 alternative songs on the British Charts. Please consider sharing this podcast with 10 people you know. Cheers! Atwood
We travel back to August 9, 1991 to hear the Top 10 Alternative songs on the British Charts.
We flashback to the Top 10 Alternative songs on the British Charts for July 19, 1979. Wow, 40 years ago.
An interview with Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls from 2016. Good luck 80s Alternative Radio Facebook followers!
Friday Flashback 10 travels back to June 28, 1988 and the Top 10 alternative songs on the British Charts.
Our "Rock the Lot #2" band, State of the Union, takes over the turntables for this hour with their songs and favorite bands. RTL2 is July 19, 2019 from 7-8 pm in the station's parking lot.
We jump back 35 years ago to May 17, 1984 on this edition of Friday Flashback 10 @ 10. Enjoy!
Atwood chats with SiriusXM 1st Wave's Richard Blade about the upcoming Like Totally Festival on May 11, 2019 in Huntington Beach CA. Atwood and Blade will both be there. Rad!
During this hour, I chat with Richard Blade from SiriusXM's 1st Wave about the audiobook version of his Best Seller "World In My Eyes". There's an outtake from the audiobook that describes an incident in LA with Depeche Mode. Interview come on about six minutes into the show. Enjoy! And, get his book/audiobook--Atwood-approved!
This show was from LA as we got ready to go to 80s Weekend #6 Night 1 hosted by Richard Blade from Sirius XM's 1st Wave. A great time and I had a blast co-introducing Marc Almond with Blade.
Atwood chats with Dave Wakeling about all things SKA, The English Beat, and his new album Here We Go Love.
I dive into Depeche Mode's extensive catalog of music and chat with SiriusXM First Wave's Richard Blade who was with DMode from the start.
A recap of the fantastic Like Totally 80s Festival and backstage interview with Clive Farrington of When in Rome. RAD!
Clive Farrington from When in Rome chats with Atwood in advance of the Like Totally 80s Festival in Huntington Beach CA. Great guy. Great voice.
Atwood chats with Richard Blade of SiriusXM's First Wave about his new book, the Like Totally 80s Music Festival, and 80s music. Wow!