‘The Stroke’ is one of Billy Squier’s signature songs, and is one of the early 80’s greatest rock songs. It peaked at #17 on the Hot 100 charts and #3 on the rock charts in 1981!
‘Love Song’ was Tesla’s highest charting single of the 80’s when it peaked at #10 on the Hot 100 charts and #7 on the rock charts in 1989. (They followed this up with ‘Signs’ in the early 90’s, which peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 and #2 on the rock charts.)
80’s rock legends and recent nominees for the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, Def Leppard are coming to a bar near you! Well, not the band, but their brew is! Def Leppard Pale has been available since May 23rd at the concert venues as well as restaurants and bars near Def Leppard’s tour stops this summer with Journey. Have you tried some Def Lep brew?
When it comes to 80’s hard rockers male or female, Lita Ford is at the top of our list! Here she is rocking to a packed house at London’s Wembley Arena back in 1989 performing her signature song ‘Kiss Me Deadly’!
Motley Crue’s ‘Kickstart My Heart’ was their second single released from Motley’s 1989 album ‘Dr. Feelgood’. It peaked at number 27 on the Hot 100 charts, and remained a staple in their concerts for years! The music video below was filmed in the Whisky a Go Go on October 5, 1989 during the Crüe’s warm up show before embarking on the ‘Dr. Feelgood’ Tour.
Steve Perry is back with another fantastic song called ‘No More Cryin’! A few weeks ago, we featured his first single ‘No Erasin’ from his new album ‘Traces’ due out October 5, 2018. Both songs are vintage Steve Perry and both songs are incredible!
‘Crossfire’ was a number one rock song from Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 1989 album ‘In Step’. Sadly, he would die the following year on August 27, 1990 in a horrific helicopter crash that also killed members of Eric Clapton’s touring entourage. Vaughan was an incredible guitarist, and in 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him 7th on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time list.
Journey’s legendary lead singer Steve Perry is back with a new single called ‘No Erasin’. It’s the first single from his upcoming third studio album called ‘Traces’ scheduled for release on October 5, 2018. Welcome back Steve! We’ve missed you.
Eddie Murphy’s classic ‘Delirious’ comedy special from the 80’s. If you’ve never seen this, you’re gonna love it! It’s Eddie Murphy at his best and in his prime! Just know that the content and language are definitely NSFW!
In 1989, 2 Live Crew scored their first top 40 hit on the Hot 100 charts and their first number one rap hit with ‘Me So Horny’ from their ‘As Nasty As They Wanna Be’ album.
‘Poison’ was Alice Cooper’s biggest hit of the 80’s when it peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 charts in 1989. It was also a #2 hit in the UK making it his second biggest hit ever in the UK behind his number one song ‘School’s Out’ back in 1972.
Motley Crue’s music video for ‘You’re All I Need’ was banned from MTV due to the violent nature of the lyrics. When we found the video on YouTube today, it was the first time we ever saw the video.
Motley Crue formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1981, so to say this footage is historic and rare is an understatement. The quality isn’t great, but that’s okay. This is like watching a piece of history as one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time cut their teeth in a small club on Hollywood Blvd.
‘Honestly’ was Stryper’s most successful single on the Top 40 charts when it peaked at #23 in 1987, and surprisingly, it’s their only top 40 hit on the Hot 100 charts. ‘Honestly’ was Stryper’s fifth single overall, and the second single released from their third album ‘To Hell With the Devil’. The first single from the album, ‘Calling On You’ didn’t chart on the Hot 100 charts, but the video received heavy rotation on MTV and paved the way for Honestly’s success.
‘Angel’ was Aerosmith’s highest charting single on the Hot 100 charts during the 80’s when it peaked at number three in 1988. It was the third single released from their 1987 ‘Permanent Vacation’ album.
Stuck With You was the first single released from Huey Lewis and the News’ 1986 Fore! album. It also became their second number one single on the Hot 100 charts when it peaked at number one in ’86. They had previously hit number one in 1985 with The Power of Love from the Back to the Future movie soundtrack.
Interestingly enough, the music video for Stuck With You was filmed in the Bahamas in July, 1986 and featured Keely Shaye Smith, an unknown actress at the time. Eight years later, Smith’s life changed forever on a beach when she met her future husband Pierce Brosnan on a beach in Mexico in 1994. The couple got married in 2001, and have been together ever since. I guess Keely and Pierce have enjoyed being “Stuck” to each other ever since!
Enjoy this look back at Huey Lewis and the News’ music video for their number one hit from 1986, Stuck With You.
Kim Carnes’ ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ spent nine weeks at number one back 1981! It was the song of the year, and won Grammy awards for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year!
Enjoy this back at Kim Carnes’ music video for Bette Davis Eyes!
During his concert at Woodstock back in 1969, rock legend Jimi Hendrix performed an incredible solo guitar rendition of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’. At the time, many people thought it was misguided or he was being disrespectful, but as time has passed, it has become one of the most patriotic moments in rock history as Hendrix himself was a former paratrooper in the Army.
In 1982, country music legend Willie Nelson scored a number one hit on the country charts and a top five hit on the Hot 100 charts with ‘Always On My Mind’, a song written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson. It’s been covered by so many great artists, but Willie’s version is definitely our favorite. Enjoy!
