In honor of WMSE's 40th (!) anniversary, I traveled back to 1981-1985 this week and featured the likes of The Last, Plasticland, Mekons, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, the Plimsouls, Gun Club, & many more!
Ramma Lamma / Zero Hour theme / Self
The Plimsouls / Zero Hour / Planet
The Eastern Dark / Johnny and Dee Dee / Half A Cow Records
Ramones / Sitting In My Room / Warner Records
The Full-Time Men / I Got Wheels / Coyote
The Accelerators / Leave My Heart / Sound Asleep Records
The Beat Farmers / Bigger Stones / Rhino
Charlie Pickett / Shake Some Action / Bloodshot Records
Plasticland / Euphoric Trapdoor Shoes / Lolita
The Wigs / Mony, Mony / Streetwise
Dominoes / Lies / Cheap Rewards
The Haskels / Strictly For The Uncommercial / Splunge Communications
Einstein's Riceboys / In Your Yard / Pluto
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages / Juicy Fruit / Rounder
Big Guitars from Texas / Riot At Huntsville / Jungle Records
The Pogues / Down In the Ground Where the Deadmen Go / Enigma
Hickoids / Hickoid Heaven / Matako Mazuri
Mekons / Lost Highway / Sin
The Jesus and Mary Chain / You Trip Me Up / Warner Bros
Hüsker Dü / Lifeline / SST Records
The Replacements / Favorite Thing / Twin/Tone
The Cramps / Surfin' Dead / Enigma
Edith Massey / Big Girls Don't Cry / Rhino
Hoodoo Gurus / Like, Wow - Wipeout! / Elektra Records
The Feelies / Loveless Love / Line
Marshall Crenshaw / She Can't Dance / Warner Bros
The Bangles / He's Got a Secret / Columbia
The Last / It Had to Be You / Ear Movie
The Fleshtones / I've Gotta Change My Life / I.R.S. Records
The Beat / All Over The World / Passport
The Plimsouls / Magic Touch / Geffen
Ian McLagan / If It's Lovin' You Want / Mercury
NRBQ / Rain At the Drive-In / Bearsville
Dave Edmunds / Paula Meet Jeanne / Arista
Jason & The Scorchers / If Money Talks / EMI
Los Lobos / I Got Loaded / Slash
The Rave Ups / They Do Talk / Fun Stuff
Sir Douglas Quintet / Down On the Border / Takoma
Rank & File / I Don't Go Out Much Anymore / Slash
Nick Lowe / Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine / Columbia
Gun Club / For the love of Ivy / Slash
