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Hosted by Steve Spears and Brad Williams, the show blends sharp takes with insider stories from the people who lived it. From ’80s music and movies to MTV culture and pop culture history, each episode goes deeper than nostalgia to uncover what made the decade unforgettable.
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Charlie Sheen in the '80s, from Red Dawn to Major League
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A new '80s movie, Phil calls it quits and Blade Runner lives again
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The lads experiment with a new format for the show, focused on the news of the week
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Our newest series ... best movie busts of 1980
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Our tribute to great albums of the '80s continues with Journey's Escape
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We salute the '80s musical Rock of Ages, including an interview with star Constantine Maroulis
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Tron and Tron Legacy are honored ... and roasted ... featuring special guest Lou Mongello from Walt Disney World Radio
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Queen's The Game is celebrated on its 30th anniversary
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Some singers have voices you recognize within a few seconds.
Lou Gramm needs considerably less time.
As the lead singer of Foreigner, Gramm delivered some of the biggest rock songs of the late ’70s and ’80s, combining raw power with the ability to handle everything from arena-rock anthems to one of the decade's biggest power ballads.
In this classic Stuck in the ’80s interview, we talk with Lou Gramm about Foreigner's hit-filled ’80s run, his solo career and life behind one of rock's most distinctive voices.
Foreigner was already a major band when the ’80s began, thanks to songs including “Feels Like the First Time,” “Cold as Ice” and “Hot Blooded.”
Then came 4 in 1981.
The album became Foreigner's biggest, producing “Urgent,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You” and the ultimate fantasy for anyone who ever dreamed of becoming a rock star, “Juke Box Hero.”
With Gramm out front and Mick Jones helping steer the band's sound, Foreigner found the sweet spot between hard rock and mainstream pop.
Then they went even bigger.
Foreigner released Agent Provocateur in 1984, featuring “I Want to Know What Love Is.”
The song reached No. 1 and became Foreigner's biggest single, with Gramm delivering a vocal that starts restrained and ends somewhere in the vicinity of the stratosphere.
More than four decades later, it's still one of the defining power ballads of the ’80s.
And yes, we still want to know what love is.
Apparently nobody has gotten around to explaining it.
By the late ’80s, tensions within Foreigner were growing, and Gramm began establishing a career outside the band.
His 1987 solo album Ready or Not produced the hit “Midnight Blue,” while 1989's Long Hard Look gave us “Just Between You and Me.”
Both proved that the voice behind Foreigner could succeed without the Foreigner name attached.
In our Lou Gramm interview, he looks back on those years, the enormous Foreigner hits and his journey from arena-rock frontman to successful solo artist.
Foreigner's music remains a fixture of classic-rock radio, but there's no mistaking the ingredient that made those original recordings soar.
That voice.
Turn on “Juke Box Hero,” “Urgent” or “I Want to Know What Love Is,” and there he is.
Lou Gramm.
One of the great voices of the ’80s.
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Rick Springfield is our guest as we discuss his new memoir
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