Freddy Snakeskin talks about helping the innovator of the "ROQ of the 80s" format, Rick Caroll manage KROQ and then taking over for Rick and becoming the Program Director. Freddy also discusses the amazing on air talent including Rachel Donahue, Dusty Street, Jed The Fish, Rodney Bingenheimer and Sam Frees. We also touch upon the infamous KROQ trips to Hawaii. Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Holly and Dave get to interview one of their radio heroes, the one and only Freddie Snakeskin, air talent and PD for KROQ Roq of the 80s. In part 1, Freddie talks about his origin story and the cast of characters that helped shape the station.Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Dave and Holly continue their talk about their favorite 80s music records from 1982. Holly seems to favor bands from Down Under like INXS and Split Enz while Dave goes for odd looking Englishmen like Elvis Costello and Richard Thompson.Listen to the music discussed on our Spotify playlist Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Dave and Holly talk about their favorite 80s music albums from 1982. Holly liked to dance and swoon citing Yaz and ABC. Dave liked to feel morbid citing Springsteen's Nebraska. However, they agree that 1999 was what made 1982 special. Thanks Prince!Listen to all the music on our Spotify playlistGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

We've reached number 11 as we do our deep dive into the top 106.7 songs played on KROQ in 1981. The women reign supreme as Chrissie Hynde, Lene Lovich and The Go-Go's, dominated the KROQ airwaves. In addition, Holly fawns over Adam Ant and Dave wonders whatever happened to Su Tissue of Suburban Lawns.We are a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast network.Follow along on our What Difference Does It Make Spotify playlistGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Dave and Holly continue to count down the songs played on KROQ in 1981. Dave reminisces about The Waitresses and Square Pegs, attempts to remind Holly about the Adam Ant Prince Charming dance and making mixtapes. Holly reminisces about high school boyfriends in bands. Holly had a much better high school life than Dave.Listen along to all songs discussed on our Spotify playlistGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeWe are a proud member of The Pantheon Podcast network.

Holly and Dave discuss songs 39 to 31 of the KROQ countdown from 1981. Strange but true KROQ played Rush's Tom Sawyer in 1981 so Holly gets to geek out over her favorite prog rock band and Dave still doesn't know how to pronounce the drummer's name. Holly also gets to fan over The Go-Go's and Billy Idol.Give a listen to the Spotify playlistGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeWe are a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast network.

Holly and Dave continue their discussion of the top 106.7 songs played on KROQ in 1981. In this Ep we go through songs 69 (wink) to number 40. So many dirty songs on this list, from Sex Junkie to What Does Sex Mean To Me.Hear the music on our Spotify playlist Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeWe are a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast network.

Holly and Dave talk about the top 106.7 songs played on Los Angeles radio station KROQ, Roq of the 80s in 1981. In this first part we get up to song #70.Listen to the music discussed on our Spotify playlistGet a FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeWe are a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast family.

Holly sees Jeff Lynne's ELO and we see if there's any difference between shows from 1978 and 2018. Holly frets about the alleged meaning behind Livin' Thing and since this is an 80s podcast, we touch on ELO's 1981 album "Time".Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Dave and Holly discuss tribute bands. And would Holly actually take a couple Sheryl Crow albums as her Desert Island Discs? Would Dave take The Smithereens? Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Dave and Holly discuss the expectations and realities of seeing a nostalgic 80s show featuring ABC, Modern English, Tony Lewis of The Outfield, Limahl of Kajagogo and Annabella of Bow Wow Wow. Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Dave & Holly continue to discuss their love (and hate) of music from 1980. The year has a wide variety of genres and we get into a few. We discuss the ultimate Yacht Rock concert from Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins and Christopher Cross. Dave does the dirty work and watches Forbidden Zone, the film debut for The Mystic Knights of The Oingo Boingo and scored by recent high school grad, Danny Elfman. Holly is excited about Mama Mia Here We Go Again, while Dave just loves "The Winner Take It All"We are a proud member of The Pantheon Podcast Family

Dave & Holly discuss more music from the year 1980 and we discover that we need an assistant to help us remember everything.Listen to the playlist on SpotifyGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeWe are a proud member of the Pantheon Family.

Dave and Holly discuss the 1980 KROQ playlist and love that both Squeeze and AC/DC are on it. Plus, why does Holly hate Devo?Don't forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to What Difference Does It Make, your 80s music podcast.Also, find us and subscribe on YouTubeGet a FREE month of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeWe are a proud member of The Pantheon Podcast Family

Welcome to What Difference Does It Make, the 80s music podcast.. Dave and Holly talk all things 80s, but mostly music.You can find us on your favorite podcast platform.Get Amazon Music for FREE courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make