Joel Graves: musician, recording studio owner and most importantly, composer of the What Difference Does It Make theme, virtually steps into our studios. Joel has spent his career with the bands Earlimart and Everest. He not only worked for Neil Young's label Vapor but got various opportunities to play alongside him including at Madison Square Garden. He's also a co-owner of Elliott Smith's recording facility, New Monkey Studio. We get into all of it in this episode.If you'd like to support New Monkey Studio, pick up a hat from their website. http://newmonkeystudio.com/storeIf you'd like to support this podcast, pick up a free audiobook at http://www.audibletrial.com/wddimpodcast

Our talk with Chris Frantz continues as we get into why Talking Heads initially passed on signing a record contract, the genesis of Tom Tom Club and the making of the 80s music classic concert film, Stop Making Sense. If you'd like to hear Chris narrate his book go to Audible for a free copy courtesy of What Difference Does It Make Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

We are so thrilled to talk with a member of Talking Heads, drummer Chris Frantz. Chris' book "Remain In Love" is out and we get into the details of how a guy growing up in Pittsburgh puts down his artistic paintbrush, picks up some drum sticks and ends up forming one of the most iconic rock bands coming out from the 1970s New York music club scene. This is part one in our talk with Chris Frantz.Remain in Love is available on Audible. Download it for freeGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Craig Rosen, journalist and friend of the show, returns with more stories involving Pete Buck and a beer, keeping Johnny Cash off of a speaker phone and refusing a collect call from Lou Reed. Good stuff!Don't forget to check out Craig's Influences on SpotifyGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeGet a free Audible book

Melanie Vammen, Karen Basset and Sheri Kaplan Weinstein are back to talk all things Pandoras and what happens when a band that created a loyal following in the 80s, breaks up and creates new opportunities. These musicians have formed a bond that continues to inspire.We encourage you to donate to ALS and Team Shattuck Also, relive the magic with a Spotify playlistGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Melanie Vammen, Karen Basset and Sheri Kaplan Weinstein join us for a talk about their band, The Pandoras. They share their experiences as a young Southern Californian band coming of age in the 80s music scene and keep the memories of Paula Pierce and Kim Shattuck alive. These women are still the best of friends and it certainly shows in this episode.We made a Spotify playlist of some of our favorites.A free Audible book available to you courtesy of What Difference Does It MakeGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Sure he's directed videos for Kylie Minogue and Bon Jovi (just don't tell Thom Yorke) but Nick Egan takes a punk rock approach to his videos. This leads to some clashes (pun intended) with Oasis and memorably Alanis Morissette; Nick dives deep into what went down which makes for a great listen.Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeGet a free audiobook compliments of What Difference Does It Make.

Self-proclaimed "creative vandal" Nick Egan has created some of the most iconic 80s album artwork from The Clash and Bow Wow Wow to INXS and Duran Duran. In part one of our two part interview, we discuss how Nick got his start, all the way to working with Bob Dylan for his Biograph retrospective. Great stories are told and Nick made us this amazing Spotify playlist.Enjoy!Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

We talk with director Alison Ellwood to discuss her latest documentary centered around the Laurel Canyon music scene of the 60s and 70s. Alison provides some great insight into what it takes to bring a documentary such as this to life. It's a really great film that is now available to view on the EPIX channel Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Our conversation with Kathy Valentine continues as she looks to the future as a Mother, Musician and Go-Go. We start off talking about the music she composed for her book "All I Ever Wanted", which leads to family life and the future of the Go-Gos.  If you want to hear the Audible book for free use this linkGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Anyone that has listened to our podcast for even a short period of time would probably recognize that we are huge fans of 80s music icons: The Go-Gos. You can imagine how much of a thrill it is to talk to Kathy Valentine, bassist of The Go-Gos. Kathy co-wrote "Can't Stop The World" and "Vacation", two songs that are easily in our top ten Go-Go favorites. Kathy's memoir is "All I Ever Wanted". It covers her childhood up to the early 90s and we try to cover as much as we can in our two-part interview.  By the way, the music in this episode is composed by Kathy and you can hear the album on SpotifyGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Doug Clifford joins us at What Difference Does It Make.  Our discussion starts with the Golliwogs, the band that eventually morphed into Creedence Clearwater Revival and leads into Doug's solo album, Magic Window, an album created from recently located tracks and recorded back in 1985.Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeSign up for our monthly newsletter

It's another great talk on What Difference Does It Make as Glen Sobel tells us the secret to getting into Alice Cooper's Band, his experience on a major label with Beautiful Creatures and we go way back to Glen's high school days to hear how he won the talent show with his percussive unit Offbeat.We highly suggest you check out Glen Sobel's Spotify Influence playlistGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeCheck out past episodes and additional playlists on our website

Glen Sobel, drummer extraordinaire for Alice Cooper and Hollywood Vampires tells us about his start in the business and the prep that needs to be done to make a show seamless. We had some much fun talking with Glen, so enjoy part one of this two part journey with one of the finest rock drummers working today.Follow our podcastGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

We got the opportunity to talk with Producer Steven Wolfe and Director Rachel Lee Goldenberg for the just released re-imagining of the 80s film, Valley Girl.This jukebox musical version is set in the present and Alicia Silverstone plays the grown up character of Julie originally played by Deborah Foreman. Her daughter is Jessica Rothe and her Randy, originally played by Nicolas Cage, is now played by Josh Whitehouse.Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Our talk continues as Leslie Kogan Gold tells us all the exciting ideas she has to keep Andrew Gold's music fresh and exciting. Besides the new album "Something New" out now via Omnivore Recordings, Leslie discusses the possibility collaborations, a Broadway musical and of course the viral sensation that is Spooky, Scary Skeletons. We also try to figure out which Golden Girl would be Andrew's favorite. Thanks to Leslie and Omnivore Recordings for giving us permission to play Andrew's amazing music on this episodeGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make.

To celebrate the release of "Something New: Unreleased Gold" by Andrew Gold, we got the opportunity to talk with Leslie Kogan Gold. It was a real treat to learn all about this amazing musician Sure, he had hits with "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You for Being A Friend" but he also was able to steer Linda Ronstadt's musical direction from Country/Folk to Rock.. He has composed music with 10CC, Leo Sayer, Juice Newton, Nicolette Larson and the list goes on and on..Thanks to Leslie and Omnivore Recordings for letting us play his music on this episode. Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeKeep up to date with us by signing up on our What Difference Does It Make website

We talk to Craig Rosen, the man literally wrote the book on Number One Albums and R.E.M. We dig into Craig's origin story as a Valley Boy Hebrew School rebel cruising around in his Karmann Ghia. Craig not only loved The Clash and The Buzzcocks, but wanted to write about them. Hear how he got to do this and all his exploits on the What Difference Does It Make Podcast.A free audible book is available to you. Thanks for listening.Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

If you've listened to our show at all you know that Holly and Dave ask each other music trivia questions at the end of each episode. JC Douglas from C100 in Nova Scotia wanted to be a part of the fun, so we drilled him on some questions. Turns out, each question was just another excuse to go into more stories about the artists he has met...just don't ask him about Bryan Adams. We also learned how to tell the difference between an accent from Nova Scotia and one from Maine. Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeIt's all on our all too brief podcast this week. Don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter.

We are thrilled to get the opportunity to talk to Nova Scotia radio legend, JC Douglas. We talk about all things radio including first jobs, favorite Canadian bands and a few 80s hijinks involving David Letterman and another with Tom Snyder. Of course we talk music and apparently JC is not afraid to bust out a tune or two. . JC made a Spotify playlist for us. It contains at least 35% Canadian content. It's all great fun. Enjoy!Sign up for our monthly newsletter on our websiteGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Please, please tell me now! What was the number 1 song on the World Famous KROQ's, Roq of the 80s 1983 countdown? Well you'll just have to listen to the podcast because I think it is something you should know, but I'll say no more. In this episode we count down the top ten songs as determined by Los Angeles radio station KROQ from 1983. We talk about two different dances, "Safety" and "Let's" and the crazy dance attached to Tears For Fears "Mad World" video. We also talk creepy songs from "Every Breath You Take" to "Nights on Broadway", yes the BeeGees classic is super creepy. Listen to it all and check out all the songs and some special videos on our website Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Well in this time of social distancing we heed the words of David Bowie, "I don't want to go out. I want to say in. And get things done". We do our best by consuming bagels and talking about haircuts, the German language and Weird Al. It's Madness from these two Talking Heads! Yes, both these bands are also on this ten song chunk of songs played in 1983 on KROQ Roq of the 80s. May I suggest you follow along on our Spotify playlist which can be found on our What Difference Does It Make website. Sign up for our newsletter while you're visiting.Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

Did you see the video? Holly continually swats away the question. Okay maybe she didn't see the videos, but she knows the songs. We discuss the most popular songs played on 106.7 KROQ in the year 1983. This episode we discuss songs 30 to 21 on the countdown.  We discover some high school wordplay from The English Beat's "Save It For Later", the awkward publicity photos Tears for Fears seem to embrace and recognize the concern of the parents in the song "Institutionalized". Check out the Spotify playlist and some of the videos discussed on our websiteGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

This week's episode feels just like the video for "The One Thing by INXS as we devour Randy's donuts and try to figure out how to pronounce the dessert known as blancmange. In between donuts, there's talk of South Park's Randy Marsh, the proliferation of lingerie wearing models and Paul Anka. Listen up as we carefully dissect songs 40 to 31 from the KROQ Roq of the 80s playlist of 1983.To learn more about all our shenanigans sign up on our websiteGet three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make

This episode includes talk of cover songs, alcohol and break-ups. No we have not switched formats to country music but each song we discuss this week seems to be centered around those topics. It's a fun talk and Holly and I are proud to be associated with it. Alan Smithee will not be a part of this podcast, although he is discussed. Sign up for our email list and listen to our Spotify playlist on our What Difference Does It Make website.Get three FREE months of Amazon Music courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make