30th Anniversary Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Tin Machine Turns 30

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, David Bowie, Hunt Sales, Reeves Gabrels, Tin Machine, Tony Sales

Along with Soupy Sales’ boys and guitar maverick Reeves Gabrels, David Bowie rebooted his sound in 1989 through his love for college radio

Folk Records Rock

The Last Cougar: John Mellencamp’s Big Daddy at 30

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Mellencamp

Indiana’s finest took a big step forward at the close of the decade that defined him

Pop Progressive Rock Rock

Can’t Stop Running: Todd Rundgren’s ‘Nearly Human’ at 30

May 23, 2019May 24, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

The Wizard of Mink Hollow closes out the 80s with an underrated classic

Blues Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock

Sing Me A Sweet, Sweet Song: Badlands at 30

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, Jake E. Lee, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Gillen, Tony Iommi

When Jake E. Lee and Ray Gillen formed a potent supergroup that never go its chance to fully shine

Rock

King of the NY Streets: Dion’s Yo Frankie Turns 30

May 7, 2019May 9, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Dion

A look back at the Bronx teen idol’s undelrrated ’89 return

Heavy Metal Metal!

Fade To Blackie

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 1989, 30th Anniversary, Blackie Lawless, Quiet Riot, Uriah Heep, W.A.S.P.

The Headless Children by W.A.S.P. turns 30

Pop Rock

Full Moon Fever at 30

April 25, 2019April 26, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys

Petty’s hallmark solo debut still hits home after all these years.

Alternative Rock

The Name Of This Band Is Pixies

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Black Francis, Dave Lovering, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal, Pixies

Thirty years ago, the Boston alt-rock giants kissed off the 80s with a masterpiece called Doolittle

Pop Progressive Rock

Still Your Reigning King of the Twang Bar

April 5, 2019April 12, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Adrian Belew, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads

Adrian Belew’s Mr. Music Head at 30

New Wave Pop

The Downtown Lights

April 2, 2019April 11, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Paul Buchanan, The Blue Nile

The Blue Nile’s sophisticated pop classic Hats turns 30

Punk

We Still Believe In Miracles

March 29, 2019April 19, 2019 Samantha Lauren 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, The Ramones

In the eleventh hour, Dee Dee brought the Ramones back to life with Brain Drain

Pop

Like A Prayer at 30

March 21, 2019April 1, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Madonna, Prince

Beyond pop stardom, Madonna’s success appeared Heaven sent in 1989

Pop

The Art of Fakery

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 4 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Arista Records, Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli and one of the greatest hoaxes in pop music at 30

New Wave Pop

Please Be Upstanding

February 28, 2019April 11, 2019 Rachel Linhart 1 Comment 1989, 30th Anniversary, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, XTC

30 years of XTC’s Oranges & Lemons

Electronic Pop Soul

Can’t Stop the Way They Feel

February 20, 2019February 25, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Fine Young Cannibals

The Raw & The Cooked, the smash second album by Fine Young Cannibals, turns 30

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