Sunday, April 26, 2015

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

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Dirty Dancing was one of the least likely movies to ever become a hit, and the goes doubly so for the soundtrack.  The movie was a low budg...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Fiona - Talk To Me

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It is easy to forget how difficult it is to become a rock star.  Even if all of the pieces are there, sometimes they just don't fit toge...
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Jack Green - One by One

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Jack Green is a Scottish guitarist who played in three famous bands.  Green was in T-Rex for five months in 1973, and was later a member of ...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot

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Readers who aren't big time eighties or alternative music fans may not know much about Sonic Youth, but the alternative cult act is huge...
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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Iron Maiden - Flight Of Icarus

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We have posted many acts on ERV that were (are) one hit wonders, often with the caveat that there is no shame in having only one top 40 hit....
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Cameo - Candy

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So here's a handy tip from your friends at ERV:  If you see an eighties video and it features a red codpiece, then you're probably w...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Fischer-Z - So Long

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Fischer-Z (named after two of Ronald Fisher's statistical formulas) was a quirky British new wave act.  The group had the potential to b...
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Friday, March 6, 2015

Sandy Stewart - Saddest Victory

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Best-known for her collaborations with Stevie Nicks, Sandy Stewart is a singer/songwriter who could have become a successful pop star if the...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums

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By the end of the 1980s, the music industry seemed to be at an inflection point.  The trends that had held for much of the later half of the...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Little Heroes - Young Hearts

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When we started ERV, we originally envisioned posting only really rare videos (such as "Young Hearts"), as a way of highlighting s...