#1 at KUKQ/Phoenix: “Love Is A Shield” by German synth-pop group Camouflage. Their follow-up single, “One Fine Day,” is at #40. Big Audio Dynamite, Mick Jones’s post-Clash group, is at #2 with “Contact,” while fellow Clash man Joe Strummer is… Continue reading
#1 at KUKQ/Phoenix: “Give It Away” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, perhaps their most outlandish hit (and video). Other records of note on the Newstuff Alternative Music Survey (aka The Phoenix 50 Star Survey): Robyn Hitchcock’s slice of pure… Continue reading
#1 at KUKQ/Phoenix: “Policy Of Truth” by the always cooler-than-cool Depeche Mode. At #2 is Concrete Blonde’s biggest hit, “Joey,” sung by the always sultry Johnette Napolitano (no relation to our ex-guv). What a great sounding group — so many… Continue reading
#1 at KUKQ/Phoenix: “Come As You Are” by Nirvana, featuring the ironically prophetic lyric “And I swear that I don’t have a gun.” It’s the followup single to the game-changing breakthrough hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” U2 scores its fourth… Continue reading
#1 at KUKQ/Phoenix: “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M., the group’s biggest hit and the #1 song of 1991 on many year-end alternative radio charts. The title is an old Southern expression meaning to lose self-control, or to get angry. It… Continue reading
