BTOC Behind The Orange Curtain
by Doug Crandall
In each episode you will hear topics ranging from a particular band, a record label, a genre of music, a theme, an individual, or an guest 80’s artist. You will hear the songs that correlate with each topic and learn from stories, history, and interviews giving you a complete rock history experience.
Episodes
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BTOC Episode 25 College Rock Radio of the 80's
College Rock - Before ‘Indie’ or ‘Alternative’, College Rock was the most commonly used term for new music existing on the periphery of established trends. The term derives from the student-run radio stations on college campuses of the 1980s, which picked up new waves much faster than the...
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BTOC Episode 24 Power Pop of the 80's
Power pop is a form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. It originated in the mid-1960s as young music fans began to rebel against the emerging pretensions of rock music, and developed mainly among American musicians who came…
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BTOC Episode 23 A Very 80's Christmas
This week we will look Christmas in the 80’s and bands that either covered or wrote originals for the holiday season. Bands Include: Billy Idol, Fishbone, The Pretenders, Band Aid, The Waitresses, U2, The Pogues, The Alarm, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Queen, WHAM!, The Ramones, The Primitives, XTC,...
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BTOC Episode 22 80's Bands From Down Under
This week we will look at 80’s bands from the Land Down Under, Australia. Specifically the music scene of Pub Rock which would launch such Iconic Bands such as INXS and Midnight Oil. Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and still influencing...
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BTOC Episode 21 US Festival 1983 Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of the second US festival held 1983. This week we will continue to look at the US Festival focussed this week specifically on Day 3. Tonights show has an amazing line up of iconic bands from the 80’s. Bands Include: Berlin, U2, Missing Persons, The Pretenders, David Bowie, and…
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BTOC Episode 20 US Festival 1983 Part 1
This weeks episode we will look at the famous US Festival of 1983. Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple and creator of the Apple I and Apple II personal computers, believed that the 1970s were the "Me" generation. He intended the US Festivals, to encourage the 1980s to be more community-oriented and...
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BTOC Episode 19 The US Festival 1982
Welcome to another episode of Behind the Orange Curtain. This week we will look at the 1982 US Festival. The goal for the month of November is to look for threads and themes of thankfulness and giving. If there is one individual who gave the most in the 80’s when it came to live music and his...
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BTOC Episode 18 80's Bands with Siblings
This week we will look at 80’s bands that have siblings in them. The goal for the month of November is to look for threads and themes of thankfulness. Bands with siblings have been happening since the beginning of organized music. The harmonies, creativity, synergy, and camaraderie are an…
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BTOC Episode 17 Oingo Boingo
As we are now into the week of All Hallows Eve, this episode focus' next a band from Los Angeles, Ca. That would change Halloween forever in the 80’s for us here in Orange County with their Annual Halloween shows at Irvine Meadows and Pacific Amphitheater. The featured band we will look at next...
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BTOC Episode 16 Echo And The BunnyMen (Singles 79-87)
Tonights show is purely focussed on Echo & the Bunnymen’s released singles from 79-87 and there is no doubt that they had an impact not only in the states, remaining under the mainstream radar, but flying ever so much higher in Southern California and especially Orange County. Songs Include: The...
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BTOC Episode 15 The Cure Singles 78-92
Tonights Episode explores the singles released from the Cure and although they are still active and have released music well after this period I want to stay true to the influence that they had during the 80’s here in Orange County and around the world. Tonights show was purely focussed on The...
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BTOC Episode 14 Bauhaus & Beyond
As we enter into October, we will be looking at bands with a darker edge. Tonights band is Bauhaus.They are an English rock band, formed in Northampton, England, in 1978. The group consists of Daniel Ash (guitar, saxophone), Peter Murphy (vocals, occasional instruments), Kevin Haskins (drums) and...
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BTOC 13 The Teen Movie Music of John Hughes
In this episode we are going to look at the world John Hughes, his 80’s teen movies and the music that made an indelible mark on us all during the 80’s, here in Orange County and around the world. His movies would become the quintessential representation of being a teenager in the 1980’s. Through...
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BTOC Episode 12 Under The Covers
This Episode looks at the world of cover songs where we explore and dedicate an entire episode to current artists covering 80’s artists, 80’s artist covering other 80’s artists, and even 80’s artists covering new artists. So let’s pull back the curtain this evening and start exploring bands and...
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BTOC Episode 11 Hair Metal
Glam metal, also known as hair metal or pop metal, is a subgenre of heavy metal, which features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, and borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock. Early glam metal evolved directly from the glam rock movement of the 1970s, as visual elements...
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BTOC Episode 10 Influential Women of Punk & Post Punk
Episode 10 will be looking at the influential women of punk and new wave that revolutionized the way women were seen, heard, and represented in the music industry. Women have made significant contributions to punk rock music and its subculture since its inception in the 1970s. In contrast to the...
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BTOC Episode 9 The Music of Athens, GA.
There are those who claim that Athens’ transformation from sleepy hick college town to globally recognized mecca of cool was not slow evolution but the result of a single cataclysmic Big Bang event. The date of this Big Bang: February 14, 1977 — the Valentine’s night that five hipster kids…
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BTOC Episode 8 The Second British Invasion Part 3
This episode will is the third and final part of a series focussed on the 2nd British Invasion. The Second British Invasion consisted of music acts from the United Kingdom that became popular in the United States during the early-to-mid 1980s primarily due to the cable music channel MTV The term...
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BTOC Episode 7 The Second British Invasion Part 2
the second part of a series focussed on the 2nd British Invasion. I originally said that this was a 2 part series but do to the sheer volume of UK artists during this time we will have to make this a 3 part series. The Second British Invasion consisted of music acts from the United Kingdom that...
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BTOC Episode 6 The Second British Invasion Part 1
The Second British Invasion consisted of music acts from the United Kingdom that became popular in the United States during the early-to-mid 1980s primarily due to the cable music channel MTV. The term derives from the similar British Invasion of the U.S. in the 1960s. These acts primarily…
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BTOC Episode 5 Slash Records
Slash Records was an American record label originally specializing in local punk rock bands, active from 1978 to 2000. It was notable as one of the first and most successful independent record labels in alternative music, before its eventual acquisition by Warner Music Group. Bands Include: The...
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BTOC Episode 4 Rockabilly
BTOC takes a look at the Neo Rockabilly scene in the 80's as Rockabilly gets a musical edge and fashion changes to drape jackets, brothel creepers, and western shirts with punk clothes, such as tight black zipper trousers and modern versions of 1950s hair styles. Bands: Stray Cats, The Wild Ones,...
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BTOC Episode 3 The Paisley Underground
The Paisley Underground is a musical genre that originated from California. It was particularly popular in Los Angeles, reaching a peak in the mid 1980s. Paisley Underground bands incorporated psychedelia, rich vocal harmonies and guitar interplay, owing a particular debt to 1960s groups such as...
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BTOC Episode 2 80's Ska (2 Tone Ska)
In this episode we hear the music and talk about the bands from the 2 Tone Ska era that influenced the ska scene here in Orange County in the Early 80's. Bands: Madness, The Specials, The Selector, Fishbone, The Untouchables, The English Beat, and The Akrylykz
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BTOC Episode 1 80's Punk From Orange County
Episode 1 will be focussed on the Punk Rock, and we will be looking at, specifically, the bands that came out of Orange County in the 1980’s. The Orange County Punk scene not only influenced, but earned a place in the history of Punk and helped to lay a foundation in which many bands in the…
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About this show
In each episode you will hear topics ranging from a particular band, a record label, a genre of music, a theme, an individual, or an guest 80’s artist. You will hear the songs that correlate with each topic and learn from stories, history, and interviews giving you a complete rock history experience.
Hosted by
Doug Crandall
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