A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?
Dave and Holly, your 80s music aficionados, talk to the artists and music industry insiders that made it the greatest decade for music.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 288
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Aerosmith at 50. Interview with author Richard Bienstock
November 6, 1970 marked the first ever gig for the band Aerosmith. It was played at Nipmuc Regional High School Gymnasium in Mendon, Massachusetts. To paraphrase "Walk This Way", we can easily imagin…
00:50:24 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
Strum and Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
What Difference Does It Make celebrates the release of Strum and Thrum by talking with members of the Bangtails, The Ferrets, Great Plains, and The Darrows as well as Captured Tracks label head, Mike…
00:51:59 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Bob Gruen: Rock and Roll Photographer
Bob Gruen has snapped so many iconic photos of our rock and roll heroes from Tina Turner to John Lennon to Led Zeppelin to Green Day. His memoir is called "Right Place, Right Time". As Bob tells us, …
00:38:32 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Dylan Jones: A New Romantic
Dylan Jones new book "Sweet Dreams: The Story Of The New Romantics" covers our sweet spot of music fandom 1975-1985 and so we have many questions. The book is not only an oral history of the music sc…
00:49:37 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Eddie Van Halen Tribute
You don't need to know anything about the guitar to know that what Eddie Van Halen did when he placed his fingers on those strings was something totally unique. Holly and Dave do their best to unpack…
00:40:53 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
Peter Himmelman presses on
Singer-Songwriter Peter Himmelman takes us on the journey that led to his latest album "Press On". We talk about the songwriting process and the discipline that Peter needs to keep pushing himself to…
00:46:39 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
BrownMark: Bassist for Prince and The Revolution
As we continue our talk with BrownMark, we get into his complex relationship with Prince, There are good and bad times in the studio and concert stage. BrownMark learns some valuable lessons about th…
00:51:43 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
BrownMark and his life in Prince's Purple Kingdom
BrownMark, bassist for Prince and the Revolution joins us to talk about his book, My Life In The Purple Kingdom. We get into the influence his mother, lovingly nicknamed Mama Vader had on his develop…
00:33:57 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Jefferson Starship Mother of the Sun talk
David Freiberg, Donny Baldwin, Cathy Richardson, Chris Smith and Jude Gold known collectively as Jefferson Starship join us again for the final part in our two part interview.. We talk about the diff…
00:41:23 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Jefferson Starship Interview
It's Part 1 in our two part chat with all five members of Jefferson Starship. In on our Zoom call is David Freiberg, Donny Baldwin, Cathy Richardson, Chris Smith and Jude Gold. We talk about the crea…
00:30:46 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Josie Cotton Returns from the 80s
Josie Cotton's iconic 80s record is Convertible Music but she is much more than just that one album. We get into her Russian send up song "Ukrainian Cowboy", recording songs in her studio, "Kitten Ro…
00:31:00 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
Josie Cotton: 80s music icon
This week's talk is with Josie Cotton, best known for the songs "Johnny, Are You Queer" and "He Could Be The One" which appeared in the movie Valley Girl. She now owns the rights to her own music so …
00:29:03 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
Joel Graves: Earlimart, Everest, New Monkey Studios
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 Earl…
00:39:22 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Talking Heads Chris Frantz
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, …
00:27:14 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
Chris Frantz of Talking Heads
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 ar…
00:31:47 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Craig Rosen is back
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 st…
00:30:59 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
The Pandoras return from the 80s
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 opportun…
00:32:53 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
80s Garage Band: The Pandoras
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 m…
00:37:03 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Nick Egan: Punk Rock Video Director
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 …
00:40:41 |
Fri 03 Jul 2020
Nick Egan Visual Artist
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 dis…
00:52:18 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
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