This week on Transmission, we celebrate Independence Day the best way we know how: by playing nothing but post punk, power pop, and new wave artists from the U.S. "New York to East California, there's a new wave coming, I warn ya!"
The Go-Go's backstage at The Rolling Stones gig in Rockford, Illinois, on October 1, 1981 (L-R): Kathy Valentine, Jane Wiedlin, Gina Schock, Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle.
Paul Natkin
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'Eat to the Beat' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on September 28, 1979.
Chrysalis Records
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'The B-52's' is the debut album by the Athens, Georgia-based new wave band the B-52's. The album cover was designed by Tony Wright (credited as Sue Ab Surd).
