Back In The Day: The Billboard Modern Rock Charts From 35 Years Ago

[Wicked Dreamer]

from that week's issue of Billboard:

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

from that week's issue of Billboard:

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[Bohnjaggs]

from that week's issue of Billboard:

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Jane Child

Loved her!

 

[Viking Dan]

from that week's issue of Billboard:

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I have not thought about Jane Child in decades.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I have her debut on vinyl.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

from Radio & Records this week in 1990...

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 2/24/1990

No. 1 Song
Peter Murphy - “Cut You Up”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Depeche Mode - “Dangerous”
The Stone Roses - “I Wanna Be Adored”
Morrissey - “Ouija Board, Ouija Board”

New Additions
Lenny Kravitz - “I Build This Garden For You”


Raindogs - “I’m Not Scared”


The Lilac Time - “American Eyes”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I am not familiar with Raindogs or The Lilac Time but I feel like both bands sounds exactly like you’d expect given their chosen names.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Lilac Time is the brainchild of Stephan Duffy, an early member of Duran Duran

 

[imtheocean]

I think the common theme in the pitch meeting for all 3 new videos was "We have to transition shots every 10 seconds".

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Lilac Time is the brainchild of Stephan Duffy, an early member of Duran Duran

And Barenaked Ladies collaborator. A lot of the early Steven Page songs are co-written with Duffy.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

ads & articles from Billboard that week…



That Grammys editorial is really funny considering who ended up winning that year…

 

[Viking Dan]

ads & articles from Billboard that week…

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That Grammys editorial is really funny considering who ended up winning that year…

"We are not so morally corrupt that any of us would line our pockets with monies derived from the sale of this product. We fully appreciate everyone's right to freedom of speech, but such antagonistic, irrepressible attitudes as these must be condemned for what they are, despicable"

Right - its was the "attitudes" of the artist that needed to be condemned and were despicable.
Not the fact that they were morally corrupt enough to align with and line their pockets with the money of persons actively trying repress, chill and otherwise marginalize the free speech of others.

 

[Nee Lewman]

ads & articles from Billboard that week…

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That Grammys editorial is really funny considering who ended up winning that year…

So artists lobbied for this breakthrough shit?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Also, how ridiculous is the criticism of GNR in the article about the AMAs? It was Guns N MOTHERFUCKIN Roses. If you realized that they were gonna do exactly what they did (which was not even a remote leap in logic) then why did you invite them?

 

[Nee Lewman]

The more I learn about the industry that controls this hobby of mine, the more I realize they are all a bunch of fucking clowns.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

from Radio & Records this week in 1990:

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 3/3/1990

No. 1 Song
Peter Murphy - “Cut You Up”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The Psychedelic Furs - “House”
The Wonder Stuff - “Don’t Let Me Down, Gently”
The Creatures - “Standing There”
Laurie Anderson - “Babydoll”

New Additions
The Church - “Metropolis”


Oingo Boingo - “When The Lights Go Out”


The Creatures - “Fury Eyes”


House Of Love - “I Don’t Know Why I Love You”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

a few interesting articles from that week, including an update to the Modern Rock radio panel…