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This week on Revenge of the 80s, I will play a recently-taped conversation with Nikki Corvette on her new band, “ Gorevette ,” which is a collaborative effort with super girl-rocker Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls . We will also feature a new single from the band as well as a new track from Andy Prieboy . While the band has only released three songs at the time of this post, I have become a fast fan of the band. This is the kind of band the alt-rock world needs: the Detroit punk roots-based style and charm of Corvette coupled with Gore’s ... Read Full Story

The podcast for our 1/9 R evenge of the 80s Radio program is up and available at the bottom of this post. Leading off the second hour is our conversation with legendary Detroit Alt-Rocker Nikki Corvette , who with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls formed Gorevette . This marks the second time Corvette has appeared on Revenge of the 80s; we did a full-length interview with the Detroit Punk Legend in 2008 . During this week’s discussion, Nikki talks about: How she and Amy Gore met and later decided to play together Her thoughts on musical creativity and expanding as a performer. ... Read Full Story

The leader of the 80s girl band movement has teamed op with one of another top Detroit rocker to form a new superband: Gorevette . Nikki Corvette , known best as the leader of Nikki and the Corvettes , and Amy Gore , who started the Gore Gore Girls are now together with Bassist Lianna Castillo and drummer Al King to form a band reminiscent of the classic Detroit sound that Nikki, The Stooges, MC5 and The Ramrods introduced to the rest of the nation in the late 70s and early 80s — a sound that has regained its popularity in recent years. At ... Read Full Story

Click here to listen to Revenge of the 80s Radio LIVE 9-11pm Ea>stern US time Earlier this year, I spoke with Nikki Corvette , former singer from Nikki and The Corvettes and current frontwoman for Nikki Corvette and The Stingrays. We will re-broadcast that interview for this week’s show to lead off the second hour. Nikki talks about how she got started in music after befriending some of the great Detroit bands of the late 70s and early 80s including Iggy and The Stooges and how tough it was to be an all-female group when some male counterparts would refuse to perform with them ... Read Full Story

Our podcast for the week of 10/10 is up, featuring a re-broadcast of our interview with Nikki Corvette , former singer from Nikki and The Corvettes and current frontwoman for Nikki Corvette and The Stingrays. The discussion leads off the second hour of the show. Nikki talks about how she got started in music after befriending some of the great Detroit bands of the late 70s and early 80s including Iggy and The Stooges and how tough it was to be an all-female group when some male counterparts would refuse to perform with them before the band became famous. We also talk about the ... Read Full Story