What Would Stiv Bators Do? Tales from the Swanky Modesverse

What Would Stiv Bators Do? Tales from the Swanky Modesverse

Author: Pop Rocks Radio July 2, 2025 Duration: 1:21:10

This week, we’re going full VHS cult chaos with a tribute to the 1988 film Tapeheads—a weird, wonderful satire about two misfit video-makers on a mission to resurrect their favorite forgotten soul duo, the Swanky Modes. If you’ve ever fallen in love with a band no one else seems to remember, this movie (and this episode) is for you.

Also featuring music from Bacci Pouch, Tamar Berk, Geoff Palmer, Yee Loi, our featured artist, Stiv Bators, and more—and of course, no episode would be complete without a song by my favorite band, 20/20.

🔗 Links:

Bomp Records

Big Stir Records

Today's Tracks:

bacci pouch- Running Around

20/20- When The Sun Goes Down

Yee Loi- Poor Girl

Geoff Palmer- BYE BYE BABY

Sloan- Live Forever

Hard-Ons- What Would Stiv Bators Do

Dead Boys- Flame Thrower Love

Stiv Bators- It's Cold Outside

Lords of the New Church- Livin' On Livin'

Stiv Bators- Not That Way Anymore

Barracudas- Middle Class Blues

Nearly Skulls- Only In America

The Possibilities- You Don't Mean It

Marshall Crenshaw- Television Light

Splitsville- A Glorious Lie

The dB's- Amplifier (2024 Remaster)

Cosmo Topper- For... The Time Being

Myracle Brah- Action Reaction

Tamar Berk- Tragic Endings

The Rallies- Love


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