Just a reminder that we only pick out a few items to share – this band has done a LOT over the past four decades and some! Not every day is/was jam-packed with excitement, so there are some dates that we skip.
October 4
- Simon, John, Nick and Roger were interviewed by Rodney Bingenheimer on KROQ. (1981)
- Power Station appeared on Miami Vice (1985)
October 5
- Performed Sunrise on German TV. (2004)
October 6
- Live at Hammersmith ’82 and Rio remastered (2009)
October 7
- Greatest re-entered the UK Top 30 (2001)
- Bold, Beautiful and Damned: The World of 1980s Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes published. The book includes artwork for Arcadia and comments from Nick Rhodes. (2013)
- Nick spoke on BBC radio with Mad World author Lori Majewski (2014)
October 9
- Opened for Pauline Murray, John Cooper Clark and the Invisible Girls in London (1980)
- Began recording Liberty album at Olympic Studios (1989)
October 10
- The band met Andy Warhol (1981)
- Union of the Snake video was released (1983)….good lord we’re getting old.
- Along those same lines, the band held an online chat on AOL (America Online for you youngsters who don’t know the acronym). Hey, if you watched this – let us know, I’d love to chat! (1997)
That’s all for this first full week of October!
-R