{"id":127222,"date":"2025-05-01T11:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127222"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:24:02","slug":"kbs-look-back-at-the-80s-music-scene-the-del-fuegos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127222","title":{"rendered":"KB\u2019s Look Back at the 80\u2019s Music Scene: The Del Fuegos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127222\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127223 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0988-300x291.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0988-300x291.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0988.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picture this:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Boston, Massachusetts 1980<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brothers Warren and Dan Zanes form a band and name it after the island of Tierra Del Fuego: The Del Fuegos.<\/p>\n<p>Their debut album \u201cThe Longest Day\u201d was released in 1984 but didn\u2019t do well. This changed with their second album \u201cBoston, Mass\u201d with the hit singles \u201cDon\u2019t Run Wild\u201d and \u201cI Still Want You\u201d.<br \/>\nWarren Zanes left the band after the third album \u201cStand Up\u201d failed. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The band released a fourth album \u201cSmoking in the Fields\u201d in 1989 and broke up a year later.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Petty was a fan and appeared on one of their songs and asked the band to open for him on one of his tours.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stone Magazine named The Del Fuegos best new band in 1984.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fast Forward to 2025:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dan Zanes: He released a solo album in 1995. His neighborhood loved a cassette he did with children songs, so he recorded the music with his band Dan Zanes and Friends. The music became very popular as Disney Channel aired their videos. He received a Grammy Award in 2007 for his children album \u201cCatch That Train\u201d. These days he performs with his wife Claudia as the duo Dan &amp; Claudia.<\/p>\n<p>Warren Zanes: He is a New York Times bestselling author whose books include \u201cDusty in Memphis\u201d, \u201cPetty: The Biography\u201d, and \u201cNebraska, Deliver Me from Nowhere\u201d. 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