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Radio Waves, the Goos and Teenage Prohibition: A memoir of Buffalo State’s defining music scene in the ’80s

InterviewApril 27, 2016The Record

In early December of 1973, an up-and-coming Canadian rock band called Rush opened for Genesis in SUNY Buffalo State’s “New Gym.”On a Tuesday in late October of 1989, a local opener called the Goo Goo Dolls warmed up a sold out crowd for a Red Hot Chili Peppers show in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.Today, Buffalo State holds just one major annual concert — United Student Government’s Springfest.A lot of things have changed at Buffalo State, and the college’s music scene is all but a shell of what it once was. 2016 seems like the perfect time to reflect on the golden age of music at Buf

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