The Del Fuegos
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Oct 16, 2026
Warren ZanesGUEST
Well, it was, it was a good time for me.
Warren ZanesGUEST
I mean, I'd, I'd come through Madison as a member of The Del Fuegos.
Warren ZanesGUEST
So we'd, we'd play there whenever the, the tour took us through the Midwest.
Warren ZanesGUEST
Madison was always on the itinerary.
Gary WenstrupHOST
Over the weekend I heard a podcast with Warren Zanes, who is a well-known kind of author now.
Gary WenstrupHOST
He did a Bruce Springsteen, um, biography, did a Tom Petty biography, and he was a member of the band The Del-Fuegos that you may remember from-
Robert RodriguezHOST
Oh, yeah
Gary WenstrupHOST
...
Thomas GolubicHOST
Also, they played at the WBC and Rock and Roll Rumble, and they got a good amount of attention.
Thomas GolubicHOST
They beat the Del Fuegos, but they lost to Till Tuesday.
Thomas GolubicHOST
What? Think about
Bill FedarkoPANELIST
that.
15 MINS LATER
Thomas GolubicHOST
Mr. Chris Nashawaty, as the lead-off hitter, would you like to do your second pick? Boston.
Chris NashawatyPANELIST
All right.
Chris NashawatyPANELIST
So I'm going to do the aforementioned Del Fuegos.
Bill FedarkoPANELIST
Nice.
Steve WynnGUEST
...
Steve WynnGUEST
the Del Fuegos open for The Replacements.
Papa NovakHOST
Yep.
Mark JoynerHOST
Whoa, what a night.
Craig RosenGUEST
He is amazing.
Craig RosenGUEST
I remember him when he was just Ork Boy in the Del Fuegos.
Craig RosenGUEST
That was his nickname, Ork Boy, when he was a teenage
DaveHOST
guitar player.
DaveHOST
Before we talk to him, we should.
DaveHOST
And
Craig RosenGUEST
I, yeah, I saw, you know, I saw the Del Fuegos at least once.
Craig RosenGUEST
One time I can remember, they played this dive in downtown LA called the Alexandria Hotel.
Ryan JansenHOST
Here's song number three.
Ryan JansenHOST
The Del Fuegos were a rising Boston band in 1985 when they agreed to appear in a Miller beer commercial.
Ryan JansenHOST
Singer Dan Zanes later said the reason was pretty simple.
Ryan JansenHOST
They needed money for new amps.
Ryan JansenHOST
It aired during Live Aid in front of one of the biggest TV audiences imaginable.
Ryan JansenHOST
But for a band trying to build its credibility, selling beer on TV also brought plenty of sell-out criticism, and Zanes later called it a turning point for the band.
Ryan JansenHOST
From their album Boston Mass, here are the Del Fuegos with Don't Run Wild.
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Good times we had.
Nicole SandlerHOST
And it was based on a book written by Warren Zanes, who... is a rock star in and of himself.
Nicole SandlerHOST
He used to be in a band called the Del Fuegos, and then he went solo.
Nicole SandlerHOST
And then he went back to school and he got his PhD and mastered all kinds of education.
Nicole SandlerHOST
And he's now a professor, believe it or not, and an author and a rock.
Nicole SandlerHOST
He still plays music.
Nicole SandlerHOST
The Del Fuegos are getting back together and going on tour of Europe this fall.
Nicole SandlerHOST
Seriously, in November, like next month.
Nicole SandlerHOST
So good for him.