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New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop -oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. It is considered a lighter and more melodic "broadening of punk culture ". [4] It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock. [29][30] Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella ...
List of new wave artists. The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward. Acts associated with these revivals are found in the list ...
Berlin (band) Berlin, c. 1983. L–R: David Diamond, Rob Brill, Terri Nunn, John Crawford, Matt Reid, and Ric Olsen. Berlin is an American new wave / synth-pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained commercial success in the 1980s with singles including "The Metro", "Sex (I'm a ...)", "No More Words" and the chart-topping "Take My ...
Blondie is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. [ 1 ] The band was a pioneer in the American new wave genre and scene of the mid-1970s. The band's first two albums contained strong elements of punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the UK and Australia, Blondie was ...
Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, pronounced [ˈnɔʏə ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈvɛlə], "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. [1] The term was first coined by Dutch radio DJ Frits Spits on the popular nationwide radio station Hilversum 3, which was very popular ...
The series contained 15 volumes. The first five were released on 21 June 1994, and concentrated mostly on music issued between 1977 and 1981, with a few tracks from 1982. (Despite the "New Wave Hits of the '80s" subtitle, Volume 1 actually contains no tracks from the 1980s; tracks from 1980 and later begin appearing midway through Volume 2.)
The New Cars. The New Cars were a band formed in 2005 by two of the original members of the 1970s/1980s new wave band the Cars. The band was composed of original Cars members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes, along with vocalist/guitarist Todd Rundgren, bassist/vocalist Kasim Sulton, and drummer Prairie Prince. The band performed the Cars' songs ...
Music video. "Whip It"on YouTube. "Whip It" is a song by American new waveband Devofrom their third studio album Freedom of Choice(1980). It is a new waveand synth-popsong that features a synthesizer, electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums in its instrumentation. The apparently nonsensical lyrics have a common theme revolving around the ...