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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.
The last five volumes were issued on 20 June 1995, and featured songs covering 1983 to 1985. Additional themed volumes—New Wave Dance Hits, [2] New Wave Women, [3] New Wave Halloween, [4] and New Wave Christmas [5] —came out in subsequent years. Rhino Records discontinued the series, due to rights issues and with no plans to re-release them.
The mid-late 1970s–early 1980s period in the United Kingdom introduced a movement of young musicians, generally identified as the new wave of British heavy metal (often abbreviated as NWOBHM). The movement spawned more than a thousand hard rock and heavy metal bands from all over the UK, which were more or less forcibly identified as heavy ...
The Beloved (band) Beshara (band) Bette Bright and the Illuminations; The Bible (band) Big Sound Authority; The Big Supreme; Bill Nelson's Red Noise; Bim (band) Blancmange (band) Blanket of Secrecy; The Blitz Brothers; The Blockheads; The Blow Monkeys; The Blue Aeroplanes; The Blue Ox Babes; Blue Rondo à la Turk (band) Blue Zoo; The ...
New wave had its greatest popularity on the West Coast. Unlike other genres, race was not a factor in the popularity of new wave music, according to the poll. [98] Urban contemporary radio stations were the first to play dance-oriented new wave bands such as the B-52's, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and ABC. [99]
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
The following is a list of groups and artists associated with the Second British Invasion music phenomenon, that occurred during the early and mid-1980s and was associated with MTV, including new wave music.
The Sharks (band) Shiny Toy Guns; Shitting Glitter; Single Bullet Theory (new wave band) Slow Children; Smash Palace (rock band) Special Affect; The Split Squad; Sprites (band) Spy Glass Blue; SSQ (band) Stiffed (band) Suburban Lawns; The Suburbs (band) Sue Saad and the Next; Suzy Saxon and the Anglos; SVT (band) The Swimming Pool Q's