| 1 | [floatboxright: |
| 2 | Primary Stylistic Influences: |
| 3 | + PunkRock, ProtoPunk, GlamRock, Pub Rock, {{Pop}} Music, ElectronicMusic, KrautRock |
| 4 | ] |
| 5 | [floatboxright: |
| 6 | Secondary Stylistic Influences: |
| 7 | + occasional {{Rockabilly}}, Music/{{Bubblegum}}, PsychedelicRock, ProgressiveRock, {{Reggae}}, {{Ska}}, {{Funk}}, RAndB, and/or {{Disco}} influences |
| 8 | ] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | The LighterAndSofter counterpart to PunkRock and PostPunk (itself a LighterAndSofter version of PostHardcore). |
| 11 | |
| 12 | The line between UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} and New Wave is blurry; many New Wave bands started out as Punk bands. But New Wave expanded on Punk's primitivism, embracing experimentation and variety, to the point that New Wave is literally Genre Salad Music. Because of this, New Wave is an umbrella term for a wide variety of subgenres, though it is often used to refer to [[{{Flanderization}} one particular subgenre]], as will be discussed later. Along with its sister movement PostPunk, it is a major influence on AlternativeRock, and several New Wave bands such as Music/TheThe, Music/MidnightOil, Music/DepecheMode and Music/NewOrder became AlternativeRock bands later in their careers. New wave songs also remained early alternative airplay staples through TheEighties. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | New Wave came from several scenes in the early to mid '70s, including the original New York and [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} UK]] Punk scenes; copycat Punk scenes all over America, UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/NewZealand; Pub Rock, a laid-back cousin of the UK Punk scene; PowerPop, a revival of mid-'60s three-minute rock, similar to Punk; {{Rockabilly}} Revival, inspired by ''Film/AmericanGraffiti''; TwoTone; and early SynthPop. New Wave came together as these bands listened to and toured with each other. In Germany, there was a sub-scene known as the "Neue Deutsche Welle" (New German Wave). |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Everyone was inspired by the [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth simple, direct]] rock of the '50s and '60s, and the Glam of the early '70s. But New Wave went outside of rock, and at times consciously avoided sounding like it. Some of the synth players had classical training. Some bands had saxophone players steeped in jazz. Andy Summers of Music/ThePolice and James Honeyman-Scott of Music/{{Pretenders}} popularized a clean guitar tone with the then-new chorus effect, and New Wave guitarists in general tried to avoid sounding like Music/EricClapton or Music/JimiHendrix even as some acts like The Teardrop Explodes and Music/EchoAndTheBunnymen were influenced by PsychedelicRock. New Wave bands used elaborate studio technology like flanging, [[EchoingAcoustics delay]], synthesizers, electronic drums, drum machines, and early digital samplers like the Synclavier, the E-mu Emulator and the Fairlight CMI. The sense of futurism extended to the lyrics, which often drew from science fiction themes, particularly the works of Creator/JGBallard. The offbeat nature of new wave even caught the attention of older acts like Music/KingCrimson and Music/DavidBowie, both of whom spent a fair amount of time dabbling in the genre and continued to take influence from it afterward (with Bowie additionally taking influence from post-punk). |
| 17 | |
| 18 | New Wave started making a dent on the charts in 1978, and record companies took notice. 1979-83 were the peak years, starting with "My Sharona" by Music/TheKnack. Pretty much all of the pioneers were rocketed to stardom in the first two years; some of those stars stayed up, [[SophomoreSlump others fell]]. The whole genre was fading back into obscurity by the summer of '81; a lot of the early bands turned out to be too eclectic for mainstream audiences, which instead went for the similar NewRomantic movement. The American mainstream went for ArenaRock bands like Music/{{Styx}} and Music/{{Journey}}. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Creator/{{MTV}} re-launched New Wave with the first video they aired, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Music/TheBuggles. Ever the experimentalists, New Wavers embraced the new medium, and pretty soon New Wave was a visual style too. The popularity of [[EightiesHair crazy hair]] and loud costumes in TheEighties starts here. MTV bought New Wave enough time for the best bands to hit their stride and establish themselves as mainstream rock bands. Bands like Music/ThePolice, Music/TalkingHeads, and Music/{{U2}} started to cross over onto album-oriented rock stations. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | MTV brought New Wave into the mainstream, but with success came {{Flanderization}} and ExecutiveMeddling. An avalanche of new bands, inspired by the earlier bands and signed up by eager record companies, flooded MTV and the radio, putting SturgeonsLaw into full effect. Most of these turned out to be OneHitWonder[=s=], but the new bands established a stereotypical New Wave look and sound: A five-man band (voice, guitar, synth, bass, and drums; not to mix with [[FiveManBand the not-about-the-music trope]]), [[SharpDressedMan good-looking]], with EightiesHair and Music/DavidBowie-inspired outfits, playing an updated version of '60s pop and rock. It's this stereotype that people think of today. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | New Wave burned out in the mid-'80s. UsefulNotes/LiveAid was both its [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome crowning achievement]] and its swan song. Record companies lost interest after the industry-changing success of ''Music/{{Thriller}}''. Many bands ran out of ideas, or grew weary of touring, and broke up. Some faded back into obscurity, while others kept up their popularity by moving out of the genre and into different, related styles like GothRock, SophistiPop, or AlternativeRock. A new generation of digital synthesizers appeared in 1983, making the old analog synths sound dated; any band that wanted to stay relevant had to embrace the new sound. The newer bands began to establish themselves, and they had a [[AdaptationDistillation much more radio-friendly sound]]. The SynthPop era had begun. Other bands like Music/NewOrder and Music/DepecheMode shifted toward AlternativeDance. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | At the same time, some veteran new wave bands like Music/TearsForFears and Music/TalkTalk shied away from synthesizers toward more "organic" sounds in the late '80s as they moved toward AlternativeRock. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | One aspect of New Wave that's difficult to adequately determine is the dividing line between it and PostPunk, largely due to the fact that the latter wasn't defined as a distinct entity until the 2000's; before then, what is now called post-punk was previously regarded as New Wave and AlternativeRock, the effects of which are still visible today in certain corners of the music community. The distinction is especially muddy with American acts, due to New Wave and post-punk having a much greater amount of overlap there; general consensus is that American post-punk bands like Music/{{Devo}}, Music/TalkingHeads, and Music/MissionOfBurma are also believably classifiable as New Wave, while most American New Wave acts can't be classified as post-punk in turn (try to call Music/{{Blondie|Band}} or Music/TheCars post-punk and you'll probably be met with puzzled looks at best). As post-punk is generally regarded in hindsight to be more of a musical aesthetic than a concrete genre, the classification of post-punk bands is based more around the atmosphere, aesthetic, and ethos of the bands and music involved, as opposed to the black-and-white list of conventions and lines in the sand that can more easily identify New Wave acts. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Not to be confused with the NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal. Or with BossaNova, which is literally Portugese for "new wave". |
| 31 | ---- |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !!The Pioneers: |
| 34 | [[index]] |
| 35 | * Music/AdamAndTheAnts |
| 36 | * Music/TheB52s |
| 37 | * Music/ToniBasil |
| 38 | * Music/TheBeat, or in America, The English Beat. |
| 39 | * Music/{{Blancmange}} |
| 40 | * Music/{{Blondie|Band}} |
| 41 | ** ''Music/ParallelLines'' |
| 42 | * Music/TheBoomtownRats |
| 43 | * Music/DavidBowie (dabbled in New Wave between 1979 and 1982 and was a major influence on the genre even before then; material from this era also overlaps with PostPunk and art rock) |
| 44 | ** 1977 - ''Music/LowDavidBowieAlbum'' |
| 45 | ** 1977 - ''Music/HeroesDavidBowieAlbum'' |
| 46 | ** 1979 - ''Music/{{Lodger}}'' |
| 47 | ** 1980 - ''Music/ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps'' |
| 48 | * Music/BowWowWow |
| 49 | * Music/TheBuggles |
| 50 | ** "Music/VideoKilledTheRadioStar" |
| 51 | * Music/TheCars |
| 52 | * Music/CheapTrick |
| 53 | * Music/ElvisCostello |
| 54 | ** 1977 - ''Music/MyAimIsTrue'' |
| 55 | ** 1978 - ''Music/ThisYearsModel'' |
| 56 | ** 1986 - ''Music/BloodAndChocolate'' |
| 57 | * Music/CultureClub |
| 58 | ** 1982 - ''Music/KissingToBeClever'' |
| 59 | ** 1983 - ''Music/ColourByNumbers'' |
| 60 | ** 1984 - ''Music/WakingUpWithTheHouseOnFire'' |
| 61 | ** 1986 - ''Music/FromLuxuryToHeartache'' |
| 62 | * Music/DanielAmos |
| 63 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Alarma}}'' |
| 64 | ** 1983 - ''Music/{{Doppelganger}}'' |
| 65 | ** 1984 - ''Music/VoxHumana'' |
| 66 | ** 1986 - ''Music/FearfulSymmetry'' |
| 67 | * Music/{{Dark City|Band}} |
| 68 | * Music/DeadOrAlive |
| 69 | * Music/DepecheMode (the [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifiers]] for DarkWave) |
| 70 | ** 1981 - ''Music/SpeakAndSpell'' |
| 71 | ** 1982 - ''Music/ABrokenFrame'' |
| 72 | ** 1983 - ''Music/ConstructionTimeAgain'' |
| 73 | ** 1984 - ''Music/SomeGreatReward'' |
| 74 | ** 1986 - ''Music/BlackCelebration'' |
| 75 | ** 1987 - ''Music/MusicForTheMasses'' |
| 76 | * Music/{{Devo}} |
| 77 | ** 1978 - ''Music/QAreWeNotMenAWeAreDevo'' |
| 78 | ** 1980 - ''Music/FreedomOfChoice'' |
| 79 | * Music/DexysMidnightRunners |
| 80 | * Music/DoeMaar |
| 81 | ** 1983 - ''[[Music/VirusAlbum 4us]]'' |
| 82 | * Music/IanDuryAndTheBlockheads |
| 83 | * Music/DaveEdmunds |
| 84 | * Music/TheFeelies |
| 85 | * Music/FictionFactory |
| 86 | * Music/PeterGabriel (during the turn of the 80's; also overlaps with PostPunk and ProgressiveRock) |
| 87 | ** 1979 - ''Music/{{Scratch}}'' |
| 88 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Melt}}'' |
| 89 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Security}}'' |
| 90 | * Music/TheGoGos |
| 91 | ** Music/BelindaCarlisle |
| 92 | * Music/NinaHagen |
| 93 | * Music/TheHumanLeague |
| 94 | ** 1979 - ''Music/{{Reproduction}}'' |
| 95 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Travelogue}}'' |
| 96 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Dare}}'' |
| 97 | * Music/{{Icehouse}} |
| 98 | * Music/TheJam |
| 99 | * Music/{{Japan}} |
| 100 | * Music/JoeJackson |
| 101 | * Music/KatrinaAndTheWaves |
| 102 | * Music/TheKnack |
| 103 | * Music/CyndiLauper |
| 104 | * [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]] |
| 105 | * Music/NickLowe |
| 106 | * Music/{{Madness|Band}} |
| 107 | ** 1979 - ''Music/OneStepBeyondAlbum'' |
| 108 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Absolutely|Album}}'' |
| 109 | ** 1982 - ''Music/TheRiseAndFall'' |
| 110 | * Music/{{Magazine}} |
| 111 | * Music/MarthaAndTheMuffins |
| 112 | * Music/MentalAsAnything |
| 113 | * Music/MidnightOil |
| 114 | * Music/TheModernLovers |
| 115 | * Music/MunchenerFreiheit |
| 116 | * Music/KlausNomi |
| 117 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Klaus Nomi|Album}}'' |
| 118 | ** 1982 - ''Music/SimpleMan'' |
| 119 | * Music/GaryNuman |
| 120 | * Music/TheNuns |
| 121 | * Music/OsParalamasDoSucesso |
| 122 | * Music/ThePolice (overlaps with PostPunk) |
| 123 | ** 1978 - ''Music/OutlandosDAmour'' |
| 124 | ** 1979 - ''Music/ReggattaDeBlanc'' |
| 125 | ** 1980 - ''Music/ZenyattaMondatta'' |
| 126 | ** 1981 - ''Music/GhostInTheMachine'' |
| 127 | ** 1983 - ''Music/{{Synchronicity}}'' |
| 128 | * Music/PrefabSprout |
| 129 | * Music/{{Pretenders}} |
| 130 | ** 1979 - ''Music/{{Pretenders|Album}}'' |
| 131 | * Music/ThePsychedelicFurs |
| 132 | * Music/TheRumour |
| 133 | * Music/BrinsleySchwarz |
| 134 | * Music/TheSelecter |
| 135 | * Music/PeteShelley |
| 136 | * Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees |
| 137 | * Music/{{Sparks}} |
| 138 | ** ''Music/LilBeethoven'' (2002) |
| 139 | * Music/TheSpecials |
| 140 | * Music/BruceSpringsteen (Springsteen took influence from the genre in the late-70s and early-80s from acts such as the aforementioned Elvis Costello, The Clash, and Graham Parker) |
| 141 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{The River|1980}}'' |
| 142 | * Music/{{Squeeze|Band}} |
| 143 | * Music/TheStranglers |
| 144 | * Music/DavidSylvian |
| 145 | * Music/TalkingHeads (overlaps with PostPunk and Pop-Rock, particularly before ''Speaking in Tongues'' in the case of the former and after ''Speaking in Tongues'' in the case of the latter) |
| 146 | ** 1977 - ''Music/TalkingHeads77'' |
| 147 | ** 1978 - ''Music/MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood'' |
| 148 | ** 1979 - ''Music/FearOfMusic'' |
| 149 | ** 1980 - ''Music/RemainInLight'' |
| 150 | *** 1981 - "Music/OnceInALifetime" |
| 151 | ** 1983 - ''Music/SpeakingInTongues'' |
| 152 | ** 1984 - ''Film/StopMakingSense'' |
| 153 | ** 1985 - ''Music/LittleCreatures'' |
| 154 | ** 1986 - ''Music/TrueStories'' |
| 155 | ** 1988 - ''Music/{{Naked}}'' |
| 156 | * Music/TearsForFears (came later than the other acts, but released some of the biggest hits of the entire genre) |
| 157 | ** 1983 - ''Music/TheHurting'' |
| 158 | ** 1985 - ''Music/SongsFromTheBigChair'' |
| 159 | ** 1989 - ''Music/TheSeedsOfLove'' |
| 160 | ** 1993 - ''Music/{{Elemental|Album}}'' |
| 161 | ** 1995 - ''Music/RaoulAndTheKingsOfSpain'' |
| 162 | ** 2004 - ''Music/EverybodyLovesAHappyEnding'' |
| 163 | * Music/TomTomClub |
| 164 | * Music/TubewayArmy |
| 165 | * Music/{{Ultravox}} |
| 166 | ** 1978 - ''Music/SystemsOfRomance'' |
| 167 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Vienna}}'' |
| 168 | ** 1981 - ''Music/RageInEden'' |
| 169 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Quartet}}'' |
| 170 | ** 1984 - ''Music/{{Lament}}'' |
| 171 | ** 1986 - ''Music/UVox'' |
| 172 | ** Music/JohnFoxx |
| 173 | *** 1980 - ''Music/{{Metamatic}}'' |
| 174 | ** Midge Ure |
| 175 | * Music/{{Visage|Band}} |
| 176 | * Music/WallOfVoodoo |
| 177 | * Music/WrecklessEric |
| 178 | * Music/{{XTC}} (overlaps with Alternative Rock on their later output) |
| 179 | ** 1986 - ''Music/{{Skylarking}}'' |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !!Later bands: |
| 182 | * Music/{{ABC|Band}} |
| 183 | * Music/TheAlarm |
| 184 | * Music/{{Alphaville}} |
| 185 | * Music/ArtOfNoise |
| 186 | * Music/TheAssociates |
| 187 | * Music/{{Bananarama}} |
| 188 | * Music/TheBangles |
| 189 | ** 1984 - ''Music/AllOverThePlace'' |
| 190 | * Music/BigCountry |
| 191 | * Music/BillyIdol |
| 192 | * Music/CultureClub |
| 193 | * Music/{{The Cure|Band}} |
| 194 | ** 1980 - ''Music/SeventeenSecondsAlbum'' |
| 195 | * Music/TheDiodes |
| 196 | * Music/{{Divinyls}} |
| 197 | * Music/ThomasDolby |
| 198 | * Music/DuranDuran |
| 199 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Rio|Album}}'' |
| 200 | ** 1993 - ''[[Music/TheWeddingAlbum Duran Duran]]'' (aka ''The Wedding Album'') |
| 201 | * Music/EchoAndTheBunnymen |
| 202 | * Music/{{Erasure}} |
| 203 | * Music/{{Eurythmics}} |
| 204 | * Music/{{Falco}} |
| 205 | * Music/AFlockOfSeagulls |
| 206 | * Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood |
| 207 | * Music/JohnFrusciante (former Music/RedHotChiliPeppers guitarist) |
| 208 | * Music/TheFixx |
| 209 | * Music/TheFunBoyThree |
| 210 | * Music/GangOfFour |
| 211 | * Music/JohnGrant |
| 212 | * Music/{{Haircut 100}} |
| 213 | * Music/{{Heaven 17}} |
| 214 | * Music/HotHotHeat |
| 215 | * Music/HowardJones |
| 216 | * Music/{{Hurts}} |
| 217 | * Music/{{INXS}} |
| 218 | ** 1987 - Music/{{Kick}} |
| 219 | * Music/TheJGeilsBand |
| 220 | * Music/{{The Killers|Band}} |
| 221 | ** 2004 - ''Music/HotFuss'' |
| 222 | * Music/TheKings (Best known for the "This Beat Goes On / Switching To Glide" [[SiameseTwinSong combo]]) |
| 223 | * Music/KingCrimson (embraced the genre in the 1980s, combining it with their trademark ProgressiveRock sound) |
| 224 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Discipline}}'' |
| 225 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Beat}}'' |
| 226 | ** 1984 - ''Music/ThreeOfAPerfectPair'' |
| 227 | * [[Music/ViktorTsoi Kino]] |
| 228 | * Music/TheKnack (along with PowerPop) |
| 229 | * Music/LemonDemon |
| 230 | ** ''Music/TheUltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny'' |
| 231 | * Music/{{Level 42}} |
| 232 | * Music/KirstyMacColl |
| 233 | * Music/MenAtWork |
| 234 | * Music/MenWithoutHats |
| 235 | ** 1982 - ''Music/RhythmOfYouth'' |
| 236 | * Music/{{Metric}} |
| 237 | * Music/{{Microdisney}} |
| 238 | * Music/MissingPersons |
| 239 | * Music/ModernEnglish |
| 240 | * Music/MolchatDoma |
| 241 | * Music/TheMostMysteriousSongOnTheInternet |
| 242 | * Music/MrMister |
| 243 | * Music/NakedEyes |
| 244 | * Music/NeonTrees |
| 245 | * Music/{{Nephew}} |
| 246 | * Music/NewOrder (overlaps with PostPunk on ''Movement'' and AlternativeDance from ''Power, Corruption & Lies'' onward) |
| 247 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Movement}}'' |
| 248 | ** 1983 - ''Music/PowerCorruptionAndLies'' |
| 249 | ** 1985 - ''Music/LowLife'' |
| 250 | ** 1986 - ''Music/{{Brotherhood}}'' |
| 251 | ** 1987 - ''Music/{{Substance|NewOrderAlbum}}'' |
| 252 | ** 1989 - ''Music/{{Technique}}'' |
| 253 | ** 1993 - ''Music/{{Republic}}'' |
| 254 | ** 2001 - ''Music/GetReady'' |
| 255 | ** 2015 - ''Music/MusicComplete'' |
| 256 | * Music/OingoBoingo |
| 257 | ** 1981 - ''Music/OnlyALad'' |
| 258 | ** 1985 - ''Music/DeadMansParty'' |
| 259 | * Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark |
| 260 | * Music/OurDaughtersWedding |
| 261 | * Music/TheOutfield |
| 262 | * Music/RobertPalmer |
| 263 | * Music/{{Paparazzi}} |
| 264 | * Music/{{Paramore}} (mainly on ''After Laughter'', though influences also show up on their self-titled album) |
| 265 | * Music/PatricioReyYSusRedonditosDeRicota |
| 266 | * Music/PetShopBoys |
| 267 | * Music/PlatinumBlonde |
| 268 | * Music/{{Polysics}} |
| 269 | * Music/LosPrisioneros |
| 270 | * Music/{{Propaganda}} |
| 271 | * Music/{{Pylon}} |
| 272 | * Music/{{Prince}} |
| 273 | ** 1980 - ''Music/DirtyMind'' |
| 274 | ** 1982 - ''[[Music/NineteenNinetyNineAlbum 1999]]'' |
| 275 | ** 1984 - ''Music/{{Purple Rain|Album}}'' |
| 276 | ** 1987 - ''Music/SignOTheTimes'' |
| 277 | * Music/TheRentals |
| 278 | * Music/{{Rush|Band}} (mixed with their usual progressive rock on most of their 80's releases) |
| 279 | * Music/{{Sade}} |
| 280 | * Music/KenjiSawada (Visual period 1978-1985) |
| 281 | * Music/PeterSchilling |
| 282 | ** 1982 - ''Music/ErrorInTheSystem'' |
| 283 | ** 1985 - ''Music/ThingsToCome'' |
| 284 | * Music/SeonaDancing |
| 285 | * Music/SigueSigueSputnik |
| 286 | * Music/SimpleMinds |
| 287 | ** 1982 - ''Music/NewGoldDream81828384'' |
| 288 | * Music/TheSistersOfMercy |
| 289 | * Music/SoftCell |
| 290 | * Music/SpandauBallet |
| 291 | * Music/TheSpoons |
| 292 | * Music/StrayCats |
| 293 | * Music/TalkTalk (first two albums) |
| 294 | * Music/TheThe |
| 295 | * Music/ThompsonTwins |
| 296 | * Music/TilTuesday |
| 297 | * Music/TransX |
| 298 | * Music/TheWaitresses |
| 299 | * Music/WalkTheMoon |
| 300 | * Music/WangChung |
| 301 | * Music/WhiteLies |
| 302 | * Music/KimWilde |
| 303 | * Music/{{Yes}} (during the 80's, especially when initially reformed as Cinema) |
| 304 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Drama|YesAlbum}}'' |
| 305 | ** 1983 - ''Music/NineOhOneTwoFive'' |
| 306 | * Music/ZZTop (mixed with their usual blues rock on most of their 80's-early 90's releases) |
| 307 | ** 1983 - ''Music/{{Eliminator|ZZTopAlbum}}'' |
| 308 | [[/index]] |
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