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Second British Invasion Part of the 1980s in the United States and United Kingdom Duration 1982–mid-1980s Location United States, United Kingdom Cause Rise of British synth-pop and new wave artists in U.S. pop music charts The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and new wave artists in the United States. It began in the summer of 1982, peaked ...
English. Urgh! A Music War is a 1982 British concert film featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk bands and artists. Filmed in August to September 1980 it was directed by Derek Burbidge and produced by Michael White and Lyndall Hobbs. Among the acts featured in the film are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine ...
Universal / Sony Music. Now That's What I Call New Wave 80s is a compilation album from the popular Now! series, released in the United States on August 7, 2015 on CD format. [1] The album contains hit new wave songs of the 1980s. It reached No. 106 on the Billboard 200 and No. 16 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart.
Seinfeld's pirate shirt, a New Romantic fashion staple during the 80s. The origins of the New Romantic and new wave fashion and music movement of the mid-1980s are often attributed to the Blitz Kids who frequented the club Blitz in London, especially David Bowie. Bowie even used the Blitz's host Steve Strange in his music video for Ashes to Ashes.
1983. ( 1983) New Wave Theatre is a television program that was broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area on UHF channel 18 and eventually on the USA Network as part of the late night variety show Night Flight during the early 1980s. [1] [2] The show was created and produced by David Jove, who also wrote the program with Billboard magazine ...
Rock. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3] It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from ...
The music of Brazil encompasses various regional musical styles influenced by European, American, African and Amerindian forms.Brazilian music developed some unique and original styles such as forró, repente, coco de roda, axé, sertanejo, samba, bossa nova, MPB, gaucho music, pagode, tropicália, choro, maracatu, embolada (coco de repente), frevo, brega, modinha and Brazilian versions of ...
