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- New wave was born out of a response to punk and came to dominate the late ‘70s and the ‘80s. New wave artists believed punk should be subjected to constant change, saying “radical content demands radical form” [ (2)]. Not only did new wave reject the abundance of mainstream rockstars like punk did, but it also renewed and modernized punk.
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Jan 26, 2022 · Where punk rock was angry and abrasive, new wave was quirky and clever. While many new wave artists held onto parts of the punk rock ethos (remaining decidedly anti-establishment and anti-corporate) their music tended to be less political and less anarchistic than most punk rock.
By the end of 1977, "new wave" had replaced "punk" as the term for new underground music in the UK. In early 1978, XTC released the single "This Is Pop" as a direct response to tags such as "new wave". Songwriter Andy Partridge later stated of bands such as themselves who were given those labels; "Let's be honest about this. This is pop, what ...
- Mid-to late 1970s, United Kingdom and United States
- A "new wave" of popular music
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions – This Year’S Model
- Blondie – Parallel Lines
- Duran Duran – Rio
- Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
- The Killers – Hot Fuss
Elvis Costello was unquestionably part of the punk movement, but where the majority of his peers enthusiastically rejected the past, the Londoner was more than happy to allow his love of Buddy Holly, The Beatles or Elton John to shine through in his music. His 1977 debut album My Aim is True is an incredibly important document, but a year later he ...
If Elvis Costello brought songwriting nous and an innate knack for moulding great melodies into a punk framework, Blondie gave us straight up, undeniable star power. Debbie Harry had model looks, charisma by the bucketload, and a voice full of energy, personality and swagger that was impossible not to be drawn in by. The New York band's third studi...
The 'Second British Invasion' of the early 80s arguably represents the commercial peak for new wave as a genre. It’s at this point where differentiating new wave and pure pop music becomes almost impossible, with every trace of punk rock now eradicated completely from the music. What happened during that time was something of a lightning in a bottl...
In their early days, Mark Hollis’ Talk Talk project were almost dismissed as purely another synth-heavy pop act from The Second British Invasion. Much of this was purely to do with financial restrictions, Hollis unable to afford the full band necessary to create his compositions the way he heard them in his head. 1986’s superb The Colour Of Spring ...
Since the glory days of new wave drifted firmly into the past, there have been more than a few nostalgic callbacks to its 1980s peak: Elastica and Pulp both referenced it here and there in amongst their Britpopanthems, while artists such as LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Hurts spent much of the 2000s trying to make danceable art-pop from an indie ba...
Although punk was pronounced dead (though it later would inspire grunge and alternative ), the music and fashion sensibilities of new wave continued to influence pop music through the 1990s. Stephen Seddon. New wave, category of popular music spanning the late 1970s and the early 1980s.
- Stephen Seddon
Nov 20, 2019 · New wave artists believed punk should be subjected to constant change, saying “radical content demands radical form” [ (2)]. Not only did new wave reject the abundance of mainstream rockstars like punk did, but it also renewed and modernized punk.
Both punk and new wave wanted to get back to the focus and drive of early rock, largely in reaction to the excesses of the mid-’70s—the ponderous rhythms, smoke machines and seemingly endless...
Oct 21, 2020 · Oct 21, 2020. -- Franz Ferdinand | Source: GQ. Running Parallel to Post-Punk. As Punk was dying, the seeds of New Wave were planted. Punk’s DIY style and the anti-establishment theme was...
