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New wave music encompassed a wide variety of styles that shared a quirky, lighthearted, and humorous tone that were popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. New wave includes several pop-oriented styles from this time period.
- List of New Wave Artists
List of new wave artists. The following is a list of artists...
- "Corporate" Rock
1960s–1970s Singer Steve Perry of Journey became one of the...
- Ska Revival
Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock [citation needed]...
- New Romantic
Boy George performing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 2001....
- 1980s in music
This article includes an overview of the famous events and...
- List of New Wave Artists
New Wave (or New Wave music) is a style of rock music that developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. New wave music was inspired by the punk rock movement. New Wave music is rock music mixed with other types of music, such as punk rock music, funk, disco, ska and pop.
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New wave, category of popular music spanning the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Taking its name from the French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s, this catchall classification was defined in opposition to punk (which was generally more raw, rough edged, and political) and to mainstream “corporate”.
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Gary Numan's 1980 album The Pleasure Principle marked the arrival of British new wave on the North American pop charts. Numan's synthesized dance music set down a template that would come to characterize one broad subgenre within new wave.
May 21, 2023 · 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.
