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May 9, 2019 · New wave emerged onto the music scene in the late 1970’s as a subset of rock music. It was a term coined by music critics to refer to bands who were new on the scene and not quite creating punk rock, but still possessed the individuality and irreverence of bands in that genre. By the end of the 1970’s new wave was the standard term for ...
Dog Police is a short-lived 1980s new wave band from Memphis, Tennessee, that briefly gained notoriety for the music video of their 1982 single, "Dog Police". [1] In 1983, the video was featured on MTV 's late-night show Basement Tapes, which aired homemade music videos and asked audience members to call in and vote for their favorites.
Vaporwave is a microgenre of electronic music and a subgenre of hauntology, a visual art style, and an Internet meme that emerged in the early 2010s, [31] [32] and became well-known in 2015. [33] It is defined partly by its slowed-down, chopped and screwed samples of smooth jazz, 1970s elevator music, [33] R&B, and lounge music from the 1980s ...
In the late 1970s, some punk bands were affiliated with the new wave music scene, and were labeled as both punk rock and new wave. During a certain period, the term "new wave music" was interchangeable with "punk". The end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s saw the emergence of various subgenres of punk rock, such as street punk and Oi!.
New Order's integration of post-punk with electronic and dance music made them one of the most acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s. They were the flagship band for Manchester -based independent record label Factory Records and its nightclub The Haçienda , and they worked in long-term collaboration with graphic designer Peter Saville .
Music of the United Kingdom (1980s) Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1980s built on the post-punk and new wave movements, incorporating different sources of inspiration from subgenres and what is now classed as world music in the shape of Jamaican and Indian music. It also explored the consequences of new technology and social change ...
French New Wave, a French art film movement which emerged in the late 1950s. Japanese New Wave, a group of loosely-connected Japanese filmmakers during the late 1950s and into the 1970s. New wave music, a broad rock/pop genre that originated in the 1970s. New wave of British heavy metal, originating in the late 1970s.
