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5 days ago · New Hollywood. The New Hollywood, Hollywood Renaissance, American New Wave, or New American Cinema (not to be confused with the New American Cinema of the 1960s that was part of avant-garde underground cinema ), was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of filmmakers came to prominence.
- United States
- Mid-1960s to early 1980s
1 day ago · Duran Duran is an English new wave and synth-pop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. The band achieved widespread fame and success in the 1980s and has remained active with various lineup changes ...
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4 days ago · NWOTHM. The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. Editor Alan Lewis coined the term for an article by Geoff Barton in a May 1979 issue of the British music newspaper Sounds to describe ...
- Mid-to-late 1970s, United Kingdom
1 day ago · New genres that emerged included progressive rock with extended artistic elements, glam rock, highlighting showmanship and visual style. In the second half of the 1970s, punk rock reacted by producing stripped-down, energetic social and political critiques. Punk was an influence in the 1980s on new wave, post-punk and eventually alternative rock.
- 1950s and 1960s, US and UK
- Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
5 days ago · The actual lead single from Back to the Egg, “Getting Closer,” was the album’s strongest nod to new wave.With a sharp-edged guitar riff and spiky keyboards, it was a distinct departure from ...
4 days ago · Question 9 of 10. 9. New Wave was so compelling in the 1980s that many artists in the beginning of the decade released a one-off New Wave album, much as some artists released a disco album in the 1970s. What was one of the New Wave songs that Billy Joel released (it even mentions "New Wave" in the lyrics)?
