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The genre became separated from punk because it was considered “too weird” and promoters often refused to pay for such unconventional performances, so the early bands formed their own scene and called it No Wave as a pun on the commercial ‘New Wave’ label.
Nov 9, 2019 · “No wave” is defined as a short-lived movement that took place in the late ’70s and early ’80s, almost exclusively in New York, more specifically the Lower East Side of downtown.
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The record was titled No New York, a name taken from a song by James Chance & the Contortions that was subsequently distilled to ‘no wave’ and adapted for use in the scene of which it was spotlighting.
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Jan 14, 2008 · In the late 1970s, a loose collective of New York bands created a radical reaction to New Wave and Punk that came to be known as No Wave.
Jul 16, 2015 · Born in the lofts and bedsits of downtown New York City and committed to tearing down convention in the rift between sound, music and art, no wave has become something of a musical metaphor, abstracted from a recognisable canon by its elusive, anarchic quality.
Mar 1, 2024 · Providing an easy introduction to the disparate and complex stylings of New York's vibrant no wave scene, which rose from the underground in the late 1970s.
Jun 12, 2008 · Most groups in the no wave scene which also included Mars, the Theoretical Girls and the Gynecologists left behind few recordings, and the compilation album that defined the genre, “No New...
