A Brief History of New Wave

[@StellasEncounter]

Which is your fav New Wave band? 😄😉

[@dreamlifeds4412]

There are so many (I could see live). Beside my fav' Cocteau Twins, I'd say Echo & the Bunnymen.

[@MauriceTituer]

Fad Gadget, Kas Product, if those qualify as new wave.

[@StellasEncounter]

@@dreamlifeds4412 Are cocteau twins new wave??

[@dreamlifeds4412]

@@StellasEncounter , New Wave is a term grouping many after-punk genres : poppy, more electronic, dark wave, new romantics, . . . But punk music made the revolution. We cannot define "New wave", the term is too vast. It was all these new music styles that created this wave. And yes, Cocteau Twins and so many other bands are for me part of New Wave as well as Siouxsie, Echo, and so many others. But Spandau, Duran, Depeche Mode, . . . are part of the New Wave too. Nobody said you're Pop and got synth', then you're New Wave. And within New Wave so many bands switched from one genre to another (and another).

[@dreamlifeds4412]

@@StellasEncounter , I started the 80's (decade of New wave) when I was 16, and in clubs, on radios, in concerts, fanzine/musical press, . . . you could see , watch, read, . . . all these sub-genres on the same line-up or playlists.

[@jkbezo1]

New wave/post punk is pretty much artsy punk music you can dance to lol Fun music.

[@PavelMosko]

As a child of the 80s I love this content. I still got a soft spot for some of the College Rock bands of the time like Oingo Boingo. New Wave did seem to fit a lot of bands that were key board /synth bands of the day, DEVO, Berlin, Missing Persons, very early Depeche Mode.

[@charles_binglebonkus]

this must be the place is one of the sweetest, joyful songs ever

[@keymusic]

Stella and New Wave are two of the best things this world has ever created. Nice to see them together here.

[@colinwilson4609]

Stella is my favourite and most profound music critic. Everyone should check out her documentaries about 4AD records and shoegaze. The fact that there are new bands in China and Germany makes me happy for so many reasons. Anyway. Thank you Stella. Props to Guangzhou. From your not so secret admirer from your sister city of Vancouver, Colin Wilson.

[@StellasEncounter]

Hahaha Stella New Wave! :)

[@StellasEncounter]

thanks so much for your support and reply, Colin! Greetings to Vancouver!! :)

[@CheckersSpeech]

You're too young to know this much about New Wave! Good job.

[@beyondreprieve457]

Not bad! I enjoyed this. Having been into this music scene at the time (I know, this dates me - Hey! I was still pretty young!), I believe this to be fairly accurate. Although I wasn't a big fan of mainstream, as mostly represented here. Good job.

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@joelake7986]

This was great! I still love the music of the '80s (particularly, the early to mid-'80s)! Everything seemed so new and fresh and vibrant.

[@StellasEncounter]

thanks :)

[@davidellis5141]

0:28 - Legendary journalist & vocalist the late Claude Bessy. He fronted Catholic Discipline & ✍️ for Slash 🔪 Magazine !

[@FinnMckentyPRMBA]

Love your videos!

[@StellasEncounter]

give a shout out to this video when you mentioned new wave in your channel pls, hahaha! :D

[@Mandrake591]

The new wave term is perfect . It doesn’t mean the bands played similar music to each other, it just means what it says, all these bands were different from what was going on at the time, thus the “ new wave.” Pretentious people choose to take issue with the term. Anyway, great show! Viva Echo & The Bunnymen, Blondie, Siouxie and The Banshees, Nick Lowe, The Smiths, Psychedelic Furs, and the criminally under-rated band Felt, from England.

[@StellasEncounter]

love Felt! good shout!

[@rodelbunag9823]

That was my younger days 80s music .my favorite was the great commandments by camouflage

[@Tobipal]

Please upload more!!! Had this video on watch later for ever Im so embarrassed about just getting to see this now!

[@StellasEncounter]

hahaha thank you!!!

[@katsanddoggies9904]

NDW was awesome. In 82, I learned the sound of NDW while staying with some of my family in Germany..

[@neilloughran4437]

Really nice video... surprised you have not had more views. I remember that 70s into 80s time very well... music was changing fast.

[@jayplay8140]

The video production is epic Stella 😄

[@StellasEncounter]

i'm nowhere near professional level, but thanks for your words!

[@fredkrissman6527]

NewWave bands brought me back to the pop music scene in the early '80s, which this Boomer had left in the mid-70s... Most of the bands mentioned here -- esp TalkingHeads, ElvisC, Blondie, Police -- were huge favs of mine. Stella's clear discussion left me for the first time understanding that the label "NewWave" was a marketing tool to get around the anti-capitalist Punk movement prejudices! Thanx Stella!!!

[@StellasEncounter]

you're welcome! :)

[@almapendergrass7810]

I was there. I loved it so! M TV kept me up all night! 6hen I moved to "Batcave" music then Industrial and landed so hard on Goth. I listen to them all the time! You described the evolution perfectly. Thank you so much!

[@davidellis5141]

The Cars 🚗 with Just What I Needed , Pretenders with Brass in Pocket ( I'm Special ) & The Clash with Train In Vain had the first breakthrough hits on 🇺🇸 Radio. Saturday Night Live exposed Elvis Costello & Talking Heads to the masses ( & Fear ! ) & then came .. MTV 📺 ! Excellent summary Stella 👌

[@danielbetancourt1483]

Fantastic video, love all the different clips you spliced together

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you very much!

[@stephenjames4937]

Thank you for mentioning Pere Ubu, one of my favourite bands from that era. I was about twenty when New Wave came along, and I separated that genre from post-punk by considering pop bands like Blondie, Elvis Costello and Talking Heads as New Wave, but bands with less commercial appeal, like Pere Ubu, early Scritti Politti, PiL, the Pop Group, etc as Post-Punk. I certainly regarded the New Romantics as New Wave, and I remember how the music press derided them mercilessly: all style and no music.

[@StellasEncounter]

Pere Ubu are more post-punk I agree, they are also mentioned in the post-punk video. Just wanted to mention them a bit with Devo here for proximity, because I loveeee Pere Ubu too!

[@BobKernow]

Another great video, well researched, well produced and presented with humour! I loved most of these bands, still do, and it's good to be reminded of them. Thanks 🙂

[@fanstream]

stella, you're so creative and fun - super Stella Encounter again!

[@emilysanders5020]

we missed you stella! great video as always

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you for remembering me!! :)

[@bobkimmel]

Loved New Wave, college radio in the 80's so many great bands, loved the psychedelic furs, Elvis Costello, love and rockets, missing persons, Julian cope, and soo many more, great memories

[@frankj10000]

In the 80s the small record shop (in Germany) I regularly went to had 2 big subsections: heavy metal and new wave. And under "new wave" they put everything from actual new wave and goth to industrial, alternative rock, indie pop and even hardcore punk and crossover thrash. So yeah, indeed a broad umbrella term.

[@barrysetser3909]

That Buggles video has some deep ties with the Prog Rock world, in particular Yes

[@davidellis5141]

Both Buggles Trevor & Geoff joined Yes for a spell

[@barrysetser3909]

@@davidellis5141 Yeah, got a friend who seems to know all things "Yes" and this group constantly comes up in our ProgRock convos. He might be a tad jealous that I saw Asia in the heyday as well

[@barrysetser3909]

Huzzah! Funny, had just spun up a new wave list, but will switch to this goodness. A moment of silence for the passing of the beloved mole :)

[@barrysetser3909]

The Cars!! My jam in the day

[@shadowplay5363]

New wave was a bit of a lazy media label that kind of put together bands that actually had nothing to do with each other but allowed record companies to market them, at least the more commercial ones, as a trend. In America it was more the neon, skinny ties, bouncy punk-power pop of the likes of The Cars and Blondie that I always think of when new wave is mentioned. In UK maybe the likes of Elvis Costello or Squeeze, but I totally refuse to put post punk acts such as Joy Division, Siouxie, PIL, The Fall, Echo and the Bunnymen, even Talking Heads, Suicide and Television in America, as New Wave. Several if not all of those bands actually hated that monicker.

[@mrjsanchez1]

Great job on this documentary about the New Wave, it was great being a teenager in the 80's!

[@StellasEncounter]

thank you!

[@johndotter351]

NU WAVE was more classified in the 80s to be Alternative with actual groups from the 60s as The Velvet Underground and the Ramones being parent groups. But I was very fortunate being born in 1969 and seeing and actually experience it at concerts and dance clubs!

[@rayman20us]

It's about time a KZbinr gave some exposure to alternative music of all genres and eras. Thanks! You'd probably be an appreciative member of the audience on the weekly karaoke night which I attend here in New Jersey, because my performances are heavy on Post-punk, New Wave, and Grunge. 😀🎤

[@peterbatten596]

“No new wave, No fun” - McLusky

[@asdretdghjhfgj]

So comprehensive! Thank you for such a huge and enjoyable overview!

[@StellasEncounter]

thank u!!

[@chiasticslide9063]

great video as always

[@LeHeartly]

still watching, just had to share that My Sharona also has an exceptional cover by Polysics!!

[@xyandzeee]

Just been able to watch this without interruption. Brilliant work. Keep them coming.

[@StellasEncounter]

thank you!! :)

[@danframpt0n]

you're so talented. i love your videos.🥞🥞🥞

[@StellasEncounter]

thank you!!

[@DrewCavill-yk5uy]

Thanks for making this fab vid Stella, loved it so much. This era was my time and loved every moment of it. The whole experience, the music, the fashion and of course all the musicians will never be forgotten.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you, I'm glad it reminds you of good things!!

[@jackfrankmurphy]

I just came across this video looking for more information on New Wave bands. I enjoyed it, your videos have great production quality

[@StellasEncounter]

thank you!!

[@frankfrank7921]

Another stellar video Stella.

[@AutumnWhite-888]

This is brilliant, so well put together and informative, thanks very much :)

[@mariawesley7583]

Another great video from Stella. I'm a huge fan of new wave because i started buying records around 1983 when i was 13. MTV was huge and i did so much experimentation with my hair and makeup based on these artists. I loved the androgyny too. I'm gonna try to get tickets to see the Culture Club, Howard Jones and Berlin tour. And you better believe I'll be decked out in 80's clothes, makeup and heavily moussed hair!

[@StellasEncounter]

Enjoy the show! And good idea to appear with the 80s style!! :)

[@Cotekn]

your videos have become a quick favorite of mine!! i love how much i learn from them

[@Sinistar8u]

Great video, thank you for your hard work. I've always enjoyed New Wave, my favorites were the police, talking heads, and Depeche mode.

[@StellasEncounter]

Good choice!!

[@edsonnavarrus7379]

Beautiful work, beautiful!

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Giooooooom]

I actually loved your video 🤩

[@TifCip_Chungking2399]

The way you say the Knack , is so cute

[@bradwelljackson6385]

You have done an intriguing video here.

[@gazfunk]

XTC is the band that comes to mind when I think of British New wave.

[@StellasEncounter]

yeah, that's an omission there sorry!

[@thegenericuser1182]

Hispanic countries also had a huge new wave (or new wave inspired) movement, all across spain and Latin America during the 80's and 90's, although they wouldn't refer themselves as new wave, in spain the movement was refered to as "la movida madrileña (the madrid movement)" in Argentina as "rock nacional (national rock)" and in mexico and several other latin countries as " rock en español or rock en tu idioma (hispanic rock or rock in your language)" this later one began as a campaign to sell more alternative hispanic music to compete against the english market. A common theme amongst these bands (specially in Latin America) is that they would take inspiration from post-punk, new wave, ska, synth pop, etc. And mix them with folkloric rythms creating an eclectic sound.

[@StellasEncounter]

great info! Thanks so much for your comment!

[@Aurora2097]

This is great! Are there some cool hispanic or latin wave playlists to start exploring?

[@wlouisharris]

yes, it's a great genre and such a huge one to cover in 20 minutes. Lot of good mention. I would add "Urrgh a music war" as one of the greatest new wave movies I've seen. It's more of a collection of live new wave performances including the Go Go's, Oingo Boingo, Wall of Voodoo, Police, and Gary Numan. Most of it can be found on KZbin. I also thought Trevor Horn had a major part in new wave with the Bangles("Video Killed the radio star")his work with The Art of Noise, Yes, and other production work he did. I always though Flock of Seagulls really left an imprint when they came out. New Wave also had some influences in R&B with stuff like Irene Cara and the Pointer sisters; and later Lady Gaga. Still with the influences I felt like new wave died out pretty quickly and got tagged as "nostaliga". Johnny Marr had a notable interview where he scorned bands with 10 syllables and only using synths but later paired with Bernard Sumner in Electronic. By the end of the 80's people grew tired of new wave and hair metal and as you mention bands like The Smiths and REM paved the way for alternative and college rock. Here's some links to Urrgh - it's a must see Stella!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH3JhauHg6d-mZY kzbin.info/aero/PLzRpTGQFkmxytTnjbe-l4wVcStNeFlZwa

[@StellasEncounter]

Haha not surprised Johnny Marr said those! The urgh! playlist looks great, thank you!

[@Gary.S]

Love this girl ❤

[@kentwestmoreland419]

Roxy Music was the original new wave group in 1972.

[@broghad8241]

Roxy Music is glam rock?

[@kentwestmoreland419]

Only by dress style, not by music

[@kentwestmoreland419]

They crossed several musical styles

[@mikecaetano]

Pikachu knows the place to be! That MTV commercial you found is so spot on. ☺🤩😹

[@davidtollefson8411]

Your production quality really is quite good, I love the intros. This music was the soundtrack of my youth, and will be forever in my d.n.a. Most of it still sounds good to me, even though my music tastes generally lean into heavier territory these days. But there’s do denying the high levels of songwriting from that era. Pre-MTV the Cars, Blondie, and the Police were already having hits and getting a lot of attention here. Even without MTV (which most definitely helped), a lot of these acts would have still been successful because the songs were really good. Thank you.

[@StellasEncounter]

80s are perhaps the greatest era of pop music!

[@papertoyss]

Most musicians dont really like referring to or placing themselves into genres, but new wave was more like a mentallity rather than a musical genre. In my opinion almost everything we listen to nowadays can be traced in this period of new wave. I like your videos, they are generally to the point, but no, in this case you missed dealing with one of the most important periods of music so far. *Edit:* I listen to many kinds of music and artists; Im not prejudiced towards any kind of music or artist. This, I feel, gives me the freedom to see and regard music as one single entity. I think that ABBA's "dancing queen" is one of the best dance songs ever made, and at the same time one of my top10 favourite albums of all times is Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works. I can listen to Madonna and M.Jackson with the same ease I can listen to KVB, Ride, Dave Brubeck, J.Maus, Chameleons, Tashaki Miyaki, Jim Noir, Dan Deacon, Alexander Robotnick, the Clean, Mogwai, Mouse on Mars, Giant Sand, No Age, JJ, Triffids, Belly, Stereolab, Saint Etienne, East River Pipe, I. Xenakis, Schneider TM, etc., just to mention some well known ones. To me these few years of New Wave are the most important, most influential and most interesting musically.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thanks for your comment. I mentioned at 21:05 that new wave was more of a movement than a style/genre. Also "everyone has a new wave in the heart" at the very end.

[@papertoyss]

@@StellasEncounter True, and as I said I like your videos. Ive seen all your videos and so I think I can tell when you cover a kind of music you like and when you dont like this music. Thing is, and that's just my opinion, you shouldnt allow your taste in music to affect the way you cover the subject you choose to cover. I think this is what happened on this video. Many believe that New Wave is not as serious, to put it this way, as other kinds of music. This completely wrong. This era (from ~1977 to 1984/85), and excluding classical music, is perhaps the most influential in the history of music, and a large part of it belongs to New Wave. If you consider the time span from this era (say +40 years), there's *no other era* in music where you can put on a vast amount of records 40 years later, and still sound as fresh as new. I think I can prove that most of these records will be New Wave ones. Looking forward for your next videos. Regards

[@StellasEncounter]

@@papertoyss I do love New wave music, despite the fact that many hit wonders get a bit stale and cheesy after repetitive listens. but you might be right my taste tends towards more alternative overall. I'm not sure if my taste had affected how I approached this video. New wave is not as serious/grim as post-punk etc, but it's very influential as you said!

[@papertoyss]

@@StellasEncounter Yeah, that's what I thought too. I was so into shoegaze once uppon a time that I thought it was the best thing ever happened to music. I was wrong. I somehow re-evaluated my standards in music, I searched for my influences and roots in music and found them all in this era. Large part of them undeniably and irrevocably belong to New Wave. Of course you're young and you probably (probably!!) lost the opportunity to actually be influenced by so many different kids of music as we got to listen to back then. This, if true, and imho, is unfortunate, but it's not too late to experience diversity. If that's the case, my advise would be "open your mind", *literally.* Listening to music with an open mind, you enter a whole new colourful, aromatic Universe.

[@ErwinvanMaanen]

Great review🌟it just happened I was discussing what is new wave, no wave, indie and so forth with someone today. Now I can send them your review 👍👍👍

[@StellasEncounter]

hahaha great! thank you!!

[@hnkland5317]

The best

[@Chadav]

Love your videos, Stella - xin chao from Viet Nam.

[@mcarthurian]

You are quite the music historian Stella.

[@StellasEncounter]

hahaha thank you!

[@MauriceTituer]

Great video again, Stella. I was alive (and a dj in the 80’s) and I’d like to add a few things: new wave was noticeable by the production and recording also. The drum and bass parts became simpler (and that loud snare drum ), keyboards had colder sound; this part of new wave identity even influenced other genre at the time: for example, listen to the difference between the 70’s and 80’s musical style / production of heavier bands like Aerosmith or Scorpions. Every roots of funk, disco, soul, groove were almost purged from the music.

[@StellasEncounter]

great info, thank you!!

[@gh0st6762]

Great video👏

[@StellasEncounter]

thank you :)

[@asianfacility5682]

A cool one

[@abzulooks6012]

When it comes to Australian new wave, the first band that popped into my head was The Models. Their early albums in particular (eg Local And/Or General). Also The Sports and Mi-Sex. Split Enz didn't start out as New Wave but from Dizrhythmia onwards moved in that direction (True Colours for example). A lot of Oz rock of the time was "pub rock" strongly influenced by ACDC (eg The Angels, The Radiators) but some bands had closer ties to New Wave and arguably were a parallel evolution into the indie type of sound that you associate with REM- bands like The Church and Gang Gajang. While INXS evolved into stadium rock, I agree that their first few albums have a very New Wave vibe.

[@StellasEncounter]

thanks for your comment! Learned a lot!

[@lexmiller]

Stella - Are you taking a break? We haven't been able to enjoy any new music documentaries from you for the last few months...

[@StellasEncounter]

thanks for asking. I've been preparing a new video!:)

[@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents]

woop WOOP 🥳

[@shaunindia]

Need a video of Stella singing Eternal flame 🤘

[@StellasEncounter]

hahahahah!!! 😆😆

[@RinnRuannan]

I'm still laughing about "I miss the eighties!" :P There is something to this. Well done! I can see New Wave as a literal wave that washed over the worst of the bloated self-important music in the 1970s. There was a sudden, surprising surge of energy. Helped perhaps by me being a kid at the time. I've been listening to quite a lot of Yellow Magic Orchestra, since Ryuichi Sakamoto's death. I always admired him. And, lest I forget (again)...I really liked your blue velvet dress. Very cool.

[@dreamlifeds4412]

Stella, I love your work. Really. Could you speak about Psychedelic-rock & pop from Psychedelia in the 60's till the psyche-revival with bands such as Temples, Pond, Tame Impala, Elephant Stone, Allah-Las, . . . Without forgetting to mention the Brit neo-psychedelia movement mid-90's & 2000's (Kula Shaker, Mansun, Soup Dragons, Stone Roses, Jesus Jones, Blur 1st album, . . . and many more) Think about it please

[@StellasEncounter]

I'd surely love to cover psych sometime, stay tuned, and thanks for the solid advice.

[@colinwilson4609]

Nouvelle Vague was a French cinema critics' term from the late 1950s and 1960s. Of course, critics being critics, it was translated into English twenty years later so that a new generation of critics could pat themselves on the head about how smart they were.

[@StellasEncounter]

hahahahah!

[@S.J.L]

The Church are another good band from Australia. Did you mention Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen & The Psychedelic Furs?

[@bertb3731]

a ton of research here - wow

[@pauloalves9120]

Which song is that one starting at 0:59 when you're putting the tape in the VCR?

[@Michel-r6m]

After Punk pointed out something was wrong, New Wave pointed out what was wrong.

[@genepozniak]

Oops! "C'mon Eileen" was 1978. I know because that was my then girlfriend's and my "song." Okay. Everything in print says 1982. But I wasn't even talking to her in 1982-83. Did the song just f*** my memory up?! Love is weird, man.

[@davidellis5141]

Yeah it was 82 - 83

[@genepozniak]

@@davidellis5141 Only because you didn't leave me a Like, I'm going to say, THANKS Captain Obvious!

[@davidellis5141]

@Gene Pozniak I left a like 👍 now ... I'd leave milk 🥛 & cookies 🍪 if I could. Good Day Sir.

[@genepozniak]

@@davidellis5141 Ah! There's a good fellow. 🤗

[@StellasEncounter]

hahaha that's funny!!

[@DepecheMoser]

How come you are so well prepared?

[@StellasEncounter]

:D ofc

[@eugene2543]

Can you do a video on the Virgin Prunes, please?

[@petekutheis3822]

ugh the 80s--bleh haha. I still like Debbie Harry and Talking Heads. The rest---well I can't even remember the last time I played the Police or the Cars. But you are fascinating so keep the music history coming!

[@Aurora2097]

I grew up with 80ies pop music. Bananarama, the Bangles, Pet shop boys, the cure, pat Benatar, Depeche mode, a-ha, Alphaville, boomtown rats, buggles, culture club, dead or alive, eurythmics, frankie goes to hollywood, billy idol, joe jackson, howard jones, kajagoogoo, king, the knack, cyndi lauper, madness, martha and the muffins, men without hats, midnight oil, new order, the police, spandau ballet, stranglers, talk talk, kim wylde, a lot of that would be considered New Wave or Newpop/Newmusic. And certainly German New Wave: Nena, Nina Hagen, Peter Schilling, Andreas dorau, Döf, eav, extrabreit, falco, fehlfarben, geier sturzflug, grauzone, hubert kah, ideal, Witt, illi berlin, markus, rio reiser, spider murphy gang, Steinwolke, trio, united balls, Zoff... what a beautyful time and childhood!

[@StellasEncounter]

oh the nostalgia comes....

[@jamesferry1523]

You forgot to mention Echo and the Bunnymen. And just so you know, the "t" in Spandau Ballet is soft: "Spandau" is German, but ballet is French, hence the "t' sounds like an "eh"--Spandau Ball-eh" But just the same, I'll always love you, Stella.

[@lil_weasel219]

1:30 this is very incorrect because the goth genres darkwave and coldwave, are both genres under the new wave umbrella (its in the name).

[@IliasKiraly]

Hey! Blondie's Heart of Glass wasn't disco-influenced, but Kraftwerk-influenced. (Stein said that an interview )

[@StellasEncounter]

Interesting! That makes sense!

[@IliasKiraly]

Thank you for your channel, very good content. Hello from Budapest. Hungary was part of the Eastern Block, but a bit more open than others, Kraftwerk, and Talking Heads played here at very early eighties.(and Depeche Mode from 1985 every tour)

[@StellasEncounter]

@@IliasKiraly thanks for watching as well!! Hungary..very cool country!

[@rianthreeden]

WEEEZERRRRRRRRRRR

[@vars666]

XTC

[@papertoyss]

Favourite band!

[@brannonmcclure6970]

I likey.

[@herchelleonwood7463]

the record companies did all they could to blacklist punk/new wave artists because they new their dinosaur rock would soon be history, obsolete.. punk/new wave/alternative rock replaced boring classic rock.

[@kindauncool]

Where's old wave

[@primsirinjirotephunt9806]

When is your next video coming out?

[@StellasEncounter]

its coming!!

[@aaronchase1973]

What you failed to mention what killed off new wave in 85 was the LA Glam Metal scene from 83-91. Starting with Motley Crue, Van Halen, Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi all the way to Mr. Big, Warrant, Extreme, and all the copy cat bands at the time who mainly wrote songs about sex & partying. Until Seattle Grunge killed it dead. But MTV also started to give the cold shoulder to most of the new wave acts they started the channel with. Goth, Indie, Shoegaze, and a few synth pop acts now had “Alternative” music as the new umbrella for both the US & UK markets. This got fractured somewhat as Chicago House music & Detroit techno as well as Industrial music moved on from anything that sounded new wave. You didn’t have the internet promoting any of these new styles. It all was word of mouth until REM, Sonic Youth, and some other bands had signed to Majors just at the end of the 80’s.

[@Progger11]

You removed your awesome beauty mark! 😢😭 It enhanced your beauty and looked so good on you!

[@StellasEncounter]

haha thanks! I actually liked it too.

[@Gary.S]

Usa band motels uk band moters x ducks deluxe pub rock other pub rock browers drop who had dire straights member and David Edmund s also flaming groves from 60s garage rock to new wave there was a lot of old in new wave police x jazz rock sting etc

[@tomfoster3124]

porcupine tree?

[@Steve-d8s]

I love that era today's music sucks!!

[@PavelMosko]

Blondie does not fit the New Wave fuzzy concept very well outside maybe 1 or 2 hits that even I can remember (a big fan of Blondie since my childhood). Talking Heads does because the other thing outside thing that fit New Wave was to be very different than the mainstream pop of the time, basically New Wave was the Alternative Rock/pop of that era, but that was also true of other labels like College Rock.

[@DarylBaines]

Squeeze ... why does no one ever mention Squeeze?

[@ssylvian]

exactly

[@hoover728]

And XTC

[@Gary.S]

Also out of the hollwood brats new set up come the boys who coverd the brats spit it out i think it was them a few other x brat xlondon ss bands then london ss part 2 come chelsea with jen October n Billy Idol who formed gen x they had the hits Chelsea did not but big punk band out of gen x come westworld sonic boom bam was there hit n sig sig spatnik who had a number one plus Billy went big in usa like the clash as punk stars not new wave before gofh punk become pop sex pistols went platinum in the end in the usa 30 years is along time to be selling in record shops but they did it in the end love the vids ❤

[@exile220ify]

I love how you pretty much dismissed Gary Numan - who single-handedly broke down the barriers to synth-pop success in the UK. Oh wait, I don't love it....

[@evangelistamono2200]

She could make a video about synthpop history

[@Tobipal]

🇬🇧BILLY IDOL MENTIONED‼️⁉️(for like five frames 😢) 🏍️💂🇬🇧 WHAT THE HELL IS A SOBER BIKE STROLL⁉️🏍️🚶‍♂️ 🏍️🏍️🇬🇧⁉️💂

[@simonrussell2191]

Are you ok?

[@Gary.S]

New wave was a music like beat pop of the 60s the clash slaged the name so the junkies copied it poperpop was part of it but no the other stuff they were other movments with other historys new wave come from pup rock n punk power pop from 1970s contemporary pop eric cormans raspberry s he of all by my self fame was power pop before power pop in the time of comtemporary pop like wings pilot. n 10cc any way back to new wave it come just before all the other movments like 2tone or skar punk post punk rocksteady like UB40 eltro tupeway army post new romantic like ABC early sopihiesty pop but people will always disagree when it all comes on top of each other and groups jump movments to stay selling like whats punk or early hard core whats hc rock or hc rock then theres oi punk 1960 early70s garage punk great work all the same ❤❤❤❤