Originating Location: New York, NY
Originating Era: late 1970s-early 1980s
Key Artists[]
- DEVO
- The Police
- The Pretenders
- Elvis Costello
- Joe Jackson
- Ian Dury
- The B-52's
- Squeeze
- XTC
- New Order
- Psychedelic furs
- Roxy Music
- Ibis music
Key Albums[]
- DEVO - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!
- Talking Heads - Talking Heads '77
- Thomas Dolby - Golden Age of Wireless
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model
- Wall of Voodoo - Call Of The West
- M - New York London Paris Munich
Genre Description[]
A label for music coming out of the 1970s CBGBs scene when it became clear that "Punk" wasn't fitting the bill. (And because label consultants for Sire said that "Punk" was just a fad.) Typically New Wave had more experimentation and synthesizers, and moved in a more Pop direction, although originally it was all just "Punk".
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