[quote][i]Originally posted by suttonrecords[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Artists that are not New Wave:
Corey Hart- tried to be New Wave but failed. Nice shades though.
Wham- didn't quite have the "edge" of say, Culture Club.
Cutting Crew- middle of the road rock with synthesizers.
The Cult- Metal but I still like 'em.
Murray Head- Why KROQ played "One Night In Bangkok" back in the day is still a mystery. Then again, a little coke in the right hands went a long way back then.
Opus- "Live Is Life" is Worldmusic. Crappy Worldmusic.
Thompson Twins- started as New Wave, ended up as embarrassing bubblegum rock.
The Flirts- irritating disco masquerading as something more.
What others can you think of that were not New Wave?
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The Cult, pre-"Electric," was definitely not heavy metal. Have you heard "Dreamtime"? I know metalheads who can't stomach the Cult's early stuff, not even "Rain" or "Revolution." They called it "art fag" rock. As for Cutting Crew, you probably haven't heard "Any Colour" and "Sahara" from their first LP. I think when you summarize New Wave into a narrow definition, you'll lose much of its different flavors.
Michael Sutton
CEO/Sutton Records
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Yeah The Cult were goth to start off with and goths didn't listen to heavy metal much back then, now goth and heavy metal seems to have gotten merged although personally I consider goth to have more in common with punk...
Devolution is real