like i said before,i've not listed any bands that i like etc...the list(s) all come from the book.
i'm quite famaliar with all the bands listed etc..and had their records etc...you have to remember that probaly most all these bands were very popular in the countries listed in the book and at the time, 1970's thru 1980,these bands were NEW WAVE/PUNK/POWER POP..
alot of these bands were the forrunners to new wave that alot of you grew up on in the late 1980's.
don't take this out of context,but alot of you were probaly still very young in the time these groups were setting the standards of new wave etc...and probaly have never heard of most of them and because of that,you can't register them as new wave.
you have to remember that,like this book states,new wave has been around since probaly 1973 and was its height/popularity from about 1975 thru 1980.
most of you who are now 40 something & was into music and or new wave at this time will agree with the authors and the artists/bands they listed,and you who are in their early 30's or 20 something can't register these artists as new wave etc...so please dont take that out of context.
what's very interesting tho,is the bands the authors listed as...FUTURE NEW WAVE BANDS?LURKING IN THE SHADOWS for 1979/80 who at the time the book was published just released their debut albums etc..and by 1981 went on to big success like,,,nervous rex,martha and the muffins,jules and the polar bears,tommy tutone,scooters,joan jett,a's,etc..........
this book,like i said,is one of the best about NEW WAVE,so check it out if you can find it.....
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<br>The authors greatly expanded this book in 1983 and called it, "The New Rock 'N' Roll: The A-Z Of Rock In The '80s."
As pointed out, it's significant that the original book was published in 1980...there was clearly a different perspective on what was considered "New Wave" back then; it doesn't make their choices necessarily right or wrong. Also, the book was written from an Australian viewpoint (one of the authors was an Australian music critic).
I read both these books when they were originally released and at the time they were amongst my favorites on the subject -- lively bios, great pics. Sure, nearly 30 years later my opinions may have evolved, but have you read ANY 80's discography where you agreed with 100% of the entries (except maybe the classic "International Discography Of The Wave" -- and that 730-page bible only covered until 1983!...get it at Amazon for only 163 bucks cheap!)?
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Amazingly the International Discography of the New Wave Vol.1 1980 has listings for Tom Petty[:0](but not Broooce)
Volume 1982/83 (which I picked up for about $60) has neither listed
Rip It Up and Start Again has references to Brooce, but in the context of how new wave/postpunk influenced "mainstream" rockers, e.g. introduction of keyboards/synths in "Dancing In the Dark")
Personnaly I think an argument can be made for Pat Benatar, mostly with reference to clothing/hair/make-up style. I have never bought any of her records.
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