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Why do some people consider No Doubt post-new wave

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:33 am
by KeyboardsNMilk
Its true that they have some 80's elements but y do some ppl say theyre post new wave?? Would they be 2 similar to Missing Persons?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:04 am
by devildog
Because they are a 90's band. New wave encompassed the 70s and early 80's. Maybe No Doubt was inspired by new wave but they cannot be characterized as being new wave.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:16 am
by Jason²
The one thing I really like about No Doubt is that they are unushamedly proud of their New Wave roots. Same thing goes for Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray. These guys grew up in Southern California, they're roughly the same age as us (early-to-mid 30s) and list

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:28 am
by ekahob
All this talk about who is NW and who is not. Now it's post-new wave. It's all just labels. Do you like No Doubt? Then file them under anything you like. How about "Music I Like", or "Bands With Blonde Singers", "Bands That Sometimes Incorporate Elem

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:30 am
by EchoBeachBunnyBoy
I must say that I didn't cringe too much with No Doubt's cover version of Talk Talk's "It's My Life". I thought they did it justice.

I've heard of post-punk, but post-New Wave???
That's a new one to me.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:17 am
by KYYX4ever
You guys bring up good points, but I think it's a natural new direction in music today..."post New Wave"....sure, why not ? Although--if they are really calling it Post New Wave, it seriously skipped a few years, eh ? I don't see anything wrong with th

PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:05 am
by christsmasher
I consider them to be more pop, but you can tell that they're big fans of New Wave. Gwen is kinda like Dale Bozzio. I wish she'd lay off the sappy stuff, though, lol.

The last ND tour had the Faint opening for them. The Faint did a club gig and Tony

PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 5:54 am
by toe_jam_on_toast
How about "Pseudo-post-nu-retro-kitsch-nu-new wave"?

PPNRKNNW for short...

Actually that sounds like the noise my PC makes when it's dialling up...

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:19 am
by Bitter Almonds
When your computer does what...? [:D]

Anyway. If No Doubt is labeled as such then pretty much anything can be labeled "post New Wave" - Grunge, Gangsta Rap, Emo, Pop, etc [;)] Which pretty much makes the phrase meaningless to me. "Post-Punk" (New Wave)

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:44 pm
by newwavepopman
I really don't care for No Doubt.To call them New Wave or even Ska is beyond me.I have heard them as classified as just that at times too.Don't hear the Ska thing at all with them.I would much rather listen to the band Save Ferris over them,and I have hea

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:27 am
by ghosty
I'm not much of a fan of No Doubt either. I've got their Greatest Hits Cd but I've only listened to it once. They might get the "Post NW" title because they started in 1987...literally Post New Wave. Did'nt get anywhere until 1995 though. Not ska but clea