New to New Wave?

[dogzilla]

Well having only been born in 1985 i missed out on what im finding out to be some really good music! I live in london ive started hearing alot more of this stuff!

Im looking for some suggestions for some music to check out.

a few of my favorite songs :

New Order - Blue Monday
Joy Division - Love will Tear us Apart
Nitzer Ebb - Murderous ( Instrumental version really kicks !!! )

I know probably these are probably very obvious to many of you, but thats why im asking so i can find out some more great music!

btw i love the electro/dancy side of things alot!

[Frau_Blucher]

Try out Top 500 list for starters. Nothing is obvious. It's all good.

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6278

Also check out this thread if you interested in getting onto a sharing Hub:

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7726

[Dave]

Hi dogzilla and welcome to the NWO!

For a comprehensive list... NWO recently did a survey of our fav songs... here's the Top 10 (congrats, you scored two out of three!):

1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 49
2. Talk Talk - It’s My Life 44.6
3. Gary Numan - Cars 44.3
4. Visage - Fade to Grey 44
5. New Order - Blue Monday 43
6. B-Movie - Nowhere Girl 41
7. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 36
8. The-The - Uncertain Smile 33
9. Split Enz - I Got You 30
10. Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way 28.6

The complete list can be found here: http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6278

There are plenty of New Orders songs on the list!

D'oh!!! Blir beat me to it! LOL

[dogzilla]

Hey thanks alot guys! I'm finding most of these tracks on AllOfMp3, i know the internet is supposed to be free but i find getting stuff off there really easy, it should at least get me to the 1GB before i can get on the hub!

(I have 20gb of actual music but no new wave stuff, would that still count?)

[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by dogzilla[/i]
<br>Hey thanks alot guys! I'm finding most of these tracks on AllOfMp3, i know the internet is supposed to be free but i find getting stuff off there really easy, it should at least get me to the 1GB before i can get on the hub!

(I have 20gb of actual music but no new wave stuff, would that still count?)
[/quote]
I bet it would...we need some variety. It's not all rap and country-western is it??

[dogzilla]

Theres 1-2 rnb/rap albums, the rest is so varied i couldnt put my finger on it. Theres literally every kind of music in there!

[getyourbootson]

I’m not sure how familiar you are with this genre, and if by reference you mean stuff that is less popular, but here is a list of some of my favorite 80’s/New Wave bands. Most of them are fairly well known.

Duran Duran
Japan
Ultravox
Visage
Blondie
The Cars
A Flock of Seagulls
INXS
Missing Persons
Modern English
The Psychedelic Furs
Romeo Void
Simple Minds
Sparks
Gary Numan

Then there’s the electropop-ish side of things:
Depeche Mode
The Human League
Howard Jones
New Order
OMD
Yazoo

As I’ve said, I don’t know if these are bands you already know, but I thought I’d give you a quick list for reference sake just in case.

Also, the bands you listed have a very sort of dark or industrial-ish sound to them. I didn’t get heavy into the industrial scene, but there are a lot of good bands out there that aren’t too hard, and still edgy at the same time while being a touch on the dark side. I’ll list a few of my favorites:

Leather Strip
X Marks the Pedwalk
Nitzer Ebb
Fad Gadget and Ministry (early stuff) aren’t really “industrial” per se but they do have a similar sound. The same goes for Cabaret Voltaire.
Die Form (goth/industrial band)
Clan of Xymox (earlier stuff)

And then there’s the whole Bat Cave/Death Rock/Goth side of the 80’s which is a whole other topic in itself. I hope this list helps you out a little. ;o)

[bpdp3]

This site is a great place to start; I'd recommend going to a used book store, finding an edition of the Trouser Press Record Guide and keep it near the john. Your knowledge will grow from there....

[Ollie Stench]

If you're in London you should check this out

http://www.electricdreamsclub.com/mainpage1.html

[design_femme]

[quote]
Nitzer Ebb - Murderous ( Instrumental version really kicks !!! )

btw i love the electro/dancy side of things alot!


[/quote]

Douglas McCarthy, the lead singer for [b]Nitzer Ebb[/b], formed Fixmer/McCarthy. Should appeal to Nitzer Ebb fans. Douglas is still an amazing frontman.

http://fixmermccarthy.com/

Go to the Media link and you can watch live video from their performance at Leipzig in 2004. "You Want It" especially sounds very Nitzer Ebbish.