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The [[Lighter and Softer]] counterpart to [[Punk Rock]].
The line between Punk and [[New Wave]] is blurry; many New Wave bands started out as Punk bands. But New Wave expanded on Punk's primitivism, embracing experimentation and variety, to the point that New Wave is literally Genre Salad Music. Because of this, New Wave is an umbrella term for a wide variety of subgenres, though it is often used to refer to [[Flanderization|one particular subgenre]], as will be discussed later. Along with its sister genre [[Post Punk]], it is one of the major influences on [[Alternative Rock]], and several [[
New Wave came from several scenes in the early to mid '70s, including the original New York and UK Punk scenes; copycat Punk scenes all over America, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand; Pub Rock, a laid-back cousin of the UK Punk scene; [[Power Pop]], a revival of mid-'60s three-minute rock, similar to Punk; [[Rock and Roll|Rockabilly]] Revival, inspired by [[American Graffiti]]; [[Ska|2 Tone]]; and early [[Synth Pop]]. New Wave came together as these bands listened to and toured with each other.
Everyone was inspired by the [[Three Chords and
New Wave started making a dent on the charts in 1978, and record companies took notice. 1979-83 were the peak years, starting with "My Sharona" by [[Music/The Knack|The Knack]]. Pretty much all of the pioneers were rocketed to stardom in the first two years; some of those stars stayed up, [[Sophomore Slump|others fell]]. The whole genre was fading back into obscurity by the summer of '81; a lot of the early bands turned out to be [[Viewers are Morons|too eclectic for mainstream audiences]].
[[MTV]] re-launched New Wave with the first video they aired, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by [[
MTV brought New Wave into the mainstream, but with success came [[Flanderization]] and [[Executive Meddling]]. An avalanche of new bands, inspired by the earlier bands and signed up by eager record companies, flooded MTV and the radio, putting [[Sturgeon's Law]] into full effect. Most of these turned out to be [[One-Hit Wonder|One Hit Wonders]], but the new bands established a stereotypical New Wave look and sound: A [[Five-Man Band]] (voice, guitar, synth, bass, and drums), good-looking, with [[Eighties Hair]] and [[
New Wave burned out in the mid-'80s. Live Aid was both its [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|crowing achievement]] and its swan song. Record companies lost interest after the industry-changing success of ''[[Michael Jackson
Not to be confused with [[The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal]].
* [Adam and The Ants]]
* [[The B-52's|The B 52s]]
* [[Toni Basil]]
* [[The Beat]], or in America, The English Beat
* [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
* [[The Boomtown Rats]]
* [[Bow Wow Wow]]
* [[The Buggles]]
* [[The Cars]]
* [[Cheap Trick]]
* [[Elvis Costello]]
* [[Daniel Amos]]
* [[Devo]]
* [[Dexys Midnight Runners]]
* [[Ian Dury and The Blockheads]]
* [[Dave Edmunds]]
* [[The Go-Gos]]
* [[The Human League]]
* [[The Jam]]
* [[Joe Jackson]]
* [[The Knack]]
* [[Cyndi Lauper]]
* [[Nick Lowe]]
* [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
* [[Midnight Oil]]
* [[The Modern Lovers]]
* [[Gary Numan]]
* [[The Police]]
* [[Pretenders]]
* [[Psychedelic Furs]]
* [[The Rumour]]
* [[Brinsley Schwarz]]
* [[The Selecter]]
* [[Pete Shelley]]
* [[Sparks]]
* [[The Specials (band)|The Specials]]
* [[Split Enz]]
* [[Squeeze]]
* [[Talking Heads (band)|Talking Heads]]
* [[Midge Ure]]
* [[Wreckless Eric]]
{{examples|Later bands:}}
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* [[
* [[Art Of Noise]]
* [[
* [[
* [[Culture Club]]
* [[The
* [[
* [[Depeche Mode]]
* [[Thomas Dolby]]
* [[Duran Duran]]
* [[
* [[Erasure]]
* [[Eurythmics]]
* [[Falco]]
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Heaven 17]]
* [[
* [[Howard Jones]]
* [[INXS]]
* [[
* [[
* [[Men At Work]]
* [[
* [[Missing Persons]]
* [[Modern English]]
* [[Mr Mister]]
* [[
* [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark]]
* [[Oingo Boingo]]
* [[Robert Palmer]]
* [[
* [[Polysics]]
* [[Pylon]]
* [[
* [[Simple Minds]]
* [[
* [[Soft Cell]]
* [[Spandau Ballet]]
* [[Stray Cats]]
* [[
* [[The The]]
* [[Thompson Twins]]
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