Two of my friends started a new cover band playing 80's new wave. They do not have keyboards and they Rock the songs out a bit more, they take out the wimp-ness. They go by the name of Philo Beddoe.
Wow, I'd sure like to check them out...they sound great. Here in El Paso there was a band that did something similar with Disco. They updated the sound a bit and added a little more muscle to the songs. They were actually pretty good. Do your friends have any videos up at YouTube?
Wicked Rick Metal novice
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Subject: Re: New Wave Thu May 14, 2009 11:43 pm
Nothing on YouTube, they were to get something up this week but nothing yet.
They play, Berlin, Plimsouls, Romantics, INXS, The Cure, Go Go's, Outfield, The Motels, David Bowie and from The Prouducers the play She Sheila which is one hell of a song.
I am trying to get them to play The Fixx - One thing leads to another.
chewie Metal is Forever
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Subject: Re: New Wave Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:54 pm
Wow! I ran into this searching for something else. Ahhh! Those early days of MTV. How can you not like the first two Duran Duran albums. I discovered Japan about 10 years ago... what a band!!!! Me, I Disconnect With You and Cars(before it was covered and overused) by Gary Numan
I always preferred this Vapors song to Turning Japanese(which always felt like a novelty song anyways):
It was one of the first videos that I saw on MTV when it came on that day.
James B. Scurvy Skalliwag
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Subject: Re: New Wave Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:11 pm
The only New Wave trend I adopted into was Oingo Boingo's Halloween shows in Anaheim every year back in the early 80's. I can listen to songs today that I couldn't stand back then.
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brokentulsa Heart of Metal
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Subject: Re: New Wave Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:25 am
I love new wave and listen to it alot at night when I am winding down. Like so many here its the soundtrack of my youth. I love so many of these bands...missing persons, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Devo and who could forget these classics...
80s Metal Lady Metal master
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Subject: Re: New Wave Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:03 pm
I like TONS of bands that could be considered New Wave. Just going off a list on wikipedia (although some of the bands listed I wouldn't consider New Wave, like Men At Work and The Outfield), I like the following and this is not a complete list (favorites in bold):
Animotion Belle Stars Berlin Buggles Captain Sensible The Cars Clan of Xymox Culture Club Cure Dalek I Love Depeche Mode Devo Divinyls Duran Duran Echo and the Bunnymen Erasure English Beat Fad Gadget Fashion Fiction Factory Fixx, The Flock of Seagulls John Foxx Gang of Four Human League Billy Idol Industry Joe Jackson Howard Jones Japan Killing Joke M Martha & The Muffins Men At Work Men Without Hats Mi-Sex Missing Persons Motels Models Naked Eyes Klaus Nomi Gary Numan The Other Ones OMD Outfield Pet Shop Boys Police Pretenders Propaganda Psychedelic Furs Pylon Q-Feel Real Life Stan Ridgway Romeo Void Roxy Music Scandal Peter Schilling Simple Minds Soft Cell Spandau Ballet Talk Talk Talking Heads Thompson Twins Til Tuesday Trees Tubeway Army Twins, The Ultravox Units Visage Wall of Voodoo XTC Yaz
chewie Metal is Forever
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Subject: Re: New Wave Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:05 am
What! No king of the wild frontier on your list?
.....but someone else who likes Mi-Sex!
80s Metal Lady Metal master
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Subject: Re: New Wave Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:01 pm
Mi-Sex was awesome! I could put a compilation of my favorite Mi-Sex songs on a continuous loop and be content for a long time.
tohostudios King Of Kaiju
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Subject: Re: New Wave Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:46 pm
80s Metal Lady wrote:
Mi-Sex was awesome! I could put a compilation of my favorite Mi-Sex songs on a continuous loop and be content for a long time.
I have "Computer Games" on vinyl. And I loved Fad Gadget's "Ricky's Hand". Back in the day, there was a local DJ who played New Wave/Punk stuff for 3 hours every Sunday Night. That's where I learned about these two bands plus others like Dead Boys, The Boys ("Kiss Like A Nun"), Pointed Sticks, Radio Stars, Tuff Darts, etc, etc.
I give you Tuff Darts' "Your Love Is Like Nuclear Waste"
And Radio Stars' "Good Personality"
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Boris2008 Metal is Forever
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Subject: Re: New Wave Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:50 pm
New wave is way too broad a term for me. I like some of the bands mentioned (mostly the gothy or punky or synthy ones.) but it's too broad an umbrella. Are the Cure in any way similar to Duran Duran, Men Without Talent, er I mean Hats or the Pet Shop Boys! I like the Cure and The Pet Shop Boys in their own way but I don't think that either could ever be considered New Wave. I think that it was used as a catch all in the U.S for lots of bands that were hard to catagorise.
UNCLE SAXON'S KICKASS CDS Metal is in my blood
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Subject: Re: New Wave Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:50 pm
Was listening to Dale Bozzio's - New Wave Sessions today. Brought back alot of squirmy feelings. If you were 14 in 1983 - you know what I mean. Soundtrack to some of my earliest "experiences" with neighborhood girls... Along with the Human League. Get even chubbier than I already am when hearing songs from those bands.
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