Artists
Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats are a Canadian new wave, rock and synthpop group from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that formed in 1977, achieving their most popularity in the 80s. Best known for their international top 40 hits "The Safety [...]
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Big Country
Big Country was originally formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson both native of the band’s hometown Dunfermline in Scotland. Initially driven by a shared vision of widescreen [...]
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The Vapors
The Vapors are an English new wave and power pop band that initially existed between 1978 and 1981. They had a top ten hit with the song "Turning Japanese" in 1980, which reached No. 3 in the UK Singles [...]
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The Icicle Works
The Icicle Works were one of those U.K. groups of the '80s that scored a massive hit in the U.S. despite a somewhat lengthy and more successful run in their homeland. They released a number of albums that, while regularly [...]
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B.Movie
B-Movie formed in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire during 1978 from the ashes of local punk band The Aborted. Originally calling themselves Studio 10 after a local hairdressing [...]
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China Crisis
The early 1980’s heralded a second Liverpool-based musical renaissance and amongst these lauded Merseyside acts was China Crisis, originally emerging in 1981 from their native Kirkby broadly in the "new wave" genre as the [...]