Whenever anybody talks about the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, the conversation always turns to the same pool of bands that found ... plummeted as the ’80s continued. The Northerners perform ...
The first British invasion was so good we Americans just couldn’t go without a second one. So, when the late ’70s and early ’80s hit, bands from the UK flocked to the US like moths to a flame.
This was the new wave synth-pop track in 1982. “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock Of Seagulls had quite a bit of success in the US and Europe. It peaked at no. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was ...
Experience a captivating fusion of eras when international jazz vocalist Hetty Kate brings her British New Wave concert to the Avoca Beach Theatre on ...
Def Leppard originally entered the scene at the end of the ’70 as part of the new wave of British ... of the ‘80s they began injecting more commercial-friendly sounds into their music, breakin ...
David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Forty years ago, the British New Wave rock band the Fixx released their debut album Shuttered Room. That record, which contains the now ...