new wave
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In the United States, Seymour Stein, the head of Sire Records, needed a term by which he could market his newly signed bands, who had frequently played the club CBGB. Because radio consultants in the U.S. had advised their clients that punk rock was a fad (and because many stations that had embraced disco had been hurt by the backlash), Stein settled on the term “New Wave”. Like those film makers, his new artists, such as Ramones and Talking Heads, were anti-corporate, experimental, and from a generation that had grown up as critical consumers of the art they now practiced.
Soon, listeners began to differentiate some of these musicians from “true punks”. The music journalist Charles Shaar Murray, in writing about the Boomtown Rats, has indicated that the term New Wave became an industry catch-all for musicians affiliated with the punk movement, but in some way different from it:[2]
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new wave gigs around Los Angeles, United States • view all
| September 2008 | ||
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| Tuesday 16 September 2008 | ||
| Billy Idol |
The House of Blues Los Angeles, United States |
3 people attending |
| Wednesday 17 September 2008 | ||
| Billy Idol |
The House of Blues Los Angeles, United States |
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| Friday 19 September 2008 | ||
| Billy Idol |
The House of Blues Los Angeles, United States |
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| Saturday 27 September 2008 | ||
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Jack's II Show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Billy Idol, Blondie, Devo, Twisted Sister, The Psychedelic Furs, REO Speedwagon |
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Los Angeles, United States |
3 people attending |
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Information Society at the Viper Room at The Viper Room
Information Society |
The Viper Room Los Angeles, United States |
1 person attending |
| Tuesday 30 September 2008 | ||
| Elvis Costello |
El Capitan Theatre Los Angeles, United States |
1 person attending |
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color-ize wrote:
Love this song...such a nice voice!!
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Empathy82 wrote:
new wave is hot ;)
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storvikarn wrote:
New Group: For Those Who Probably Will Die While Listening To Music
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Marqueur wrote:
<3
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ihavesoldout wrote:
:(
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HASYMO_T_U_01 wrote:
Hey, I think you might like Drip-Dry Eyes, check it out. http://www.last.fm/music/Drip-Dry+Eyes
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VGoRiLLaZ wrote:
<=D
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dupek669 wrote:
=]
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koolwoman wrote:
:P
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skinnydrifter wrote:
(:
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