Favorite New Wave Artist

[Szykneij]

Is she really going out with him?

One of the best bass licks and some of the catchiest lyrics in that tune --

But if looks could kill
There's a man there who's marked down as dead.
Cause I've had my fill
Listen you, take your hands off her head

[mn dave]

I get so mean around this scene!

[Sergeant Rock]

If Punk is also allowed, then I could pick many names for my personal Top 10, like Buzzcocks, Undertones, Sham 69, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers, The Exploited.

There were (too) many good acts those days that were labeled 'New Wave', from the Pistols to Yazoo, a Top 10  would be an impossible task for me.

But no doubt, Joy Division touched my restless teenage heart and soul the most those days.

Yeah, the labels are tricky. Blondie was called a punk band in the early days (CBGBs) and they referred to themselves as power pop. I think of them as New Wave. My Top 10 punk list would look like this...maybe:

Ramones
The Clash
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Bad Brains
Charged GBH
Minutemen
Patti Smith Group
X
Flipper

It's really hard to leave out The Fartz though 

Sarge

[snyprrr]

You should have then specified, in the beginning, your extremely narrow definition of what you consider New Wave.

If You Don't Pick One of the Four Bands You're a Fascist! $eig Heil!!

I'll bet if you say "Television" he'll stop bothering you.

[mn dave]

Why listen to punk when you have heavy metal? 

[Marc]

Yeah, the labels are tricky. Blondie was called a punk band in the early days (CBGBs) and they referred to themselves as power pop. I think of them as New Wave. My Top 10 punk list would look like this...maybe:

Ramones
The Clash
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Bad Brains
Charged GBH
Minutemen
Patti Smith Group
X
Flipper

It's really hard to leave out The Fartz though 

Sarge

Sarge, I fear you know them all .... even more than my schoolmate then.

Oh, I also like(d) the albums Heaven Up Here and Porcupine of Echo & The Bunnymen. And Seventeen Seconds and Faith of The Cure.

Well, your list is far more endless.

[mn dave]

And Seventeen Seconds and Faith of The Cure.

Yes!! But these are post-punk/goth rock of course.

[Sergeant Rock]

Why listen to punk when you have heavy metal? 

Because Punk kicks ass. Some of us proved that at an underground club (literally underground) in Bad Toelz one night when we convinced the DJ to switch from metal to the Kennedys Too Drunk To Fuck. We destroyed the long-hairs. They left the dance floor screaming like little girls 


Sarge

[mn dave]

Because Punk kicks ass. Some of us proved that at an underground club (literally underground) in Bad Toelz one night when we convinced the DJ to switch from metal to the Kennedys Too Drunk To Fuck. We destroyed the long-hairs. They left the dance floor screaming like little girls 

You mean hands over ears?

[snyprrr]

New Day Rising

New Day Rising

New Day Rising

[Marc]

If You Don't Pick One of the Four Bands You're a Fascist! $eig Heil!!

I'll bet if you say "Television" he'll stop bothering you.

Television.

This thread could be a long one.

[Marc]

Because Punk kicks ass. Some of us proved that at an underground club (literally underground) in Bad Toelz one night when we convinced the DJ to switch from metal to the Kennedys Too Drunk To Fuck. We destroyed the long-hairs. They left the dance floor screaming like little girls 

In 'my' local disco the long-haired leather jackets headbanged on God Save The Queen, whilst we did the Pogo.

POGO POGO = Plastic Bertrand!

[mn dave]

In 'my' local disco the long-haired leather jackets headbanged on God Save The Queen, whilst we did the Pogo.

POGO POGO = Plastic Bertrand!

punk + heavy metal = motorhead

[Marc]

punk + heavy metal = motorhead

Motörhead + Rik Mayall = my favourite The Young Ones episode.

[Sergeant Rock]

Sarge, I fear you know them all .... even more than my schoolmate then.

My Punk/New Wave collection is terrifying in its hugeness    In the early 80s I'd buy a record with my last coins rather than gas for the Saab...which pissed off Mrs. Rock no end when we'd run out halfway home.

Oh, I also like(d) the albums Heaven Up Here and Porcupine of Echo & The Bunnymen. And Seventeen Seconds and Faith of The Cure.

I recall debating my Platoon Leader in Heidelberg (the coolest officer I ever knew) over the merits of the Bunnymen's first, Crocodiles, vs U2s first, Boy. Still annoys me that U2 had a huge career while the Bunnymen faded away without radiating much 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

You mean hands over ears?

No, it got physical. We punks treated the dance floor like a mosh pit and the metal divas couldn't take the punishment. They preferred to prance around flipping their hair   

(Of course you know I like metal too especially Motörhead...one of the most punk of the metal bands.

Sarge

[Marc]

My Punk/New Wave collection is terrifying in its hugeness    In the early 80s I'd buy a record with my last coins rather than gas for the Saab...which pissed off Mrs. Rock no end when we'd run out halfway home.


I recall debating my Platoon Leader in Heidelberg (the coolest officer I ever knew) over the merits of the Bunnymen's first, Crocodiles, vs U2s first, Boy. Still annoys me that U2 had a huge career while the Bunnymen faded away without radiating much 

Sarge

Bono Vox stayed cool and collected.
Ian McCulloch became a Merseyside drunk.

(Ian Curtis hung himself.)

[Sergeant Rock]

punk + heavy metal = motorhead

Indeed 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Bono Vox stayed cool and collected.
Ian McCulloch became a Merseyside drunk.

(Ian Curtis hung himself.)

Oh yeah...it was obvious in interviews too that McCulloch's ego was bigger than his talent.

Sarge

[Marc]

Oh yeah...it was obvious in interviews too that McCulloch's ego was bigger than his talent.

Sarge

I always laughed my ass off whilst reading those interviews.