Sweet. The Bunnymen are criminally underrated.

“I always fucking hated New Wave” – Bernard Sumner, New Order

Thompson Twins
Berlin

DEVO!!!!!

I see Big Country was once again overlooked.

I wouldn’t call Talking Heads new wave

another oversight: Simple Minds and Icehouse

The Fixx + Sue Saad & The Next + Phil Seymour + Robin Lane & Chartbusters + The Kings + Missing Persons + The Romantics + Berlin + The Plimsouls + Eurythmics + Flash & The Pan

thefixx

Pretenders

Devo and Oingo Boingo!

Fad Gadget (!!!) – The Chameleons – Kissing The Pink – Men Without Hats – Sisters Of Mercy – The Mission – etc.

OMD

Pet Shop Boys

Animotion

Bauhaus

The Church

Dead or Alive

ok ok, cutting it off here..this could go on forever

Tears For Fears & Howard Jones

New Order should be numero uno, Talking Heads numero dos. They’ve influenced WAY more modern music than Echo and the Bunnymen. I can name so many bands in which one can easily hear remnants of New Order’s Substance…

What ’bout Ultravox and The Cars – they were fun!

Let’s not forget Siouxsie Sioux. JuJu is one of the best album of the eighties. That one and Heaven From Here by the Bunnymen. And also, Rain Parade, Three O’Clock, The Long Ryders, Dream Syndicate, The Plimsouls and True West. The 80’s psychedelic revival was so much fun!!!

two points for Joey Coco: Thompson Twins were a great live act, saw them twice in ‘84.

The Mission
P.I.L.
Pop will eat itself
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Big audio dynamite
Siouxsie..
Book of love
Steven “tin tin” duffy

How is Elvis Costello considered a band? Don’t bands usually consist of more than one member?

Mon Dieu! Les Américains ignorants ont oublié Plastic Bertrand encore!

is the Cocteau Twins considered new wave? if so, they are better than everyone on that list

man, I forgot about the Plimsouls, Smithereens and Romantics!

The Fixx!!

The Smiths anyone?

the smiths
wild swans
the care
tears for fears

NEW WAVE IS NOT DEAD!!!!

Favourite New Wave Band: Duran Duran.

Others I Remember: The Fixx, The Cars, The Tubes, Scandal, Adam and the Ants, Modern English, Missing Persons, Quaterflash, Big Country, Bow Bow Bow, Men without hats,The Producers,Soft Cell, The Call, The Buggles, Planet P Proyect, B52s, Joe Jackson, OMD,The Police, General Public, Ultravox,

Mötley Crüe

What about the Jam, the Stranglers, Martha & the Muffins, the Pop Group, the Undertones, Teardrop Explodes, the Members, Tubeway Army, 999, the Vibrators, the Monochrome Set, the Buzzcocks, Subway Sect, Squeeze, the Motors, the Associates, ABC, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Culture Club, Rezillos/Revillos, Department S, the Passage, Wah! Heat, the Spoons, Drastic Measures, Cabaret Voltaire, the Fall, Aztec Camera, the Au Pairs, Wire, Yazoo, Shriekback, the Blue Nile, Radio Stars, Madness, the Beat, the Selecter, Bad Manners, the Ruts, the Mekons, and so many more?

at what stage is new wave going to not be ‘new’ anymore and just become wave music?

also pseudo echo for the win.

Haircut 100!

Icehouse!!

Balaam and the Angel

japan

mmmmm Japan, even tho alot of their stuff was written before New Wave was even New Wave.

A good list except for XTC. Rubbish.

Put the B-52s in their place.

or DEVO or The Cars…

XTC! The nerdlingers that voted for them should be ashamed of themselves.

Prince people-dont act like he wasnt new wave..among the rest of his melting pot of music…have u ever listened to the albums “controversy” or “1999″?…depeche mode for only new wave though…

I’ll buy that for a dollar

All English (xcept 1)all great, Psychedelic Furs, Dylan for the 80’s

The Vapors

Big Country

peter murphy, bauhaus, nitzer ebb, front 242, Einstürzende Neubauten

great list, except: Duran Duran thay are more pop than new wave, i say replace Duran Duran …with Book of Love, Heaven 17-Human League, Smiths, Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, Blue Nile, Madness, Ultravox, Crowded House-Split Endz, Flock of Seagulls, Aztec Camera, China Crisis, Thompson Twins, Tom Tom Club, A.B.C., Til Tuesday, Gary Numan, O.M.D., or early R.E.M. …glad to see that ECHO fans still exist

what about? The The, Icicle Works, When in Rome, Information Society, Japan, Cocteau Twins, B-52s’ Roxy Music, Soft Cell, GoGos, Paul Hardcastle, Figures on a Beach, Del Fuegos, Oingo Boingo, Siouxsie…, Darling Buds, Lightning Seed, Dream Academy, Beat Farmers, Communards, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Specials, Stranglers, 10,000 Maniacs, early Ministry

the best echo song is “bring on the dancing horses” the best new order song is “well any thing off the ‘low life cd’” the best talkin heads song is “road to nowhere” the best psychedelic furs song is “in to you like a train” the best elvis costello song is ” home is anywhere you hang your head” the best police song is “sally / would you be my girl” the best depeche mode song is “somebody” , the best Duran Duran song is “save a prayer” the best cure song is “boys dont cry” the best xtc song is “dear god”

What? No one remembers Erasure?

Echo is one of the best bands EVER in any era!!! A bit of Doors, Television, Velvet Underground, Psych, Punk, etc. It’s all a matter of opinion – but the list looks pretty solid to me. Duran has never gotten the respect they deserve (although they ripped off Japan!)

Always glad to see the perennially-underrated and under-appreciated XTC making the list.

theres no latest band

Blondie outsold and produced more hits from 1980-1982 than anyone else in the top ten to last them the whole decade, and by far and away were the best New Wave band.

Since the term was actually credited to Blondie before anyone in a magazine concert review as the up and coming new wave of poppier punk, FYI!!!!

B’52’s, Human League, Go Go’s and ABC all should be in the top ten without a doubt.

Duran Duran were new wave, but got very POP-SELL OUT, and lost some credibility.

Joy Division, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen…

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New Order is by far my number one.

No way could Echo and the Bunnymen be ranked ahead of them!!!

New Order is by far my number one.

No way could Echo and the Bunnymen be ranked ahead of them!!!

Top of all NEW WAVE shit… the great “AIR SUPPLY” nothing beats that little ass curly hair vocals..

Let us not forget “X”

…or, Wall of Voodoo.
And of course the ever commical- Devo and The Surf Punks, ha.

Gene Loves Jezebel

also, an English band that should have been big: Das Psycho Rangers

psycedelic furs, sue saad, the vapors, boomtown rats, altered imsges, x, the cars before heartbeat city.

psycedelic furs, sue saad, the vapors, boomtown rats, altered imsges, x, the cars before heartbeat city.

Depeche Mode = Not New Wave

oppps,,,,dont forget FRA LIPPO LIPPI and OMD they were great new wave band and the CUTTING CREW punk rock band …

Hey! Do not forget these bands after EATB!
1. Modern English
2. Gene Loves Jezebel
3. Joy Division
4. Bolshoi
5. The Fall
6. The Adventures
7. Siona Dancing
8. The Colourfield
9. The Clash
10. Lotus Eaters
11. Lloyd Cole And The Commotion
12. The Pale Fountains
And a lot more!!! This will take me a day to mention what’s all in my mind…
I consider Depeche Mode as Power Pop and not a New Wave Band!

YOU HAVE ALL FORGOTTEN THE KING.
GARY NUMAN
SAY WHAT YOU WILL, HE IS THE GODFATHER OF ELECTRONICA AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MUSIC, HE WOULD BE #1. 30 YEARS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS NOW AND STILL DOING FRESH MATERIAL.

All New Wave Band sound the same. But the Top on my list is Wild Swans. For me The Wild Swans was like a beautiful, holy, sexy, disturbing, dreamy nightmare about breaking into heaven to have sex with the angels.Some of the New Wave Bands are all great specially those one hit wonder Bands. If your new waver you know them all. Cheers!

Euces Malasig, way to plagiarize Paul Simpson.

This is a good list. It’s tough to just narrow it down to 10. I probably would have dropped The Police and added Freur, but it’s hard to argue with this compilation.

Can’t believe this list doesn’t feature The Church. They should at least be top 5, if not at number 2.

The Police and Depeche Mode? Pfft.

the wild swans,the care,modern english,wire train,morrissey,the mighty lemon drops…..

dsrtjyhy

The Smiths are only *occasionally* considered New Wave, apparently. If they are though, definitely numero uno.

Fad Gadgets, Pseudo echo, B-movie – always overlooked.

Also, thanks for going into some rants about your favorite new wave artists, i discovered a bunch of kickass ones from this page alone :].

DEPECHE MODE NEEDED TO BE NUMBER 1

Depeche Mode is second to NONE in this category.

THATS COOL BUT THE BEST EVER TO ME IS YELLO