When Berlin's suggestive single "Sex (I'm A.)" debuted on new wave radio stations in 1982, Nunn's blunt, R-rated dialogue provided a raunchy alternative to the frigid, robotic singing of many synth pop artists, many of whom were men. Nunn joined Berlin in 1979 after the departure of the Los Angeles band's original vocalist.
Before becoming the lead singer of Berlin, Nunn auditioned for Star Wars however, she did not win the role. Terri Nunn wanted to be Princess Leia instead, she became an '80s new wave icon. Some of my current personal favorites influenced by new wave include Soft Kill, Drab Majesty, and The New Division.BERLIN FEATURING TERRI NUNN – THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2009 Electronic rock music has become increasingly popular, with bands like The Killers (who started the more recent trend in the early 2000’s), The 1975, and others bringing the stylings of new wave music back to the masses. Even today, many popular bands are influenced directly by new wave artists. Music by artists like The Cure, Depeche Mode, and Duran Duran has endured decades of airplay only to remain popular with adults and youth alike. Regardless of the general descriptor new wave became, its easy to see why the genre has been so popular over the years. Like any other popular musical movement, it began to receive backlash and a counter-culture was created, paving the way for the hair metal days of the mid to late 80’s. Similar to the genres indie rock and post-punk today, new wave eventually became an all-encompassing term for popular music in the 1980’s. Visiting dance and live music clubs at the height of its popularity in the 80’s provided a display of Aquanet-supported hair styles, brightly colored makeup, and outfits made of anything from leather to mesh. Much like punk, there was a visual style that often accompanied new wave artists’ music. It was fun, romantic, vivacious music which was easy to dance to and appealed to the youth of the time. Part of new wave’s success was that unlike its predecessor, punk, it had no political ties. Bands like Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Depeche Mode, The Cars and more dominated television and radio. It popularized synthesizer dance music and also created the sub-genre of synth pop.Īs a result of its success, new wave began to be used to classify countless acts in the early 1980’s, sprung on by the success of MTV and popular films. The first new wave song to chart in the US was “Cars” by Gary Numan in 1980. In other countries, like Germany, the music was becoming more reliant on synthesizers, creating a sub-genre called Krautrock, which would eventually have a large impact on the music created under the genre new wave. Some of the first bands to play CBGB in New York under the classification of new wave included The Talking Heads and Blondie. In the states, radio stations and venues began using the term new wave thinking that using punk rock would effect sales. By the end of the 1970’s new wave was the standard term for bands emerging in the underground rock scene in the UK. It was a term coined by music critics to refer to bands who were new on the scene and not quite creating punk rock, but still possessed the individuality and irreverence of bands in that genre. New wave emerged onto the music scene in the late 1970’s as a subset of rock music.
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