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201 relations: ABC (band), Abrams Books, Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, Adam Sweeting, AllMusic, Alternative dance, Alternative rock, Andrew Collins (broadcaster), Andy Partridge, Arena rock, Art pop, Art rock, Big Country, Billboard (magazine), Billy Joel, Blondie (band), Bow Wow Wow, Boy George, Brat Pack, Brian Eno, British pop music, Britpop, Bronski Beat, Bubblegum music, Burundi, Caroline Coon, CBGB, Chris Frantz, Chris Nickson, Chuck Eddy, Cock rock, College rock, Crossover music, Culture Club, Dance-punk, Dance-rock, Dark wave, Dave Marsh, David Bowie, Dead Boys, Devo, Disco, Do it yourself, Donna Summer, Dr. Feelgood (band), Duran Duran, Echo & the Bunnymen, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Elastica, ... Expand index (151 more) »
- 1970s fads and trends
- Music and fashion
ABC (band)
ABC is an English pop band that originated in Sheffield in 1980, evolving from the earlier ensemble Vice Versa.
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Abrams Books
Abrams, formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (HNA), is an American publisher of art and illustrated books, children's books, and stationery.
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Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants were an English rock band that formed in London in 1977.
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Adam Ant
Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant (born 3 November 1954), is an English singer, musician, and actor.
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Adam Sweeting
Adam Sweeting is a British rock critic and writer.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
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Alternative dance
Alternative dance (also known as indie dance or underground dance in the United States) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music. New wave music and alternative dance are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. New wave music and alternative rock are 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Andrew Collins (broadcaster)
Andrew Collins is an English writer and broadcaster.
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Andy Partridge
Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer best known for co-founding the band XTC.
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Arena rock
Arena rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock, pomp rock, stadium rock, corporate rock or dad rock) is a style of rock music that became mainstream in the 1970s. New wave music and Arena rock are 1970s in music, 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
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Art pop
Art pop (also typeset art-pop or artpop) is a loosely defined style of pop music influenced by art theories as well as ideas from other art mediums, such as fashion, fine art, cinema, and avant-garde literature. New wave music and art pop are 20th-century music genres, American styles of music and British styles of music.
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Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. New wave music and Art rock are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Big Country
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
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Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.
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Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980.
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Boy George
George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, DJ, and the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club.
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Brat Pack
The Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s.
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Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist.
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British pop music
British pop music is popular music, produced commercially in the United Kingdom.
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Britpop
Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. New wave music and Britpop are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat were a British synth-pop band formed in 1983 in London, England.
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Bubblegum music
Bubblegum (also called bubblegum pop) is pop music in a catchy and upbeat style that is marketed for children and adolescents.
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Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa.
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Caroline Coon
Caroline Mary Thompson Coon (born 23 March, 1945) is an English artist known for her paintings, her feminist political activism, her writing and photography.
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CBGB
CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City.
Chris Frantz
Charton Christopher Frantz (born May 8, 1951) is an American musician and record producer.
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Chris Nickson
Chris Nickson (born 1954) is a British writer, novelist, music journalist, and biographer.
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Chuck Eddy
Chuck Eddy (born November 26, 1960) is an American music journalist.
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Cock rock
Cock rock is a description of rock music that emphasizes an aggressive form of male sexuality. New wave music and Cock rock are 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
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College rock
College rock is rock music that played on student-run university and college campus radio stations located in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and 1990s. New wave music and college rock are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music and rock music genres.
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Crossover music
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audiences.
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Culture Club
Culture Club are an English new wave band formed in London in 1981.
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Dance-punk
Dance-punk (also known as punk-funk) is a post-punk subgenre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the disco, post-disco and new wave movements. New wave music and Dance-punk are 20th-century music genres, American styles of music, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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Dance-rock
Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. New wave music and dance-rock are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Dark wave
Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. New wave music and dark wave are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Dave Marsh
Dave Marsh (born) is an American music critic and radio talk show host.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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Dead Boys
The Dead Boys are an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio.
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Devo
Devo (originally), often stylized as DEVO, is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973.
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. New wave music and Disco are 1970s fads and trends, 1970s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music and music and fashion.
Do it yourself
"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts.
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Donna Summer
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
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Dr. Feelgood (band)
Dr.
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Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor.
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Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.
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Eddie and the Hot Rods
Eddie and the Hot Rods are a pub rock band from Essex founded in 1975.
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Elastica
Elastica were an English rock band formed in London in 1992 by ex-Suede members Justine Frischmann and Justin Welch.
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Electric Eels (band)
The Electric Eels (written with lowercase e's in honor of E. E. Cummings) were an American rock band active between 1972 and 1975, formed by John D Morton in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Electroclash
Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a genre of popular music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, retro-style electropop and electronic dance music.
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Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. New wave music and electronic music are 20th-century music genres.
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television presenter.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970.
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Fanzine
A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.
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Franz Ferdinand (band)
Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002.
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French New Wave
The New Wave (Nouvelle Vague), also called the French New Wave, is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century. New wave music and Funk are 1970s fads and trends, 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres and American styles of music.
Gallup, Inc.
Gallup, Inc. is an American multinational analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.
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Glam punk
Glam punk is a music genre that began in the early to mid-1970s and incorporates elements of proto-punk and glam rock. New wave music and glam punk are punk rock genres.
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Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing. New wave music and Glam rock are 1970s fads and trends and rock music genres.
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Glass Houses (album)
Glass Houses is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on March 12, 1980.
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Grace Jones
Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, model and actress.
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Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. New wave music and Grunge are 20th-century music genres, American styles of music and rock music genres.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. New wave music and Heavy metal music are 1970s fads and trends, 1970s in music, American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Hilly Kristal
Hillel Kristal (September 23, 1931August 28, 2007) was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute.
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Homophobia
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.
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Ian Dury
Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 27 March 2000) was an English singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music.
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Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster.
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Independent music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels.
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Independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME.
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Indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines <!--- Source states "guitar pop" not "indie pop" or "pop rock"---->guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. New wave music and indie pop are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer.
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Japan (band)
Japan were an English new wave band formed in 1974 in Catford, South London by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Jansen (drums) and Mick Karn (bass guitar), joined the following year by Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Rob Dean (lead guitar).
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John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
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John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor.
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KPWR
KPWR (105.9 FM) – branded as Power 106 – is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area.
Krakow Post
The Krakow Post is an English-language newspaper based in Kraków, Poland.
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Last.fm
Last.fm Limited is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002.
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Lee Abrams
Lee Abrams (born 1952) is an American media executive who has held a number of posts for large and influential companies, and is generally credited with developing the Album Oriented Rock format first heard at WQDR Raleigh and thereafter employed by hundreds of radio stations across the country, as well as co-founding XM Satellite Radio.
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Lester Bangs
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist and critic.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County.
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Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music.
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Los Angeles Review of Books
The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB is a literary review magazine covering the national and international book scenes.
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Mad Love (Linda Ronstadt album)
Mad Love is the tenth studio album by singer Linda Ronstadt, released in 1980.
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Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (3 September 1946 – 8 April 2010) was a Yemeni-Born fashion designer and music manager. New wave music and Malcolm McLaren are music and fashion.
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Melody Maker
Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest.
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Minimal wave
Minimal wave is a broad classification of music that comprises obscure, atypical examples of genres such as new wave, stripped-down electronic or synthesizer music, synth-pop, post-punk, and coldwave. New wave music and Minimal wave are electronic music genres.
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Mink DeVille
Mink DeVille was a rock band founded in 1974, known for its association with early punk rock bands at New York's CBGB nightclub and for being a showcase for the music of Willy DeVille.
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Minneapolis sound
The Minneapolis sound is a subgenre of funk rock with elements of new wave and synth-pop, that was pioneered by Minneapolis, Minnesota-based musicians Prince and André Cymone in the late 1970s. New wave music and Minneapolis sound are 20th-century music genres.
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Mod (subculture)
Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries. New wave music and mod (subculture) are 1970s fads and trends and 1980s fads and trends.
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Modern rock
Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college and commercial rock radio stations.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel. New wave music and MTV are 1980s fads and trends.
Music genre
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.
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Music journalism
Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music.
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My Sharona
"My Sharona" is the debut single by the Knack.
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Neo-psychedelia
Neo-psychedelia is a diverse genre of psychedelic music that draws inspiration from the sounds of 1960s psychedelia, either updating or copying the approaches from that era. New wave music and Neo-psychedelia are American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW,, "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. New wave music and Neue Deutsche Welle are rock music genres.
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New pop
New pop is a loosely defined British-centric pop music movement consisting of ambitious, DIY-minded artists who achieved commercial success in the early 1980s through sources such as MTV. New wave music and New pop are 1980s in music.
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New Romantic
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. New wave music and New Romantic are 1980s in music.
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New Wave (compilation album)
New Wave is a notable punk/new wave/proto-punk compilation album released in 1977 on Vertigo Records.
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New wave music in Yugoslavia
New wave in Yugoslavia (Novi talas; Novi val; Novi val; Нов бран) was the new wave music scene of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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New wave of new wave
The new wave of new wave (NWONW) was a term coined by music journalists to describe a subgenre of the British alternative rock scene in the early 1990s, in which bands displayed post-punk and new wave influences, particularly from bands such as the Clash, Blondie, Wire, and the Stranglers. New wave music and new wave of new wave are British styles of music and rock music genres.
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New Wave Theatre
New Wave Theatre is a television program that was broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area on UHF channel 18 and eventually on the USA Network as part of the late night variety show ''Night Flight'' during the early 1980s.
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1971.
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New York Rocker
New York Rocker was a punk rock new wave magazine founded by Alan Betrock in 1976.
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Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
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Nick Kent
Nick Kent (born 24 December 1951) is a British rock critic and musician, best known for his writing for the NME in the 1970s, and his books The Dark Stuff (1994) and Apathy for the Devil (2010).
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Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
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NME
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.
Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)
Now That's What I Call Music (also simply titled Now or Now 1) is the first album from the popular Now series that was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1983.
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NTS Radio
NTS Radio (also known as NTS Live or simply NTS) is an online radio station and media platform which launched in Hackney, East London.
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One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic band formed in the Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978.
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Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American book publishing imprint.
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Paul Weller
Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
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Pazz & Jop
Pazz & Jop was an annual poll of top musical releases, compiled by American newspaper The Village Voice and created by music critic Robert Christgau.
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Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975.
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Peter Ivers
Peter Scott Ivers (born Peter Scott Rose, September 20, 1946 – March 3, 1983) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and television personality.
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Phonogram Inc.
Phonogram Incorporated was started in 1970 as a successor to Philips Phonographic Industries, a unit of the Grammophon-Philips Group (GPG), a joint venture of Philips N.V. of the Netherlands and Siemens A.G. of Germany.
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Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
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Pinoy rock
Pinoy rock, or Filipino rock, is the brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. New wave music and Pinoy rock are rock music genres.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music. New wave music and pop rock are 1980s in music, American styles of music and rock music genres.
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Pop-punk
Pop-punk (also punk-pop, alternatively spelled without the hyphen) is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. New wave music and pop-punk are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music, British styles of music, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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Popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
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Post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock. New wave music and Post-punk are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, British styles of music, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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Post-punk revival
Post-punk revival (also known as indie rock revival) is a genre or movement of indie rock that emerged in the early 2000s as musicians started to play a stripped down and back-to-basics version of guitar rock inspired by the original sounds and aesthetics of post-punk, new wave and garage rock.
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Power pop
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a subgenre of rock music and form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. New wave music and power pop are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s.
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Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. New wave music and Progressive rock are 1970s in music, American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Proto-punk
Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement. New wave music and proto-punk are American styles of music, British styles of music, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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Pub rock (United Kingdom)
Pub rock is a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the early to mid-1970s in the United Kingdom. New wave music and Pub rock (United Kingdom) are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. New wave music and punk rock are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
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Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of music, ideologies, fashion, and other forms of expression, visual art, dance, literature, and film.
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R.E.M.
R.E.M. were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia.
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974.
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Record Collector
Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine focussing on rare and collectable records, and the bands who recorded them.
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Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Remain in Light
Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released by Sire Records on October 8, 1980.
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Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.
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Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. New wave music and Rockabilly are American styles of music and rock music genres.
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Rocket from the Tombs
Rocket from the Tombs (or RFTT) is an American rock band originally active from mid-1974 to mid-1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson.
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Second British Invasion
The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and new wave artists in the United States.
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Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975.
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Seymour Stein
Seymour Steinbigle (April 18, 1942 – April 2, 2023), known professionally as Seymour Stein, was an American entrepreneur and music executive.
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Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.
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Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977.
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Sire Records
Sire Records (formerly Sire Records Company) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records.
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Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall.
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Sniffin' Glue
Sniffin' Glue and Other Rock 'N' Roll Habits..., widely known as simply Sniffin' Glue, was a monthly punk zine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year.
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Sophisti-pop
Sophisti-pop is a pop music subgenre that developed during the mid-1980s out of the British new wave era. New wave music and Sophisti-pop are 1980s in music and British styles of music.
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Sounds of the 70s
Sounds of the 70s is the name of BBC radio programme, currently broadcast on Sundays on BBC Radio 2, with the Sounds of the Seventies name also having been used by BBC Television for a number of themed music compilations, now repeated on BBC Four.
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Squeeze (band)
Squeeze are an English rock band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording in the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s.
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Sterling Publishing
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of a broad range of subject areas, with multiple imprints and more than 5,000 titles in print.
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Steve Greenberg (record producer)
Steve Greenberg is an American record producer currently heading the S-Curve Records label.
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Suicide (band)
Suicide was an American musical duo composed of vocalist Alan Vega and instrumentalist Martin Rev, intermittently active between 1970 and 2016.
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Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. New wave music and synth-pop are 1970s in music, 1980s fads and trends, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and electronic music genres.
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Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.
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Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American new wave band formed in 1975 in New York City.
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Television (band)
Television was an American rock band from New York City, most notably active in the 1970s.
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The Attractions
The Attractions were an English backing band for the English new wave musician Elvis Costello between 1977 and 1986, and again from 1994 to 1996.
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The B-52s
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.
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The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish new wave band originally formed in Dublin in 1975.
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The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American indie teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes.
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The Cars
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976.
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The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock.
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The Damned (band)
The Damned are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1976 by lead vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, bassist (and later guitarist) Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Jam
The Jam were an English rock band formed in 1972 in Woking, Surrey.
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The Knack
The Knack was an American rock band based in Los Angeles that rose to fame with its first single, "My Sharona", an international number-one hit in 1979.
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s.
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The New Cars
The New Cars were a band formed in 2005 by two of the original members of the 1970s/1980s new wave band the Cars.
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The Photos
The Photos were an English new wave band fronted by Wendy Wu, who had a top 5 album on the UK Albums Chart in 1980.
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The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
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The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977.
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The Runaways
The Runaways were an American female rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979.
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The Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums).
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The Tuscaloosa News
The Tuscaloosa News is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama.
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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The Wanderer (Donna Summer album)
The Wanderer is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on October 20, 1980.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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This Is Pop
"This Is Pop" is a song by the English rock band XTC from their 1978 album White Music.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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TiVo Corporation
TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company headquartered in San Jose, California.
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Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006.
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Top of the Pops (record series)
Top of the Pops is the name of a series of records issued by Pickwick Records on their Hallmark label, which contain anonymous cover versions of recent and current hit singles.
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Two-tone (music genre)
Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock and ska revival, is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. New wave music and Two-tone (music genre) are 20th-century music genres, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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Underground music
Underground music is music with practices perceived as outside, or somehow opposed to, mainstream popular music culture.
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University of the Arts London
The University of the Arts London is a public collegiate university in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Urban contemporary music
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format.
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Valley Girl (1983 film)
Valley Girl is a 1983 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and written and produced by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane.
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Wham!
Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! UK) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981 consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
Whip It (Devo song)
"Whip It" is a song by American new wave band Devo from their third studio album Freedom of Choice (1980).
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XTC
XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972.
1979 United Kingdom general election
The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the House of Commons.
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See also
1970s fads and trends
- 1970s in furniture
- 1970s in music
- 8-track cartridge
- Afro
- Aqua Net
- Autoball
- Bell-bottoms
- Bike boom
- Blacklight poster
- Bump (dance)
- California Cooler
- Citizens band radio
- Clog
- Club drug
- Disco
- Flower power
- Funk
- Glam rock
- Go-go boot
- Harvest gold
- Heavy metal music
- Hotpants
- Lava lamp
- Leisure suit
- Macramé
- Mod (subculture)
- Mood ring
- Mujib coat
- New wave music
- Opera window
- Papasan chair
- Pet Rock
- Platform shoe
- Pogo (dance)
- Psychedelic rock
- Roller disco
- Roller skates
- Running boom of the 1970s
- Safari jacket
- Shag (fabric)
- Sideburns
- Streaking
- Tetherball
- Tie-dye
- Tube top
- Waterbed
Music and fashion
- Beatle boot
- Blue Gucci dress of Harry Styles
- Cher
- Concert T-shirt
- Cultural impact of Beyoncé
- Cultural impact of Jennifer Lopez
- Cultural impact of Michael Jackson
- Cultural impact of Shakira
- Cultural impact of the Beatles
- Cybergoth
- Disco
- Emo
- Fashion of Madonna
- Gothic fashion
- Greaser (subculture)
- Green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez
- Grunge fashion
- Heavy metal fashion
- Hip hop fashion
- Hippie
- Hipster (contemporary subculture)
- Indie sleaze
- List of models in music videos
- Malcolm McLaren
- Meat dress of Lady Gaga
- Music and fashion
- New wave music
- Punk fashion
- Rave
- Rocker (subculture)
- Scene (subculture)
- Skinhead
- Thriller jacket
- Vivienne Westwood
- Western wear
References
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