FabGuys.com forum: favourite 80s new wave bands.

By *irginBoy32 OP Man
3 weeks ago

Catford

For me it has to be Ultravox.

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By *rancd2TV/TS
3 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

Too many to pick just one really, but I did like the associates

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By *dstefiMan
3 weeks ago

Solihull

"Too many to pick just one really, but I did like the associates"

Billy Mackenzie was a genius.

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By *rm_navMan
3 weeks ago

WATFORD

Another vote for Ultravox - both John Foxx and Midge Ure versions.

And The Passions. Technically, one hit wonders.

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By *emmaDarlingTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Bedfordshire

Human League

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By *arridMan
3 weeks ago

Brighton

The Cocteau Twins - if they were ever new romantics or whatever

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By *oesexy1812Man
3 weeks ago

Birkenhead fj

Don’t you want me baby!! Seen them at rewind north last year. Very good live as woz holly Johnson 🥃🥰

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By *excessMan
3 weeks ago

Sleaford

Japan.

David Sylvian had a unique voice I thought.

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By *issy crystalTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Hook

Visage

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By *andomguy321Man
3 weeks ago

reading

Gary Numan/Tubeway Army

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By *ightslover7Man
3 weeks ago

Lanarkshire

Spandau ballet

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By *icky65555Man
3 weeks ago

Bradford

Depeche mode

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By *ezzadMan
3 weeks ago

Nottingham

Everything above apart from that overplayed‘straight’ classic Don’t you want me; they made much better records !!!

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By *ornyandlookinMan
3 weeks ago

Blackpool

"For me it has to be Ultravox."

Systems Of Romance is still my favourite album after all these years.

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By *awnrisingukTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Stevenage

OMD

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By *illbebuttnakedMan
3 weeks ago

worcester

Saw them live in Birmingham. Brilliant.

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By *illbebuttnakedMan
3 weeks ago

worcester

OMD good still releasing good stuff

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By *ighway expressMan
3 weeks ago

Campbeltown

"Japan.

David Sylvian had a unique voice I thought."

Go back to 1979 when Japan recorded the Quiet Life album, and you're listening to the sound of the 1980's being invented ..

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By *assandra CrossingTV/TS
3 weeks ago

south bristol

Joy division

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By *ensualblokeMan
3 weeks ago

Colchester/Waltham Abbey

Japan, Human League

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By *anw33Man
3 weeks ago

liverpool

Eurythmics

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By *suckcocks666Man
3 weeks ago

Birstall

Depeche Mode & Duran Duran xx

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By *R6guyMan
3 weeks ago

Worcs

Talk Talk

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By *ornyandlookinMan
3 weeks ago

Blackpool

Ultravox for sure with JF and Metamatic is still stunning.

I do like Vienna with the other guy too.

Early Human League, OMD, Tubeway Army, Joy Division, PIL, Banshees especially Ju-Ju, Comsat Angels, Talk-Talk.

All brilliant.

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By *avenMan
3 weeks ago

Stoford

So many great bands.I still love the era.Eurythmics,Gary Numan, OMD,especially.

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By *azor23ukMan
3 weeks ago

Haverfordwest

I would class most of the above as electronic music? New wave to me was the likes of Boomtown rats, Buzzcocks, Police perhaps, Undertones ect

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By *ighway expressMan
3 weeks ago

Campbeltown

"I would class most of the above as electronic music? New wave to me was the likes of Boomtown rats, Buzzcocks, Police perhaps, Undertones ect"

The lines have got blurred between the two eras over time. My favourite 80's acts were Japan, Talk Talk and Pet Shop Boys. None of which I would have considered New Wave bands. But go on any Facebook New Wave group and all the electro bands are invariably grouped in with the late 70's stuff.

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By *lue555Man
3 weeks ago

harrow

Talking heads

Tom Tom club.

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By *im52Man
3 weeks ago

canterbury

Howard Jones

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By *evon0505Man
3 weeks ago

exeter

Talk Talk and Echo and the Bunnymen

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By *ig3Man
3 weeks ago

Maldon

Human league

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By *dstefiMan
3 weeks ago

Solihull

REM were bloody brilliant in the 80s, I got lucky and saw them live early on before they got hits and everybody knew about them. Their early TV appearances were kind of thin sounding but they were really kickass live.

They and The Smiths kept guitar led music alive through a desert of crappy bleepy synthpop.

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By *lueoscarMan
3 weeks ago

alfreton/chesterfield

Human league

Soft Cell

Heaven 17

Depeche Mode

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