No matter how hard we try, decades don't have clean cut-off points between them that usher certain styles into one era or the other.

Despite a tailing-off period toward the latter part of the decade, New York City's Talking Heads were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed rock ...

One of new wave's biggest stars, the Cars boasted a sound that encompassed several styles, including pure pop, power pop, classic rock and punk.

Here's a look at the brief but concentrated success of Australian bar band and new wave stars Men at Work. The group ruled America in 1982 and 1983 before ...

As a unique and distinct subgenre of new wave, synth pop was quite a force in mainstream and underground pop music during the first half of the '80s.

The Go-Go's became one of the early-'80s most pleasantly surprising success stories, transforming from an LA punk band into new wave pop superstars.

Australia and New Zealand had long enjoyed vibrant music scenes before the '80s broke, but the decade that brought new wave seemed especially kind to ...

Without these two elements, I dare say the song would be reduced to little more than a new wave novelty, a very danceable but ultimately ethereal relic of ...

The difference between Men at Work and many other early-'80s new wave acts is ... However, very few bands of the new wave era can claim to have produced as ...

Regardless, it was a song that enjoyed a long '80s shelf life, spawning a new wave catch phrase from its lyric, "This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, ...