Talk Talk were an English musical group, active from 1981 to 1991. The group was part of the English new wave movement that included bands like Duran Duran and had a string of early hit singles including “Today”, “Talk Talk”, “It’s My Life”, “Such a Shame”, and “Dum Dum Girl”. Read more…
Kajagoogoo are a British new wave band, best known for their hit single, “Too Shy”, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. Formed in Leighton Buzzard in 1979, the band were originally known as Art Nouveau, a Read more…
Visage is a British new wave band. Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning new romantic fashion movement of the early 80s, and are best known for their hit “Fade to Grey”. Founder members Steve Strange and Rusty Egan were hosting club nights at Blitz nightclub Read more…
Spandau Ballet are a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. They were initially inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic movement, becoming one of the most successful groups to emerge during the New Romantic era.Their debut single “To Cut a Long Story Short”, which Read more…
Wham were an English musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s.They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American Wham band. Wham! have sold more than 25 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to Read more…
Duran Duran are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful stars of the 80s music and a leading band in the MTV-driven “Second British Invasion” of the United States. Since the 1980s, they have placed 14 singles in the Top 10 of Read more…
Depeche Mode are English electronic band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Depeche Mode’s original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke. They released their debut record in 1981, Speak & Spell, bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. Clarke left the band Read more…