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Old 10-04-2012, 09:59 PM   #87 (permalink)
sopsych
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To me, New Wave includes a balance of guitar and keyboards. Therefore, early Depeche Mode and REM - not New Wave. The Cars did New Wave best, if you ask me. Early INXS, at least the stuff after 1980, was done well (and INXS deserves special credit for outlasting their peers on the charts). Good to hear Missing Persons mentioned. One of the better New Wave bands - probably never made a lousy-sounding single. It's too bad Dale Bozzio's image probably taints the band's musical reputation.

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