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.
[Childs, Peter & Storry, Mike (1999) ''Encyclopaedia of Contemporary British Culture'', Routledge, , p. 365.] The associated bands generally played guitar-based
rock music often accompanied by
keyboards. The movement was short-lived, and several of the bands involved were later linked with the more commercially successful
Britpop, which it immediately preceded, and the NWONW was described by
John Harris of ''
The Guardian'' (one of the journalists who first coined the term)
as "Britpop without the good bits".
[Harris, John (2006]
"The new wave of old rubbish"
'' The Guardian'', 13 October 2006. The ''
NME'' played a major part in promoting and covering the genre, and promoted the ''On'' event, which featured many of the bands they had labelled NWONW.
[Larkin, Colin (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Oxford University Press.]
Record label
Fierce Panda's first release, ''Shagging in the Streets'', was a tribute to the scene, featuring
S*M*A*S*H,
Done Lying Down,
These Animal Men, and others. Associated bands have included
Elastica,
,
,
[Wolk, Douglas (1995) "Menswear - Nuisance, London", '' CMJ New Music Monthly'', December 1995.] Sleeper
A sleeper is a person who is sleeping.
Sleeper may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Characters
* Sleeper (Marvel Comics), a Nazi German robot utilized by the Red Skull in Marvel Comics
* The Sleeper (Wild Cards), a character in the Wild Ca ...
,
Echobelly,
Shed Seven,
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 965.] These Animal Men,
[Vazquez, Michael (1995) "These Animal Men - ''(Come On, Join) The High Society'' Review", '' CMJ New Music Monthly'', May 1995.] and
Compulsion.
Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and ...
identified the mid-1990s NWONW movement as the peak of a new wave revival that has continued on and off since, stating "1994 was the top of a curve we can't be certain we've reached the bottom of".
[Christgau, Robert (1996]
"How to Beat the Law of Averages"
from ''Details'', 1996.
References
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Britpop
New wave music
British styles of music
British rock music genres