The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward. Acts associated with these revivals are found in the list of post-punk revival bands article.
Groups and artists with aliases are listed by the first letter in their name, and individuals are listed by their surname.
Note: ± indicates an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
0–9 The 77s
A
A-ha ABC Adam and the Ants After the Fire The Alarm The Aliens Alisa (early work) Alphaville Altered Images Animotion Adam Ant Any Trouble Joan Armatrading (1980s work) Matthew Ashman Associates The Attractions The Avant Gardeners Azra Aztec Camera
B
The B-52's B-Movie Baltimora Bananarama The Bangles Toni Basil Stiv Bators The Beat (aka the English Beat) Belouis Some ± Pat Benatar Berlin Big Country Big in Japan Bijelo Dugme ±Blondie Blotto The Bluebells Blue Peter Blurt Boa Book of Love The Boomtown Rats Bow Wow Wow Dale Bozzio The Brains Brygada Kryzys The Buggles Bulevar Buzzcocks
C
±Belinda Carlisle Joe Carrasco ±The Cars Catholic Discipline A Certain Ratio Cetu Javu The Chameleons Chi-Pig China Crisis The Church ±The Clash Climie Fisher Clocks Cock Robin Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Comateens The Comsat Angels ±Alice Cooper (1980s work) ±Elvis Costello Josie Cotton Marshall Crenshaw The Crocodiles Cuddly Toys (Trial and Crosses era) Culture Club ±The Cure Cutting Crew
D
Étienne Daho Dalek I Love You The Danse Society Dead or Alive Decibel Delta 5 ±Depeche Mode Jimmy Destri Devo Dexys Midnight Runners The Distractions Divinyls Thomas Dolby Doll by Doll The Doll Dr. Feelgood The Dream Academy ±Duran Duran Ian Dury
E
Ebn Ozn Echo & the Bunnymen Edin-Ådahl Električni Orgazam Eurogliders ±Eurythmics Everything but the Girl
F
Face to Face Marianne Faithfull (Broken English era) Fiat Lux Film Fingerprintz Fischer-Z The Fixx Flash and the Pan A Flock of Seagulls The Flying Lizards The Flys Fra Lippo Lippi Frankie Goes to Hollywood Freur Friends Again Robert Fripp Fun Boy Three
G
Gleaming Spires ±The Go-Go's Vivien Goldman Richard Gottehrer Gruppo Sportivo
H
Nina Hagen Haircut One Hundred Haustor Greg Hawkes Vanessa Briscoe Hay Bonnie Hayes Robert Hazard Heaven 17 Nona Hendryx John Hiatt (Slug Line era) Hipsway James Honeyman-Scott The Human League Human Sexual Response
I
Icehouse Ideal Billy Idol Idoli Images in Vogue Indochine INXS
J
Joe Jackson The Jam Japan ±Billy Joel (Glass Houses era) Matt Johnson Grace Jones Howard Jones Joy Division
K
Kajagoogoo KaS Product Nik Kershaw King King Crimson (Discipline/Beat/Three of a Perfect Pair era) The Knack Kombi Kora Kult
L
Lady Pank Laki Pingvini Annabel Lamb Robin Lane (early 1980s work) Clive Langer Peter Laughner Cyndi Lauper The League of Gentlemen Thomas Leer Level 42 Jona Lewie Leyton Buzzards Litfiba The Little Girls The Lotus Eaters Lene Lovich Nick Lowe Luna
M
M Kirsty MacColl Madness Martha and the Muffins Moon Martin Men at Work Men Without Hats The Method Actors The Mood Modern Talking Hilly Michaels Midnight Oil (early work) Mi-Sex Ministry (early work) Missing Persons Milan Mladenović The MO Models Modern English The Monochrome Set The Motels Mark Mothersbaugh
N
Naked Eyes Nautilus Pompilius The Neats Nena The Nerves Nervus Rex New Order Nikki & The Corvettes Nine Circles Klaus Nomi The Normal Gary Numan Terri Nunn The Nuns
O
Hazel O'Connor Oingo Boingo One to One Yoko Ono Option 30 Orange Juice Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
P
P-Model The Pale FountainsDrowning in my Nostalgia Philippine Daily Inquirer September 7, 2002 "...bands like..The Pale Fountains...etc. They were more than your average New Wave acts" Robert Palmer (Clues era) Paraf Graham Parker Pearl Harbor and the Explosions Pere Ubu Perfect Peter Perrett Pet Shop Boys The Photos Plastic Bertrand Plastics Platinum Blonde Pointed Sticks ±The Police Polyrock Pražský výběr Prefab Sprout ±The Pretenders Prljavo kazalište The Psychedelic Furs Pukka Orchestra Pylon
R
Re-Flex Real Life Red Rockers Republika Rockpile Romeo Void ±Linda Ronstadt (Mad Love era) The Room ±Roxy Music Darko Rundek
S
Šarlo Akrobata Secret Service Seona Dancing The Sharks Sigue Sigue Sputnik Simple MindsSimple Minds embraced nostalgia at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre|Phoenix New Times The Sinceros Single Bullet Theory Siouxsie and the Banshees Shandi Sinnamon Skids ±Robert Smith Sniff 'n' the Tears The Soft Boys Jimmy Somerville The Sound Spandau Ballet The Specials Ronnie Spector (Siren era) Spider Murphy Gang Spizzenergi Spliff Split Enz Spoons Squeeze ±Sting La Strada Strange AdvanceAllmusic The Stranglers Strawberry Switchblade Jura Stublić Johnny Štulić Suburban Lawns The Suburbs ±Donna Summer (1980s work) The Swimming Pool Q's
T
Talk Talk ±Talking Heads Taxi Girl The Teardrop Explodes Tears for Fears The Telefones Television Ten Ten Termiti Thompson Twins 'Til Tuesday Tin Huey Jun Togawa Tom Tom Club Tonio K Toto Coelo Toy Love Translator Izabela Trojanowska Tubeway Army Tuxedomoon
U
Ultravox The Units Urban Verbs
V
The Vapors Videosex Village People (Renaissance era)
W
The Waitresses Wall of Voodoo Wang Chung When in Rome Kim Wilde The Wild Swans Toyah Willcox Gary Wilson
X XTC
Y
Yachts Yazoo
See also List of post-punk bands List of synthpop artists
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