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Culture Club: The Untold Story of Boy George and the 80s Pop Revolution

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · 10d

Culture Club, the band that defined their own sound and style in the 1980s. From their meteoric rise with hits like “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”, to the scandals, struggles, and personal battles that almost tore them apart.

Simple Minds: Forgotten Gems & Underrated Tracks

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · 20d

Think you know Simple Minds? I explore the songs beyond their big hits, uncovering hidden gems and underrated tracks that showcase their incredible artistry. Discover a whole new side to the band and hear the music by following the links in the description.

Andy Fletcher: Depeche Mode’s Silent Anchor

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · 21d

Andy Fletcher and Depeche Mode’s journey shaped one of the most influential electronic bands in history. This video celebrates not only Fletch’s vital role as the silent anchor behind the legendary band but also the man himself his life humour and lasting impact.

Music Video: The New Romantics

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · 28d

You mean "We Can get Together"? Yes it's very nice indeed :)

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · 28d

RIP Stephen Luscombe (Blancmange)

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Sep 2

Think you know Simple Minds? 𝗢𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 I explore the songs beyond their big hits, uncovering 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 that showcase their incredible artistry. Discover a whole new side to the band and hear the music you might have missed.

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Aug 30

This is a self-made instrumental tribute inspired by the New Romantic movement in England (UK) around 1980-1981.

The New Romantics: Style, Sound and Nightlife in Early 80s Britain

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Aug 28

The early British New Romantic movement comes alive as I explore the music, fashion and nightlife that defined a generation.

Icehouse - Great Southern Land (80s NWM Cover)

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Aug 17

I don't hear much 80s new romantic in it and its promoted as EDM on your soundvcloud. Please don't spam my page.

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Aug 16

This is a self-made instrumental cover of the Icehouse song “Great Southern Land” created in the style of 80s new wave.

Icehouse: Primitive Man - The Synth-Pop Game Changer in a Rock Natio

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Aug 16

The video will be delayed until 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝟴𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗘𝗧 (𝟳𝗽𝗺 𝗨𝗞 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝟮𝗽𝗺 𝗨𝗦 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲)

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Aug 2

Step back into the vibrant world of early 80s Britain as I explore the music, fashion and nightlife that defined a generation. In my new video 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟴𝟬𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻.
Online Friday 16 August at 3 PM CET (9 AM Eastern Time, 6 AM Pacific Time).

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Aug 1

Icehouse: Primitive Man - The Synth-Pop Game Changer in a Rock Nation. The video takes a fresh look at how this album brought a distinct European synth pop sound to the Australian music scene at a time when rock ruled.

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Icehouse - Great Southern Land (80s NWM Cover), by 80s New Wave Music

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jul 30

The video 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝓒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 will go public on 𝐟𝐫𝐢. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝟑𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐓 (𝟗𝐀𝐌 𝐄𝐒𝐓)
Listen to the background music from the forthcoming video. 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 - 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝. Enjoy! :)

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Steve Strange: A Star That Never Stopped Shining

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jul 25

A tribute to the legendary Steve Strange - trailblazer of the New Romantic movement, frontman of Visage, and the heart of London’s most iconic nightclub - Blitz Club. From music and fashion to fearless self-expression, Steve lit up the world in his own extraordinary way.

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jul 21

On 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐓 (𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐄𝐒𝐓) I will be releasing a new video titled 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The review-video takes a fresh look at how this album brought a distinct European synth pop/new wave sound to the Australian music scene.

Adam & The Ants: The Band That Stood and Delivered

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jul 19

This video looks back at the rise and impact of Adam and the Ants, one of the most unique and theatrical bands to break through in early 80s Britain.

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Simple Minds - Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel (80s NWM Cover)

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jul 12

This is a self-made instrumental cover of Simple Minds' song “Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel”.
#simpleminds #newgolddream #coverversion #80sNewWaveMusic

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jul 3

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝
𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝐩𝐦 𝗖𝗘𝗧 / 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐓.
𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉-𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝐩𝐦 𝗖𝗘𝗧 / 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐓. This video looks back at the rise and impact of...

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jul 1

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 "𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐓 / 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐄𝐓.
A tribute to the legendary Steve Strange - trailblazer of the New Romantic movement, frontman of Visage, and the heart of London’s most iconic nightclub, Blitz Club

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80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jun 30

A new documentary is in the works - and this time, I want you to choose the focus!

A new documentary is in the works - and this time, I want you to choose the focus! All three of these artists helped shape the sound and style of the '80s, b...

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Duran Duran: The Album That Started It All

80s New Wave Music 🎶 @80snewwavemusic.social · Jun 27

Duran Duran: The Album That Started It All is a short documentary looking back at how the band came together and made their iconic debut album in 1981.
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