Camouflage – Voices & Images 30 Years Later
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The dabbling of Depeche Mode into the dark fringes of New Wave/Synthpop, via their 1986 album, Black Celebration, contributed to the flourishing in the late '80s of what became Dark Wave. Of the bands that followed the gloomy footsteps and cold drumbeats of the influential...
All About Eve's Self-titled Debut Turns 30
Of all the Gothic-inspired bands that made their mark in the late '80s, All About Eve was one of the few that stood out of the flock. This may be attributed to the English outfit's music being rooted more on Folk than on Rock, thus...
The Candyskins' Fun? 25 Years Later
A slew of bands that have been lumped also under the banner of Alternative/Indie Rock in the 1990s, whose music may be described as a melodic kind of Punk or which resided within the sonic spectrum of Post-Punk New Wave, unluckily fell off the radar...
Jesus Jones – Perverse Turns 25
As the 1990s commenced, the Alternative music scene became commercially vibrant again, courtesy of the emergence of stylish young bands that melded elements of Electronic Dance Music with the sharp, spiky, and shiny angularity of Indie Rock, resulting in a hybrid of New Order–inspired kind...
Robyn Hitchcock & Egyptians – Globe of Frogs 30 Years Later
The legacy of the English Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist Robyn Hitchcock stretches far back to his tenure as the frontman/leader of the 1976-forming The Soft Boys ("The Queen of Eyes"). Despite its being short-lived - disbanding in 1980 after releasing only two albums, 1979's A Can...
Peter Murphy – Love Hysteria 30 Years Later
Any enthusiast of Gothic/New Wave music knew Peter Murphy as the charismatic frontman of the iconic English Post-Punk Gothic band Bauhaus, which was among the prime and pioneering purveyors of the genre, in the early '80s. Sadly, Bauhaus disbanded in 1983, reuniting only in 1998,...
The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? 25 Years Later
One of the bands that dominated the Alternative Rock music scene in the vibrant 1990s were The Cranberries. Armed with the brash sonic and lyrical strength of their breakthrough Grunge-influenced single "Zombie," which hit number-one on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks Chart and with its...
The Primitives – Lovely At 30
After The Primitives released in 1988 its single "Crash," this immediately became a chart-topping hit, placing at number-five on the U.K. Singles Chart and at number-three on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks. However, the English band spent six years more before it was able to...
U2 – War 35 Years Later
Ireland's unwavering, glorious sons U2 soared to mountainous ranges after the worldwide success of their critically acclaimed fifth, 1987's The Joshua Tree. However, in fairness to the prolific, enduring, and eternally relevant Post-Punk New Wave band that was formed in 1976, in Dublin, Ireland, they...
Camel's Debut Album Turns 45
No music genre has ever escaped the claws and fangs of snobbery (at the least) and derogation (at most) from the tone-deaf ears and wicked hands of scoop-hungry media and only-hits music listeners. Pop, Hip-Hop, Metal, New Wave, and even the grandiose Progressive Rock have...