What are some good post-punk/new wave songs/bands?

Question

What are some good post-punk/new wave songs/bands?

Answer 1

cool question



NEW WAVE:

Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming, Ant Music, Kings of the Wild Frontier, Stand and Deliver

Blondie - X Offender, Rip Her to Shreds, One Way or Another

B-52's - Private Idaho, Rock Lobster, Love Shack

Elvis Costello - Alison, Pump it Up, Everyday I Write a Book

The Cars - Shake it up, Moving in Stereo, Just What I Needed, My Best Friends Girl



PUNK:

Bad Brains - Banned in DC, Big Take Over, Sacred Love, I Against I, Sailin On, FVK

Dead Kennedys - Chemical Warfare, California Uber Alles, Holiday in Cambodia

Ramones - Judy is a Punk, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, Rock n Roll High School, Outsider

The Clash - Garageland, London Calling, Janie Jones, WHite Riot, I Fought th Law, Spanish Bombs, 1977

Sex Pistols - EMI, Seventeen, No Feelings, God Save the Queen, Anarchy in the UK

Husker Du - Pride, Pink Turns Blue, Never Talking to You Again, Donty Wanna Know if your Lonley

Minutemen - Green River, Viet Nam, Corona, Cohesion, I Felt Like a ******

Flipper - Shed No Tears, Living for the Depression, Sex Bomb, Nothing, Way of the World

Iggy Pop/Stooges - The Passenger, Sixteen, Search and Destroy, Raw Power, I Need Somebody

MC5 - Motor City is Burning, I Want you Right Now, High School, Kick Out the Jams

Joy DIvision - New Dawn Fades, Isolation, Disorder, Transmission

The Smiths - How Soon is Now, Bigmouth Strikes Again, Charming Man

Gang of Four - Naturals Not It, Damaged Goods, Anthrax



good luck, hope you liked some of these :)



edit: sorry i didnt realize you said post punk, some of those are post punk and some are new wave, hardcore, protopunk, and old school punk

Answer 2

properly that's a record that's complete to assert the least, i could say you have have been given maximum bases lined. yet indexed right here are some i could upload for the sake of it... The Pretenders (1980) - The Pretenders The Lexicon of love (1981) - ABC in the city (1977) - The Jam that's the trendy international (1977) - The Jam All Mod Cons (1978) - The Jam putting Sons (1979) - The Jam Sound impacts (1980) - The Jam The present (1982) - The Jam Fried (1984) - Julian Cope The Boomtown Rats (1977) - The Boomtown Rats A Tonic For The Troops (1978) - The Boomtown Rats The superb artwork Of Surfacing (1979) - The Boomtown Rats Mngo Bongo (1981) - The Boomtown Rats October (1981) - U2 conflict (1983) - U2

Answer 3

New Wave Songs Youtube

Answer 4

Joy Division

The Prids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECqKFUJg_gU

Erase Errata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSwUY2-EfD8

The Epoxies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VvenOWt8xE&feature=related

Devo

Motormark

-http://robotsound.com/files/motormark-you're_all_talk.mp3

Die! Die! Die!

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9f4w9SXEc

Gang Of Four

The Jesus & Mary Chain

The Mekons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQ6DLwV9CI

Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound

Telephone

http://www.myspace.com/telephone

Wire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdNS4g8vOnc

Mission Of Burma

Striplight

http://memusic.metro.co.uk/users/striplight

New Order

Green Circles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8c1vNhf4E

Answer 5

Public Image Ltd

Rise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzNjmIWbns4

This Is Not A Love Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aumejrcEHs&feature=related

Happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZH8lrwAUfo

Armada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqD6eM_HT40

Memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srrsYvAnUGg&feature=related



Damn good band , Lydon rocks

Answer 6

Vine Yard

www.myspace.com/vineyard

Answer 7

Check out the band ColdSweat & their song 'World Like This'! Their album is awesome from start to finish & their song, 'World Like This', is currently ranked in the top 5 Indie-Music Artists songs.



World Like This - http://www.indie-music.com/bands/chart.php?order=1&chart_days=60&pagenum=1&pagebreak=20&&header_template=logo_chart_header.tpl&row_template=chart_1_row.tpl&footer_template=logo_footer.tpl&genre=Hard%20Rock



ColdSweat's long awaited CD 'Reinvent' is finally available. It features the hits 'World Like This', 'Done To Me', 'Cutter', and 'Plastic Overhead'.



Album is available online at:

ITunes

CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/coldsweat

Digstation: http://www.digstation.com (Search for ColdSweat)





Or, order the singles off their webpage.

Check out their webpage:



Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/coldsweat



GarageBand: http://www.garageband.com/artist/coldsweatmusic



Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/ColdSweat/10906512740?ref=search&sid=186700736.2019005495..1

Answer 8

Reel Big Fish, Public Image LTD and The Exploited.

Answer 9

Try these guys: http://myspace.com/helearns



He Laughs, He Learns, He Loves



Very good band :) they just broke up though :(

Answer 10

Karnivool

Answer 11

Here's just some off the top of my head - I need to think more about other bands.



These particular ones, represent New Wave.



The greatness of New Wave -- is that the Bands do NOT sound similar.



New Wave was more of a "movement" of Fresh Ideas --



Ultravox! -- "Slow Motion"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NBjV95lClY



"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" & "Don't Worry About the Government"

( from Talking Heads: 77 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBiRthbmiAE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwvxWQP9Bxc



"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel"; "With Our Love"; "The Good Thing"; "Warning Sign"; "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls"; "Found a Job"; "The Big Country"

( from Talking Heads -- "More Songs About Buildings and Food -- 1978 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvvcTR5yjzk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8N_GNFI5fw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOnWnhyvuE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbuei9AIq9U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZEw_I45Tok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uqBkiVV5A



"I Zimbra"; "Mind"; "Paper"; "Cities"; "Memories Can't Wait"; "Air"; "Animals"

( from Talking Heads -- "Fear of Music" -- 1979



"Born Under Punches"; "Crosseyed and Painless"; "The Great Curve"; "Once in a Lifetime"; "Houses in Motion"; Seen and Not Seen"; "Listening Wind"; "The Overload"

( from Talking Heads -- "Remain in Light" -- 1980 )



"Definitive Gaze"; "My Tulpa"; "Shot by Both Sides"; "Recoil"; "Burst"; "The Light Pours Out of Me"

( from Magazine -- "Real Life" -- 1978 ) -- BEST NEW WAVE ALBUM, EVER :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oGLuoxl_bo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPECAE6Wgag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFEaTCP3vOc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybUqM8jf3mU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAv8W1kJTMI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJDY0w-lR0c



"Rhythm of Cruelty"; "Back to Nature"; "Permafrost"

( from Magazine -- "Secondhand Daylight" -- 1979 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUOdWKEoU7M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfIPOHZp0d4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0jhPkOwhg



"Because You're Frightened"; "Model Worker"; "Philadelphia"; "I Want to Burn Again"; "Stuck"; "A Song from Under the Floorboards"

( from Magazine -- "The Correct Use of Soap" -- 1979 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMIrsdiPlc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5tlWeIh4WU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNHk9_wosp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hq5ZrAxPGk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFNkl7t3zo



"Uncontrollable Urge"; "Mongoloid"; "Jocko ****"; "Come Back Jonee"; "Sloppy"; "Shrivel Up"

( from DEVO -- "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" -- 1978 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnAXb6gmbOc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmf7r_37eA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrT0M_XGZE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNe-oiVFmqY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekwlo9GfId8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo7pxIm4ljw



"Planet Claire"; "52 Girls"; "Rock Lobster"

( from The B-52's -- "The B-52's" -- 1979 )



"Puppet Life"; "Babylon"; "Obsession";

( from Punishment of Luxury -- "Laughing Academy" )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfihPasK4uE

( the one above cannot even come close to the Studio version, which I cannot find.

( Can't find "Babylon" either >:(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJxIX-8iHs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYgFWdjb_e8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xvrI4XLcFw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZbSYX50r90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcnOj0XmzFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgI5ZlrP6zk



The band "Wire" is now considered Post-Punk, though this album was New Wave at the time.



Wire - "154" ( my fave album :) --



"The 15th"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV9MIQGgTEo

"On Returning"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV9MIQGgTEo

Map Ref. 41°N 93°W

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ2RvSHK_B8

A mutual friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB1IvdNvUak

The Other Window"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIlWVxbZLM

Blessed State

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8XdJ1Qjkk

Two People in a Room

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MQ2m-KhetU



Tubeway Army --



Steel and You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLDDEGaytE

Listen to the Sirens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvZuP3mNWo

Bombers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGCS0dRv1HM

Friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT83bIQz1aM

It Must Have Been Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7opX35qIJs

Are You Real?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ryh7LYgj0

Something's in the House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ204XKxVPY

The Dream Police

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xquZ_OXtxdU

My Love Is a Liquid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUbIYKJHmDg

Everyday I Die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQeswklQu-Q

My Shadow in Vain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbQYtXdIk7I

Zero Bars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daRoVWsyXh4

The Life Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkygBknsmKs

Are Friends Electric?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0WNbm1jz6A

Down In the Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7_t3kw24Ws

Me I Disconnect from You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnVDn2Y0aHE



Gary Numan --

Airlane ( the track that waved the Green Flag for Cold Wave!!! )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2zNkMJZ_mU

I Die You Die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skba-rb2Fo0



Edit --



XTC --



Funk Pop A Roll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngOjVt0X1i4

Radios in Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtE0qaUsNiY

Statue of Liberty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhY1GX5dhU

Meccanik Dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOpkwWSaNAs

Helicopter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPqLPEeC5g

Complicated Game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9GIxfbfob0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIT90_7hOVc

Burning with Optimism's Flames

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ips-W3p7I

Deliver Us from the Elements

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kwE_yUz5tY

Roads Girdle The Globe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8OZ9bUPeYY

That's Really Super, Supergirl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ws8trjL0I

Day in Day Out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4768WEVkVU

Wake Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4zJOYd1cj8

Frost Circus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IJuaGkoVs4

In Loving Memory Of A Name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9HAprhtrPM

Jump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMPcI12ulds

Beating Of Hearts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7JTm0f7mk

Ten Feet Tall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiZttJA7Srw

Human alchemy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIvBapIAn64



Gruppo Sportivo --



Tokyo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZlF93eVtQ

Beep Beep Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KSXXqN98yo

Henri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhzafEYlwU

I said No

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL9uhhS37tg

I Shot My Manager

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e3D6xSsMco

Mission a Paris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oupugq0WvHM

Disco Really Made It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkfm-caYFI



Looking at the answer below me --



Definitely "Adam & The Ants" were New Wave and ahead of their time !!



Great list, btw, Johnny !! :)

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