
No Wave was a short-lived but influential offshoot of punk rock centered in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The term ''No Wave'' was partly a satiric wordplay rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre, and also a declaration of the music's experimental nature: ''No Wave'' music belonged to no fixed style or genre. In many ways, ''No Wave'' is not a clearly definable genre. There is, for example, no fixed harmony as in most Rock and roll and blues music. There are some elements common to many No Wave performers, including abrasive atonal sounds, strong emphasis on repetitive rhythm, and more emphasis on mood and texture than on conventional melody. Lyrics often focused on nihilism and confrontation ("little orphans running thru the bloody snow/no more ankles and no more clothes"-Teenage Jesus and the Jerks), or were puzzlingly abstract. No Wave also drew on Performance Art. DNA (band), for example, was formed by three people with little or no experience playing musical instruments or performing live. Rather than play songs using "proper" methods, DNA quickly utilized their naïveté and played strikingly unique sounds. Performers classified as No Wave generally had little music style in common: Various groups drew on such disparate styles as funk, jazz, blues, heavy metal music, aleatoric music and punk rock. Mars (band), Swans (band) and The Static, experimented with extremely loud, droning music that was frequently characterized by repetitive drumbeats and explicitly nihilistic lyrics. No Wave had an important impact on Noise music and Industrial music who formed after, like Big Black, Lev Six, Helmet (band), and Live Skull. Sonic Youth emerged from this scene by creating music-as-art that eventually reached mass audiences and critical acclaim. The Brian Eno-produced album ''No New York'' is perhaps the best example of this genre, featuring songs by Mars (band), Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, DNA (band) and James Chance.. List of No Wave artists: * DNA (band) * Swans (band) * Liars (band) * Bill Laswell * Oh!Belgium (Band) * Kiosk (Band) ==See also== * Punk rock * Art rock * Glenn Branca * Post punk ==External Links== * http://nowave.pair.com/no_wave/ New York No Wave Photo Archive No Wave
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What about modern forms of no wave? Bands like Blonde Redhead, Deerhoof, Numbers, Tamion 12 Inch, would they be considered current versions of no wave? Some info on current music/bands should be added maybe. - User:Milk 08:35, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) I think it would make more sense to talk about contemporary bands influenced by No Wave. If there was any post-1980 band that sounded anything at all like the original No Wave bands it was God Is My Co-Pilot, who denied repeatedly that what they were doing was No Wave. User:Rosquet 23:20, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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No Wave was a short-lived but influential offshoot of punk rock centered in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The term ''No Wave'' was partly a satiric wordplay rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre, and also a declaration of the music's experimental nature: ''No Wave'' music belonged to no fixed style or genre. In many ways, ''No Wave'' is not a clearly definable genre. There is, for example, no fixed harmony as in most Rock and roll and blues music. There are some elements common to many No Wave performers, including abrasive atonal sounds, strong emphasis on repetitive rhythm, and more emphasis on mood and texture than on conventional melody. Lyrics often focused on nihilism and confrontation ("little orphans running thru the bloody snow/no more ankles and no more clothes"-Teenage Jesus and the Jerks), or were puzzlingly abstract. No Wave also drew on Performance Art. DNA (band), for example, was formed by three people with little or no experience playing musical instruments or performing live. Rather than play songs using "proper" methods, DNA quickly utilized their naïveté and played strikingly unique sounds. Performers classified as No Wave generally had little music style in common: Various groups drew on such disparate styles as funk, jazz, blues, heavy metal music, aleatoric music and punk rock. Mars (band), Swans (band) and The Static, experimented with extremely loud, droning music that was frequently characterized by repetitive drumbeats and explicitly nihilistic lyrics. No Wave had an important impact on Noise music and Industrial music who formed after, like Big Black, Lev Six, Helmet (band), and Live Skull. Sonic Youth emerged from this scene by creating music-as-art that eventually reached mass audiences and critical acclaim. The Brian Eno-produced album ''No New York'' is perhaps the best example of this genre, featuring songs by Mars (band), Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, DNA (band) and James Chance.. List of No Wave artists: * DNA (band) * Swans (band) * Liars (band) * Bill Laswell * Oh!Belgium (Band) * Kiosk (Band) ==See also== * Punk rock * Art rock * Glenn Branca * Post punk ==External Links== * http://nowave.pair.com/no_wave/ New York No Wave Photo Archive No Wave
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What about modern forms of no wave? Bands like Blonde Redhead, Deerhoof, Numbers, Tamion 12 Inch, would they be considered current versions of no wave? Some info on current music/bands should be added maybe. - User:Milk 08:35, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) I think it would make more sense to talk about contemporary bands influenced by No Wave. If there was any post-1980 band that sounded anything at all like the original No Wave bands it was God Is My Co-Pilot, who denied repeatedly that what they were doing was No Wave. User:Rosquet 23:20, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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