New wave of new wave
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{{Infobox music genre
| name = New wave of new wave
| stylistic_origins = * Alternative rock
| cultural_origins = Early 1990s, United Kingdom
| derivatives = Post-punk revival
}}
The new wave of new wave (NWONW) was a term coined by music journalists to describe a subgenre of the British alternative rock scene in the early 1990s, in which bands displayed post-punk and new wave influences, particularly from bands such as the Clash, Blondie, Devo, Squeeze, XTC, Wire, and the Stranglers.Childs, Peter & Storry, Mike (1999) Encyclopaedia of Contemporary British Culture, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0-415-14726-2}}, p. 365.
History
The associated bands generally played guitar-based rock music often accompanied by keyboards. The movement was short-lived, and several of the bands involved were later linked with the more commercially successful Britpop, which it immediately preceded, and the NWONW was described by John Harris of The Guardian (one of the journalists who first coined the term){{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/mar/17/romo-skunk-rock-shroomadelica-music-genres |title=Romo, skunk rock, shroomadelica … the music genres that never made it |last1=Allen |first1=Jeremy|date=17 March 2014 |website=theguardian.com|access-date=19 March 2014}} as "Britpop without the good bits".Harris, John (2006) [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/oct/13/electronicmusic.popandrock "The new wave of old rubbish"], The Guardian, 13 October 2006. The NME played a major part in promoting and covering the genre, and promoted the "On" event, which featured many of the bands they had labelled NWONW.Larkin, Colin (2006) The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Oxford University Press.
Notable examples
Record label Fierce Panda's first release, Shagging in the Streets, was a tribute to the scene, featuring S*M*A*S*H, Done Lying Down, These Animal Men, and others. Associated bands have included Elastica, S*M*A*S*H, Menswear,Wolk, Douglas (1995) "Menswear - Nuisance, London", CMJ New Music Monthly, December 1995. Sleeper, Echobelly, Shed Seven,Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 965. These Animal Men,Vazquez, Michael (1995) "These Animal Men - (Come On, Join) The High Society Review", CMJ New Music Monthly, May 1995. and Compulsion.
Legacy
Robert Christgau identified the mid-1990s NWONW movement as the peak of a new wave revival that has continued on and off since, stating in 1996, "1994 was the top of a curve we can't be certain we've reached the bottom of".Christgau, Robert (1996) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/recess-det.php "How to Beat the Law of Averages"], from Details, 1996.
References
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