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The Women of New Wave, Part 2!

See part 1: THE DOLL -"TRASH" (1978)
   • THE DOLL -"TRASH" (1978)  


Here's the second wave of New Wave, when MTV broke it through to the mainstream and rewrote modern pop music. The mod clothes and keyboard power pop of Blondie set the template, along with Debbie Harry's rock'n'roll spin on Marilyn Monroe.

BLONDIE w/ Debbie Harry (NYC, 75); Kim Wilde (London, 81); MISSING PERSONS w/ Dale Bozzio (LA,80); BERLIN w/ Terri Nunn (LA,79); ALTERED IMAGES w/ Clare Grogan (Glasgow, 79); postpunk duo FAMILY FODDER w/ Dominique Levillain (Europe, 80); THE GO-GO'S (LA, 78); BOW WOW WOW w/ Anabella Lwin (London, 80); punker HAZEL O'CONNOR (Coventry, 80); art pop diva KATE BUSH (Kent, UK, 78); THE PRETENDERS w/ Chrissie Hynde (Akron/London, 78); PAT BENATAR (Brooklyn, 78); NENA w/ Nena Kerner (Hagen, 81); TONI BASIL (Philadelphia, 82); SCANDAL w/ Patty Smyth (NYC, 81); THE MOTELS w/ Martha Davis (LA, 78); THE WAITRESSES w/ Tracy Wormworth and Patty Donahue (Kent, OH, 81); MARTHA & The MUFFINS (Toronto, 79); ROMEO VOID w/ Debora Iyall (San Francisco, 79); GRACE JONES (Jamaica, 77); EURYTHMICS w/ Annie Lennox (London, 80); BLUE ANGEL (NYC, 80) which unleashed CYNDI LAUPER (83); DONNA SUMMER (Boston, 76); THOMPSON TWINS w/ Alannah Currie (London, 77); Wendy & Lisa from PRINCE & The REVOLUTION (Minneapolis, 84); Debbie's heir apparent MADONNA (Detroit, 82); TIL TUESDAY w/ Aimee Mann (Boston, 85); soul sisters Aretha Franklin & Annie Lennox; TINA TURNER in "MAD MAX III: BEYOND THUNDERDOME" (85); THE BANGLES (LA, 81); DIVINYLS w/ Christina Amphlett (Sydney, 80); ANIMOTION w/ Astrid Plane (USA, 83); BANANARAMA (London, 79); GIRLS NEXT DOOR who led to AMERICAN GIRLS, featuring m.v.p. Brie Howard (Fanny) (LA, 86); Blondie-redux TRANSVISION VAMP w/ Wendy James (London, 88); Bjork and THE SUGARCUBES (Iceland, 86); and GOODBYE MR. MACKENZIE w/ Shirley Manson (before Garbage) (Edinburgh, 84).

They are the mothers of Garbage, The Cardigans, The Sounds, Pink, Gwen Stefani, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Le Tigre, Mary J. Blige, Meshell Ndegeocello, The Gossip, Metric, Polysics, Gravy Train, and Peaches.


FAMILY FODDER was a postpunk collective centered around Alig Pearce, with Dominique Levillain singing. Of all their eclectic works, it's her "Debbie Harry" they're remembered for, with its obsessive idol worship and crazed lines blurring homage and satire.

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