OC New Wave

Duran Duran

That fatal kiss...

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Pump it up until you can feel it. Pump it up when you don't really need it.

This track can be found on:
The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Bow Wow Wow

So sweet, you make my mouth water.

This track can be found on:
The Best Of Bow Wow Wow
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s - Vol 05
Millennium: 80's New Wave Party

Adam & The Ants

So unplug the jukebox and do us all a favour; that music's lost its taste so try another flavour - Antmusic! Antmusic! Antmusic! Antmusic!

This is the first music video posted to OC New Wave! Enjoy!

This track can be found on (among other releases):
Antics In The Forbidden Zone - Adam Ant
Big Hits - Skinny Ties - New Wave In The UK
Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites - Vol 2

From Rolling Stone:

The Cars have returned -- well, the New Cars, now fronted by Todd Rundgren. Gathered with founding members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes to make the announcement at Los Angeles' House of Blues on Tuesday, Rundgren may have sounded deeper than enigmatic Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, but he had the look down, in glued-on dark shades and a sharply cut sports jacket.

The band -- with a lineup rounded out by Tubes drummer Prairie Prince and bassist Kasim Fulton -- revealed that it will release a compilation of covers of the Cars' greatest hits in May. The newly configured band will also hit the road with recently inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Blondie, for the Road Rage Tour, set to kick off May 12th in Mississippi.

Formed in Boston in 1976 the Cars' original lineup had Ocasek on vocals, Elliot on lead guitar, Hawkes on synthesizer, Benjamin Orr on bass (he died in 2000) and David Robinson on drums. The New Wave act released seven albums before calling it quits in 1988.

For the entire Rolling Stone article, click here.

This is quite possibly the most awesome thing in years. I may have to dye my hair purple in honor of the arrival of DEVO 2.0!

Q: DEVO + Disney = ?

A: DEV2.0

Click on the link for music samples and downloadable videos. There are a lot of good New Wave cover bands around, but this is something totally radical! Do you think they'd be available to book for a New Wave-themed Bat Mitzvah?