[ifinnegan]

“Still listen to First Wave”

What was “ first wave” “new wave.”?

I’m curious.

[SamAdams76]

I think Sirius just came up with "First Wave" as a name for their station. Probably to differentiate itself from the "Lithium" channel which focuses on 1990s grunge, which at the time still fell under the "new wave" umbrella.

New Wave was a late 1970s to mid 1980s kind of thing. I was really into that music at that time but over the years, people tended to name acts like Flock of Seagulls, Culture Club and Duran Duran as epitomizing the genre.

I was more into more obscure New Wave such as Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Joy Division and Gary Numan & The Tubeway Army, which you don't hear too much of these days.