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No Wave genre — history, bands and artists

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Geography of No Wave

Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio

Landmark albums of No Wave

Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre

1978
No New YorkVarious Artists
EVOL1986
EVOLSonic Youth
Get It All Out2014
Get It All OutStick Against Stone
From Her to Eternity1984
From Her to EternityNick Cave featuring the Bad Seeds

No Wave by year

How many studio albums of the genre came out each year

Peak — the 1980s22 albums in all

No Wave by country and decade

Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade

Overview

Genre relations

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Subgenres

Subgenres or what No Wave is divided into

Origins

Genres from which No Wave originated

Parent genre

No Wave is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles

Derived genres

Genres that evolved from No Wave

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