History in Five Songs Episode 310: Struggling with the Greatest New Wave Bands
Update: 2025-06-03
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In Episode 310 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin wrestles with defining the genre and counts down his five favorite—yet genre-challengingly eclectic—new wave bands, kicking off with the Boomtown Rats and Devo in a tightly-defined 1979-focused episode.
- The Boomtown Rats – “Keep it Up”
- Devo – “Blockhead”
- The Police – “No Time This Time”
- The Jam – “Girl on the Phone”
- XTC – “Scissor Man”
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