The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward. Acts associated with these revivals are found in the list of post-punk revival bands article.
Groups and artists with aliases are listed by the first letter in their name, and individuals are listed by their surname.
Note: ± indicates an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
0–9
The 77s
A
A-ha
ABC
Adam and the Ants
After the Fire
The Alarm
The Aliens
Alisa (early work) Alphaville Altered Images Animotion Adam Ant Any Trouble Joan Armatrading (1980s work) Matthew Ashman Associates The Attractions The Avant Gardeners Azra Aztec Camera
B
The B-52's
B-Movie
Baltimora
Bananarama
The Bangles
Toni Basil
Stiv Bators
The Beat (aka the English Beat) Belouis Some Berlin Big Country Big in Japan Bijelo Dugme ±Blondie Blotto The Bluebells Blue Peter Blurt Boa Book of Love The Boomtown Rats Bow Wow Wow Dale Bozzio The Brains Brygada Kryzys The Buggles Bulevar Buzzcocks
C
±Belinda Carlisle
Joe Carrasco
±The Cars
Catholic Discipline
A Certain Ratio
Cetu Javu
The Chameleons
Chi-Pig
China Crisis
The Church
±The Clash
Climie Fisher
Clocks
Cock Robin
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Comateens
The Comsat Angels
±Alice Cooper (1980s work) ±Elvis Costello Josie Cotton Marshall Crenshaw The Crocodiles Cuddly Toys (Trial and Crosses era) Culture Club ±The Cure Cutting Crew
D
Étienne Daho
Dalek I Love You
The Danse Society
Dead or Alive
Delta 5
±Depeche Mode
Jimmy Destri
Devo
Dexys Midnight Runners
The Distractions
Divinyls
Thomas Dolby
Doll by Doll
The Doll
Dr. Feelgood
The Dream Academy
±Duran Duran
Ian Dury
E
Ebn Ozn
Echo & the Bunnymen
Edin-Ådahl
Električni Orgazam
Eurogliders
±Eurythmics
Everything but the Girl
F
Face to Face
Marianne Faithfull (Broken English era) Fiat Lux Film Fingerprintz Fischer-Z The Fixx Flash and the Pan A Flock of Seagulls The Flying Lizards The Flys Fra Lippo Lippi Frankie Goes to Hollywood Freur Friends Again Robert Fripp Fun Boy Three
G
Gleaming Spires
±The Go-Go's
Vivien Goldman
Richard Gottehrer
Gruppo Sportivo
H
Nina Hagen
Haircut One Hundred
Haustor
Greg Hawkes
Vanessa Briscoe Hay
Bonnie Hayes
Robert Hazard
Heaven 17
Nona Hendryx
John Hiatt (Slug Line era) Hipsway James Honeyman-Scott The Human League Human Sexual Response
I
Icehouse
Ideal
Billy Idol
Idoli
Images in Vogue
Indochine
INXS
J
Joe Jackson
The Jam
Japan
±Billy Joel (Glass Houses era) Matt Johnson Grace Jones Howard Jones Joy Division
K
Kajagoogoo
KaS Product
Nik Kershaw
King
King Crimson (Discipline and Beat era) The Knack Kombi Kora Kult
L
Lady Pank
Laki Pingvini
Annabel Lamb
Robin Lane (early 1980s work) Clive Langer Peter Laughner Cyndi Lauper The League of Gentlemen Thomas Leer Level 42 Jona Lewie Leyton Buzzards Litfiba The Little Girls The Lotus Eaters Lene Lovich Nick Lowe Luna
M
M
Kirsty MacColl
Madness
Martha and the Muffins
Moon Martin
Men at Work
Men Without Hats
The Method Actors
Hilly Michaels
Midnight Oil (early work) Mi-Sex Ministry (early work) Missing Persons Milan Mladenović The MO Models Modern English The Monochrome Set The Motels Mark Mothersbaugh