New Wave Music Kids T-Shirts
Description: By the end of the '70s, XTC were progressing at a rapid pace, and after two albums of kinetic jagged pop laced punk surging through its veins, Drums and Wires showed the band was not about to get stuck in the punk-era rut. This was more than evident on the offbeat single Making Plans for Nigel which hit the U.K. Top 20 and helped the band gain a solid underground following in the U.S. All told, Drums and Wires was the band's first true masterpiece, but hardly their last...
Description: CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar.[2] The letters CBGB were for Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Kristal's original vision for the club. But CBGB soon emerged as a famed and iconic venue for punk rock and new wave bands, including the Ramones, Dead Boys, Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, Madonna and Talking Heads.
Description: I.R.S. Records was a major American record label founded by Miles Copeland III, Jay Boberg, and Carl Grasso in 1979. I.R.S. produced some of the most popular bands of the 1980s, and was particularly known for issuing records by college rock, new wave and alternative rock artists, including R.E.M., The Go-Go's, Wall of Voodoo, and Fine Young Cannibals. Currently the label is distributed by parent company Universal Music Group.
Description: In 1849, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,“ which translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus once said, “the only constant in life is change.” And in 1981, the Talking Heads said, "same as it ever was." If you think about it, they're all right, and really just saying the same thing, as things are always changing, but still staying the same, as change is constant. Or something.
Description: Strawberry Switchblade was a Scottish new wave/pop duo formed in Glasgow in 1981 by Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall. During their five-year run, they released seven singles, and just one self-titled album in 1985. The group is best known for their song "Since Yesterday" from their album, and their flamboyant clothing with bows and polka-dots.
