Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave, often abbreviated NDW) was a genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave music in 1976. The term "Neue Deutsche Welle" was first coined by journalist Alfred Hilsberg, whose article about the movement titled "Neue Deutsche Welle - Aus grauer Städte Mauern" (New German Wave - From walls of gray cities) was published in the magazine Sounds in 1979. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Forms of German music include Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW), krautrock, hamburger schule, volksmusic, German hip hop, Schlager and multiple varieties of folk music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Words and phrases are often created, or coined, by combining existing words, or by giving words new and unique suffixes and/or prefixes. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... “Publisher” redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about compression waves. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

History

The history of the Neue Deutsche Welle consists of two major parts. From its beginnings to 1981, the Neue Deutsche Welle was mostly an underground movement with roots in British punk and New Wave music; it quickly developed into an original and distinct style, influenced in no small part by the different sound and rhythm of the German language which many of the bands had adapted from early on. Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... Sound is a disturbance of mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a wave. ... Rhythm (Greek = flow, or in Modern Greek, style) is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ...

The main centers of the NDW movement during these years were Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover and Hagen as well as, to a lesser extent, the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region, Limburg an der Lahn and Vienna (Austria). This article is about the capital of Germany. ... The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Duesseldorf. ... Location Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE6 First Mayor Ole von Beust (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 3 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  755 km² (292 sq mi) Population 1,754,317 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 2,324 /km² (6,018... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Hagen is the 37th largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Skyscrapers in Downtown Frankfurt The Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, often referred to as Rhine Main Area (German: Rhein-Main Gebiet) or Greater Frankfurt is a Metropolitan Area located in central western Germany, that encompasses parts of three federal states: Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria. ... Limburg an der Lahn (Limburg on the Lahn river) is a German town and the capital of the district Limburg-Weilburg in the west of Hessen. ... “Wien” redirects here. ...

From about 1980 on, the music industry began noticing the Neue Deutsche Welle; however, due to the idiosyncratic nature of the music, the focus shifted to creating new bands more compatible with the mainstream, rather than promoting existing bands. Many one-hit wonders and short-lived bands appeared and were forgotten again in rapid succession, and the overly broad application of the "NDW" label to these bands as well as to almost any German musicians not using English lyrics, even if their music was apparently not influenced at all by the 'original' NDW (including pure Rock bands like BAP or even Udo Lindenberg) quickly led to the decay of the entire genre when many of the original musicians turned their backs in frustration. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The music industry is the industry that creates, performs, promotes, and preserves music. ... Look up mainstream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... UK 45 rpm single for Mickey (1982) by one-hit wonder Toni Basil CD single of the Baha Mens Who Let the Dogs Out? In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only one hit single. ... The rockgroup BAP was founded in 1976 in Cologne, Germany by Wolfgang Niedecken and Hans Heres. ... Udo Lindenberg (born May 17, 1946 in Gronau) is a german rock musician and composer. ...

It was thus no surprise when in 1983 / 1984, the era of the Neue Deutsche Welle came to an early end again, following the oversaturation of the market with what was widely perceived as stereotypical, manufactured hits. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ...

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Notable bands

Underground

• Abwärts
• Andreas Dorau
• Andy Giorbino
• Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft / DAF
• Fehlfarben
• FSK
• Ja Ja Ja
• KeinMenscH!
• Kosmonautentraum
• Liaisons Dangereuses
• Malaria!
• Male
• Mittagspause
• Palais Schaumburg
• Der Plan
• Pyrolator
• S.Y.P.H.
• Sprung aus den Wolken
• Die Tödliche Doris
• The Wirtschaftswunder
• Die Zimmermänner
• Xmal Deutschland

Note: Many of the underground groups were commercially successful; the dichotomy between underground and commercial NDW-groups has more to do with differences in sound, presentation and attitude. DAF is an influential electropunk band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado, guitarist W. Spelmans and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. ... Fehlfarben is a German rock band from Düsseldorf, Germany. ... Thomas Meinecke, Michaela Melián and Carl Oesterheld of FSK (2005) FSK (Freiwillige Selbskontrolle, German meaning voluntary self control) is a German band that was formed in Munich in 1980. ... Liaisons Dangereuses was founded by Beate Bartel (Mania D, Einstürzende Neubauten) and Chris Haas (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft) together with vocalist Krishna Goineau in 1981. ... Palais Schaumburg was a new wave band from Hamburg, Germany. ... Der Plan is a German electronic music group from Düsseldorf, formed in the earlier months of 1979 by Moritz Reichelt (A.K.A. Moritz R), Kai Horn, and Frank Fenstermacher, originally under the name of Weltaufstandsplan (The World Rebellion Plan). This group is considered the pioneer of Neue Deutsche... Die Tödliche Doris (translates to Deadly Doris) was a German performance art and music group based in Berlin. ... Xmal Deutschland was a musical group from Hamburg, Germany. ...

Mainstream

• Andreas Dorau
• DÖF ("Deutsch-österreichisches Feingefühl": Joesi Prokopetz, Manfred Tauchen, Annette Humpe)
• Extrabreit
• Falco
• Felix De Luxe
• Frl. Menke
• Ideal
• IXI
• Geier Sturzflug
• Hubert Kah
• Jawoll
• Joachim Witt
• KIZ
• Markus
• Nena
• Neue Heimat
• Nichts
• Nickerbocker & Biene
• Peter Schilling
• Relax
• Spider Murphy Gang
• Spliff
• Steinwolke
• Trio
• UKW
• United Balls

DÖF (Deutsch-Österreichisches Feingefühl) was a 1980s Austrian-German Neue Deutsche Welle pop band. ... Extrabreit is a German band established in Hagen, Germany in 1978. ... Johann (Hans) Hölzel (February 19, 1957 – February 6, 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was a classical music prodigy turned Austrian hip hop-pop and rock star. ... Frl. ... Ideal (1980) Der Ernst des Lebens (1981) Bi Nuu (1982) Zugabe (1983) Categories: | ... Geier Sturzflug is a German musical group of the Neue Deutsche Welle genre, created in 1979 by Friedel Geratsch. ... Joachim Witt (born February 22, 1949 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German musician and actor. ... Nena (born March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer who became famous with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons in the English version). ... Nichts (lit. ... Peter Schilling (born Pierre Michael Schilling on January 28, 1956, Stuttgart, Germany) is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes (aliens, astronauts, nuclear holocausts, etc. ... The Spider Murphy Gang is a German band from Munich best known for their greatest hit Skandal im Sperrbezirk. Their name probably was inspired by Elvis Presleys song, Jailhouse Rock - in whose lyrics Spider Murphy played the saxophone. ... Spliff was a German New Wave (Neue Deutsche Welle) band in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Trio (1981) album cover Trio (sometimes written TRIO) was a German band that formed in 1980 and disbanded in 1985. ...

External links

German:

• IchWillSpass.de - Die Neue Deutsche Welle im Internet
• Punk-Disco - Discographies of many german punk and NDW bands.
• Back Again – many Infos about NDW Bands
• NDW CDs and DVDs at Amazon

English:

• NDW: The Definitive English Language Resource