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created an overwhelmingly loud "wash of sound" that obscured vocals and melodies with long, droning riffs, distortion, and feedback. Shoegazing bands dominated the
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for control of their own music and relying on local scenes or national sub-cultures to provide an audience. Having enjoyed some success a number of indie acts were able to move into the mainstream, including early indie bands
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issue. In April 1984, 40 of the top 100 singles were from
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with synthesisers and electro beats and was a surprise hit to those outside of the scene. It opened the door for a flood of Asian recording artists in the UK including Apna
Sangeet, Chirag Pehchan, Sangeeta and
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that achieved mainstream popularity in the mid to late 1980s. In the early 1980s hi energy disco had become popular in the gay scene of
American cities like New York and San Francisco with acts like
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respectively. The second generation of British post-punk bands that broke through in the early 1980s, in, tended to move away from dark sonic landscapes. Some, such as
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in their repertoire, but instead usually performed their own compositions, often following the form of punk rock, using additional folk instrumentation, including,
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were mining various rock influences becoming an alternative to the Second Invasion. MTV continued its heavy rotation of videos by Second Invasion acts until 1987.
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gathered them nine top ten hits and two number ones until they broke up in 1986. In the second half of the 1980s, British pop music was dominated by
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3675:Music charts
3614:Music awards
3569:Ethnic music
3467:Contemporary
3433:Protest song
3428:Morris dance
3371:
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1817:The Selecter
1813:The Specials
1806:
1787:Soweto Kinch
1785:, and later
1756:
1742:British jazz
1695:
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1615:discothèques
1592:
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1526:Simon Harris
1522:pirate radio
1514:Tim Westwood
1493:
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1479:Buffalo Gals
1452:
1447:Tim Westwood
1407:
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1397:Roll with It
1373:Culture Club
1365:Phil Collins
1346:
1342:Back to Life
1334:Central Line
1327:
1309:British soul
1238:
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1213:
1178:Howard Jones
1170:Bronski Beat
1162:Thomas Dolby
1122:Depeche Mode
1088:
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1062:Tubeway Army
1039:
1005:Culture Club
974:
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924:sea shanties
881:
839:Napalm Death
800:
757:thrash metal
741:Judas Priest
734:
689:The Haçienda
640:Joy Division
629:
625:Soup Dragons
606:
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585:Orange Juice
581:Aztec Camera
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499:
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457:Joy Division
438:
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404:adding to it
399:
369:Culture Club
327:
309:New Romantic
291:
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271:Please help
266:verification
263:
196:
172:Indian music
151:
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3965:Northumbria
3822:Music media
3773:Glastonbury
3707:Indie chart
3697:Dance chart
3666:MOBO Awards
3631:Brit Awards
3607:performance
3304:Early music
3108:21 December
2921:N. Zuberi,
2834:J. Muncie,
2696:29 November
2494:K. Gelder,
2463:I. Peddie,
2450:B. Sweers,
2361:I. Christe
2303:12 November
2272:12 November
2220:R. Shuker,
2011:Duran Duran
1829:Bad Manners
1783:Gary Crosby
1736:Jazz fusion
1631:House music
1625:House music
1607:disco music
1595:dance music
1510:Dave Pearce
1498:Greg Wilson
1361:David Bowie
1293:Rick Astley
1281:Rick Astley
1253:High Energy
1241:Hazell Dean
1120:as well as
1110:Duran Duran
1094:the Buggles
1090:Trevor Horn
962:David Bowie
936:Billy Bragg
928:gypsy music
904:Celtic rock
896:Celtic punk
876:Billy Bragg
855:Sore Throat
823:death metal
815:blast beats
781:Pagan Altar
769:power metal
765:black metal
761:death metal
745:Iron Maiden
726:Iron Maiden
711:Heavy metal
648:house music
621:The Pastels
485:Gothic rock
479:Gothic rock
377:Duran Duran
353:Romanticism
334:David Bowie
322:Duran Duran
228:gothic rock
208:house music
164:world music
4045:Categories
4016:Montserrat
3955:Manchester
3768:Eisteddfod
3717:Rock chart
3448:Strathspey
3443:Sea shanty
3000:4 February
2974:4 February
2799:2 November
2777:2 November
2633:9 December
2347:12 October
2343:. Allmusic
2321:. Allmusic
2088:S. Frith,
2073:References
2055:The Smiths
2040:Boy George
1865:See also:
1837:Ghost Town
1714:Birmingham
1683:Manchester
1679:Birmingham
1583:Overlord X
1542:Demon Boyz
1483:Newtrament
1465:" (1981),
1422:Simply Red
1399:" (1988).
1385:Eurythmics
1379:" (1983),
1371:" (1982),
1322:Simply Red
1289:Bananarama
1273:Bananarama
1257:Ian Levine
1208:Bananarama
1182:Blancmange
1134:Eurythmics
1074:Gary Numan
966:Bucks Fizz
892:The Pogues
884:folk music
843:crust punk
753:glam metal
705:acid house
685:Madchester
664:shoegazing
623:, and the
589:The Smiths
564:The Smiths
547:Indie rock
541:Indie rock
338:Roxy Music
330:Blitz Club
238:See also:
224:Madchester
220:indie rock
188:The Police
4011:Gibraltar
3980:Yorkshire
3950:Liverpool
3793:The Proms
3783:Knebworth
3763:Edinburgh
3605:Media and
3576:Caribbean
3486:Americana
3481:Afroswing
3476:Afrobeats
3458:Work song
3336:Classical
3297:Art music
3247:8 January
3219:8 January
3193:8 January
3162:M. Haig,
3148:8 January
2722:8 January
2654:G. Wald,
2607:8 January
2582:8 January
2557:8 January
2532:8 January
2325:6 October
2203:8 January
2176:8 January
2023:Billboard
1999:Billboard
1948:Aki Nawaz
1940:punk rock
1905:Southhall
1899:from the
1890:on stage.
1849:dancehall
1791:Acid Jazz
1611:nightclub
1603:Kraftwerk
1569:acid jazz
1546:Hardnoise
1518:John Peel
1485:in 1984.
1353:Tom Jones
1259:and trio
1174:Heaven 17
1150:New Order
1138:Talk Talk
1126:Soft Cell
1066:punk rock
1050:Kraftwerk
1025:Synth-pop
1019:Synth-pop
999:and even
979:music of
977:dance-pop
916:accordion
888:punk rock
867:Folk punk
861:Folk punk
803:distorted
797:Grindcore
791:Grindcore
656:dream pop
636:New Order
560:Morrissey
465:New Order
433:New Order
424:Post-punk
383:Post-punk
351:of early
342:glam rock
285:June 2011
156:post-punk
3996:Anguilla
3989:Overseas
3970:Somerset
3945:Cornwall
3879:The Wire
3844:Kerrang!
3803:Sidmouth
3758:Download
3743:Boomtown
3591:Scotland
3560:Schlager
3506:Scotland
3453:War song
3418:Hornpipe
3319:Scotland
3118:cite web
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