Female New Wave Band
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A Female New Wave Band is a new wave band that is a female musical group.
- Context:
- It can typically perform New Wave Music with female vocal styles and female musical perspectives.
- It can typically address Female Experience through new wave musical expression.
- It can typically combine Female Musical Identity with new wave aesthetics and new wave instrumentation.
- It can typically challenge Gender Stereotype through female new wave performance.
- It can often incorporate Feminist Theme into female new wave lyrics.
- It can often blend Synthesizer-Based Sound with female new wave vocal harmonies.
- It can often utilize Visual Style to complement female new wave musical identity.
- It can range from being a Punk-Influenced Female New Wave Band to being a Pop-Oriented Female New Wave Band, depending on its female new wave musical approach.
- It can range from being an Underground Female New Wave Band to being a Mainstream Female New Wave Band, depending on its female new wave commercial success.
- It can range from being a Solo-Fronted Female New Wave Band to being an All-Female New Wave Band, depending on its female new wave membership composition.
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- Examples:
- 1970s Female New Wave Bands (1975-1979), characterized by female new wave pioneering roles, such as:
- Blondie demonstrating female-fronted new wave commercial success.
- The Slits combining female new wave approach with post-punk influences.
- The Raincoats exploring experimental female new wave sounds.
- 1980s Female New Wave Bands (1980-1989), demonstrating female new wave mainstream presence, such as:
- Bananarama creating female new wave pop crossovers.
- The Go-Go's achieving all-female new wave commercial success.
- The Au Pairs addressing feminist new wave political themes.
- Altered Images developing female-fronted new wave quirky aesthetics.
- Regional Female New Wave Band Variations, showing female new wave geographical diversity, such as:
- American Female New Wave Bands, such as:
- British Female New Wave Bands, such as:
- Bow Wow Wow incorporating female new wave vocals with world music influences.
- Strawberry Switchblade developing female new wave gothic aesthetics.
- European Female New Wave Bands, such as:
- Nena (Germany) demonstrating female new wave international success.
- Mecano (Spain) blending female new wave vocals with Spanish cultural references.
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- 1970s Female New Wave Bands (1975-1979), characterized by female new wave pioneering roles, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Male New Wave Bands, which lack female new wave membership.
- Mixed-Gender New Wave Bands, which have male and female new wave membership.
- Female Post-Punk Bands, which emphasize post-punk musical characteristics rather than new wave musical characteristics.
- Female Synth-Pop Bands, which focus primarily on synth-pop musical approaches rather than broader new wave musical approaches.
- Female Punk Bands, which maintain punk aggression rather than new wave melodic sensibility.
- See: New Wave Band, Female Punk Band, Female Synth-Pop Band, Female Post-Punk Band, Women in New Wave Music.