Transmission

Side projects of the 80s New Wave era

by Jake Rudh

July 21, 2023

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Tom Tom Club, self-titled album
Tom Tom Club, self-titled albumSire Records

This week on Transmission, we're featuring side projects of the 80s New Wave era — and there were a lot of them: from Talking Heads, Duran Duran and The Cure, to New Order, Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC and more. These musicians packed so much talent, they needed to extend them outside the borders of their own bands. We're gonna check out those other bands on the program.

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'All the Rage' is the debut studio album by English new wave band General Public, released on January 28, 1984.
I.R.S. Records
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The Power Station — a supergroup comprising Robert Palmer, Tony Thompson of Chic, and Andy and John Taylor from Duran Duran — released their self-titled debut album on March 25, 1985.
Capitol Records
Side projects of the 80s New Wave era