Lene Lovich is a singer based in the United Kingdom who conflated punk rock and new wave genres - along with a larger-than-life persona - to electrify audiences. Her big hits were "Lucky Number" and "New Toy", released in 1979.

Expansive, Fantastic, In-your-face, Punk, Sexy

Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Auxiliary musicians also frequently made appearances in concert and on the group's albums. The new wave musical style of T

Cool, Pioneering, Punk, Repetition

Ultravox's Midge Ure and Billy Currie teamed up with Steve Strange and members of both Siouxsie and the Banshees to form Visage in 1978. Visage was one of the first New Romantic bands, so called because of their rejection of the austerity inherent in punk rock music. The genre emerged in the London c

Lush, Lyrical, New romantics, Punk

Cyndi Lauper was one of the biggest stars of the early MTV era, selling five million copies of her debut album, She's So Unusual, as well as scoring a string of four Top Ten hits from the record, including the major hits "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time." Lauper's thin, girlish voic

80s synthpop, Punk