No Wave Was A Short-Lived But Influential Art Music Film Performance Art Video And Contemporary Art Scene That Had Its Beginnings During The Mid-1970s In New York City And Continued Into The 1980s Alongside Punk Subculture. The Term No Wave Is In Part Satirical Wordplay Rejecting The Commercial Elements Of The Then-Popular New Wave Genre—a Term Imported Into The New York Contemporary Artworld By Diego Cortez In A Show He Curated Called "New York/New Wave" Held At The Institute For Art And Urban Resources 1981 . In Many Ways No Wave Is Not A Clearly Definable Musical Genre With Consistent Features. Various Groups Drew On Such Disparate Styles As Funk Jazz Blues Punk Rock Avant Garde And Experimental. There Are However Some Elements Common To Most No Wave Music Such As Abrasive Atonal Sounds Repetitive Driving Rhythms And A Tendency To Emphasize Musical Texture Over Melody—typical Of The Early Downtown Music Of La Monte Young. No Wave Lyrics Often Focused On Nihilism And Confrontation. ------ No Wave Is Often Better Defined In Terms Of The Artistic Environment In Which It Thrived The Downtown Scene Of Minimalist Art And The Character Of Performances Typical To Its Context. No Wave Performances Drew Heavily On Performance Art And As A Result Were Often Examples Of A Highly Theatrical Minimalism In Their Renditions. In 1978 A Series Of Punk Rock Influenced Loud Noise Music Was Held At New York’s Artists’ Space That Led To The Brian Eno-Produced Recording No New York. This Recording Was The First Attempt To Define The No Wave Sound Documenting The Contortions Teenage Jesus & The Jerks Mars And DNA. The Noise Fest Was An Influential Festival Of Art Noise Music Curated By Thurston Moore Of Sonic Youth At The Art Space White Columns In June 1981. Sonic Youth Made Their First Live Appearance At This Show. Each Night Three To Five Acts Performed Including Glenn Branca Rhys Chatham Jeffrey Lohn Dog Eat Dog Built On Guilt Rudolph Grey The Avant Squares Mofungo Red Decade Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day Ad Hoc Rock Smoking Section Chinese Puzzle Avoidance Behaviour And Sonic Youth. No Wave Had A Notable Influence On Noise And Industrial Bands Who Formed After Like Big Black Lev Six Helmet And Live Skull. The Theoretical Girls Heavily Influenced Early Sonic Youth Who Then Emerged From This Scene By Creating Music That Eventually Reached Mass Audiences And Critical Acclaim. Also For New Bands Like Liars Ex Models Neptune And Erase Errata The Influence Of The No Wave Scene Was Important. Simon Reynolds Author Of Rip It Up And Start Again Postpunk 1978-1984 Wrote And Although "affection" Is Possibly An Odd Word To Use In Reference To A Bunch Of Nihilists I Do Feel Fond Of The No Wave People. James Chance's Music Actually Stands Up Really Well I Think There Are Great Moments Throughout Lydia Lunch's Long Discography And Suicide's Records Are Just Beautiful. No Wave Music Inspired The Speed Trials Noise Rock Series Organized By Live Skull Members In May 1983 At White Columns With The Music Of The Fall Beastie Boys Sonic Youth Lydia Lunch Elliot Sharp Swans And Arto Lindsay. This Was Followed By The After-Hours Speed Club That Was Fleetingly Established At ABC No Rio. No-Wave Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from No Wave: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.