NEW WAVE OF NEW WAVE WORDGRID

NEW WAVE OF NEW WAVE

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“THIS IS THE SOUND OF [MY] YOUTH”

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Words to Find	Extra’s – may be funny (probably not though, NWONW hit me at just the right time to take it too heart and live/enjoy it as best I could)
These Animal Men	In my opinion the best of the NWONW bands, had commandments to live by, e.g. ‘Don't be ashamed of your adolescence’
Speeed King	First These Animal Men single, came with a free speed wrap
New Wave Of New Wave	Term invented and popularised by the NME and Melody Maker, after 1.5 – 2 years it became Britpop and most of the bands transferred into the Top 40
SMASH	The other best of the NWONW bands and very political with a big P..
Shagging In The Streets	The first ‘proper’ NWONW release. A compilation single released by Fierce Panda, all the bands had been linked (correctly or wrongly) to NWONW
Gazelles	Footwear of choice, along with Puma States they probably helped foster the trend of reissuing old trainers.
Fanzines	NWONW (and Riot Grrl) were probably the last hurrah for fanzines. The internet was just round the corner and Britpop was so big/mainstream you didn’t need dedicated fans to get the word out and help foster a sense of community.
NME	Used to be a really good music paper when I was in my teens and early twenties. Now mostly full of bands that sound like other, older bands (yes, this bit is tongue in cheek)
Sleeper	Maybe best known for the “Sleeperbloke”. Basically compared to  Louise Wener, the front person/singer, the rest of the band were a bit beige/dull or that was the way the press portrayed them. Probably more of a Britpop band than NWONW, but hey ho.
Elastica	Did Damon Blur write all their songs? Or was that just a bitchy rumour put about by people scared of strong women? Kinda petered out for the usual reasons – musical differences, heroin, etc
Naked City	Pretty good (and sometimes outstanding) channel 4 music show. Early appearance  for Johnny Vaughan (back when he was good, before he went mainstream, etc, etc) and Caitlin Moran (before she went on to greater achievements)
Speed	Drug of choice and helped you fit into your skinny tee-shirts. Although like the first New Wave heroin took over in the last days (for some at least)(our lawyers made us put that last bit in)
Shed Seven	From York and were kinda painted as yokels come down to London Town. Were compared to The Smiths in their early days. Are probably the grandfather for “landfill indie”.
Echobelly	Were compared to The Smiths and got praise from Morrissey (or at least that’s what I remember). If I wasn’t an enlightened being I would probably add that Sonya, the singer, was v cute.
Compulsion	Too me, they had a bit more of a heavy edge, maybe even heavy rock/metal, to them. But this is me remembering them after not hearing them for 15+ years!