This article is about the music genre. For the album by Music Revelation Ensemble, see No Wave (album).
No wave
Stylistic origins
Punk rock
avant-garde
noise
funk
disco
jazz
free jazz
experimental rock[1]
art rock[2]
Cultural origins
Late 1970s, New York City
Derivative forms
Avant-funk[3]
punk jazz
Other topics
Art punk
avant-punk
industrial
new wave
noise pop
noise rock
post-punk
timeline of punk rock
No wave was an avant-garde music genre and visual art scene which emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City.[4][5] The term was a pun based on the rejection of commercial new wave music.[6] Reacting against punk rock's recycling of rock and roll clichés, no wave musicians instead experimented with noise, dissonance, and atonality, as well as non-rock genres like free jazz, funk, and disco.[7][8][9] The scene often reflected an abrasive, confrontational, and nihilistic world view.
The movement was short-lived but highly influential in the music world. The 1978 compilation No New York is often considered the quintessential testament to the scene's musical aesthetic.[10] Aside from the music genre, the no wave movement also had a significant influence in independent film (no wave cinema), fashion, and visual art.[11]
^Lawrence, Tim (2009). Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973–1992. Duke University Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-8223-9085-5.
^Leone, Dominique (20 June 2004). "Black Dice: Creature Comforts Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^Murray, Charles Shaar (October 1991). Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution. Macmillan. p. 205. ISBN 9780312063245. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^Cite error: The named reference romanowski was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Masters 2007, p. 5.
^Pearlman 2003, p. 188.
^McLaren, Trevor (17 February 2005). "James Chance and the Contortions: Buy". Retrieved 17 September 2013.
^"NO!: The Origins of No Wave". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^No Wave at AllMusic
^Masters, Marc (2008). No Wave. New York City: Black Dog Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-906155-02-5.
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