List of Second British Invasion artists

The following is a list of groups and artists associated with the Second British Invasion music phenomenon, that occurred during the early and mid-1980s and was associated with MTV, including new wave music.

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Faber and Faber. pp. 340, 342–3. ISBN 0-571-21570-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fletcher, Tony (2013). Perfect Circle: The Story of REM. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-8571-2853-9. By the time Murmur was released, the American chart was aflow with the likes of Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Haircut 100 and ABC: the fabled Second British Invasion.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Graff, Gary (28 August 1986). "The Second British Invasion: New wave now an old ripple". Spokane Chronicle. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Puterbaugh, Parke (10 November 1983). "Anglomania: The Second British Invasion". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac Kaye, Roger (31 October 1984). "Culture Club, Duran Duran, Police lead second invasion". Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^ "Morales Takes Charge; Vicious Rolls With Loleatta". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 31. 30 July 1994. p. 27. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Booth, Cathy (8 June 1984). "The second British invasion: How It Really Happened". The Prescott Courier. United Press International. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Chiu, David (4 July 2013). "A look back at 1983: The year of the second British Invasion". CBS News. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Frith, Simon; Goodwin, Andrew; Grossberg, Lawrence (1993). Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader. London: Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 0-415-09431-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sujansky, Joanne; Ferri-Reed, Jan (2009). Keeping The Millennials: Why Companies Are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation- and What to Do About It. John Wiley & Sons. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-4704-3851-0.
^ "'The Cure wasn't a band...it was a family,' Cure co-founder on the perils of stardom".
^ Chiu, David (10 July 2015). "Goodbye Is Forever: Duran Duran, Live Aid & the End of the Second British Invasion". Medium. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ Dougherty, Steve (26 August 2011). "The Rocker Who Aged Gracefully". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^ Riccio, Richard (23 August 1991). "Sugar Is Sprinkled with Gems". St. Petersburg Times. p. 94 (Audio Files, p. 21). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ Charry, Eric (2020). A New and Concise History of Rock and R&B through the Early 1990s. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 159–160. ISBN 978-0819578952.

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