New Order was one of the most forward-thinking bands of the ’80s, blending post-punk and still-nascent electronic music in a way that hadn’t been done before and has been co-opted by ...

Maybe they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. That could have been the case during the 1980s for these 20 bands, listed in alphabetical order.

For fans of '80s New Wave music, the Christmas hangover is not quite over yet with Showtime airing documentaries tomorrow on two famous British groups from that era: Duran Duran and New Order.