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 middle 1980s and was associated with MTV, including new wave music.

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A ABC[1][2][3][4] Adam and the Ants[5] After the Fire[3] The Alarm[5] B Bananarama[5] Belouis Some[6] Big Country[5][7] Bow Wow Wow[3][4] C Elvis Costello[5][8] Culture Club[1][2][3][7][9][10] D Def Leppard[5] Depeche Mode[4][5] Dexys Midnight Runners[3] Thomas Dolby[9] Duran Duran[1][2][3][5][7][9] E The English Beat[3] Eurythmics[1][3][5][10] F Fastway[5] A Flock of Seagulls[1][5] The Fixx[3][5] Frankie Goes to Hollywood[8][11] G Eddy Grant[1] H Haircut One Hundred[2] Heaven 17[5] The Human League[1][4][5][7][9] I Billy Idol[3][5] Iron Maiden[5] J Joe Jackson[8] Howard Jones[5][7][8] Joy Division[4] K Kajagoogoo[5] L Nick Lowe[5][12] M Madness[1][5] Modern English[3] N Naked Eyes[5] Gary Numan[5] P Pet Shop Boys[10] The Police[5][8] The Pretenders[5][8] S Soft Cell[2][4] Spandau Ballet[5][7][4] The Specials[4] Squeeze[5] The Style Council[7] T Talk Talk[8] Tears for Fears[10] Thompson Twins[1][3][4][5][7][9] U U2[7] Ultravox[4][5] V Visage[4] W Wham![1][5][8][9][10] Y Paul Young[1][7] See also Second British Invasion List of British Invasion artists References Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Faber and Faber. pp. 340, 342–3. ISBN 0-571-21570-X. 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. Graff, Gary (28 August 1986). "The Second British Invasion: New wave now an old ripple". Spokane Chronicle. Retrieved 25 August 2014. Puterbaugh, Parke (10 November 1983). "Anglomania: The Second British Invasion". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 February 2017. 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. Booth, Cathy (8 June 1984). "The second British invasion: How It Really Happened". The Prescott Courier. United Press International. Retrieved 25 August 2014. Chiu, David (4 July 2013). "A look back at 1983: The year of the second British Invasion". CBS News. Retrieved 8 February 2017. Frith, Simon; Goodwin, Andrew; Grossberg, Lawrence (1993). Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader. London: Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 0-415-09431-3. 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. 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. Further reading Denisoff, R. Serge (1997). Tarnished Gold: The Record Industry Revisted (3rd ed.). Transaction Publishers. p. 441. ISBN 0-8873-8068-9.