New Wave: Dare to be Different

New Wave: Dare to be Different

95 mins | Documentary, Music | April 27, 2017

U2, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Clash, The Cure: Over half a billion records sold but you may never have heard of them if not for a small suburban radio station on Long Island, NY: WLIR. In August, 1982, a small group of radio visionaries knew they couldn't compete with the mega-stations in New York City. With one brave decision, they changed the sound of radio forever. Program Director Denis McNamara, the 'LIR crew and the biggest artists of the era tell the story of how they battled the FCC, the record labels, mega-radio and all the conventional rules to create a musical movement that brought the New Wave to America.

New Wave: Dare to be Different

95 mins | Documentary, Music | April 27, 2017

New Wave: Dare to be Different
U2, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Clash, The Cure: Over half a billion records sold but you may never have heard of them if not for a small suburban radio station on Long Island, NY: WLIR. In August, 1982, a small group of radio visionaries knew they couldn't compete with the mega-stations in New York City. With one brave decision, they changed the sound of radio forever. Program Director Denis McNamara, the 'LIR crew and the biggest artists of the era tell the story of how they battled the FCC, the record labels, mega-radio and all the conventional rules to create a musical movement that brought the New Wave to America.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Roger Senders Productions, Jomyra Productions
Original title New Wave: Dare to be Different
Directors Ellen Goldfarb
Writers Jay Reiss

Cast

Debbie Harry

as Herself - Blondie - Singer / Songwriter

Joan Jett

as Herself - The Runaways, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Singer / Songwriter

Billy Idol

as Himself - Singer / Songwriter

Nick Rhodes

as Himself - Duran Duran - singer / songwriter / keyboards

Nancy Abramson

as Herself - WLIR - DJ

M. King Adkins

as Himself

Ron Alexenburg

as Himself - record executive

Sam Ash

as Himself - Sam Ash Music - owner

Tom Bailey

as Himself - The Thompson Twins - lead singer

Ivan Baker

as Himself - Ivan Ivan - producer, manager, executive, DJ

Jeff Beck

as Himself - WLIR - production director / DJ

Eric Bloom

as Himself - Blue Oyster Cult - lead singer

Delphine Blue

as Herself - WLIR - DJ

George Cheyne

as Himself - APB

Vince Clarke

as Himself - Producer, Depeche Mode / Yaz / Yazoo / Erasure - keyboards

Miles A. Copeland III

as Himself - The Police - manager, IRS Records - founder

Paul Cramer

as Himself - WXXP, Pittsburgh - DJ

Cy Curnin

as Himself - The Fixx - lead singer

Gary Daly

as Himself - China Crisis

John De Bella

as Himself - WLIR / Greater Media Philadelphia - DJ

Gary Dell'Abate

as Himself - Baba Booey, Howard Stern Show - producer

Ron Delsener

as Himself - concert promoter

Rick Dobbis

as Himself - executive

Peter Byrne

as Himself - Naked Eyes - lead singer