New Wave: Dare to be Different
New Wave: Dare to be Different
Release: 2017-04-27
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.9
Documentary
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Roger Senders Productions
Jomyra Productions
Cast
Debbie Harry
as Self - Blondie - Singer / Songwriter
Joan Jett
as Self - The Runaways, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Singer / Songwriter
Billy Idol
as Self - Singer / Songwriter
Nick Rhodes
as Self - Duran Duran - singer / songwriter / keyboards
Tom Bailey
as Self - The Thompson Twins - lead singer
Jeff Beck
as Self - WLIR - production director / DJ
Eric Bloom
as Self - Blue Oyster Cult - lead singer
Vince Clarke
as Self - Producer, Depeche Mode / Yaz / Yazoo / Erasure - keyboards
Miles A. Copeland III
as Self - The Police - manager, IRS Records - founder
Gary Dell'Abate
as Self - Baba Booey, Howard Stern Show - producer
