New Wave: Dare to be Different

6.9

95m

2017

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.

Starring

Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Billy Idol, Nick Rhodes, Nancy Abramson, M. King Adkins, Ron Alexenburg, Sam Ash, Tom Bailey, Ivan Baker

Directed By

Ellen Goldfarb