Record executives had missed the marketing bandwagon
with the punk rock movement
(due to the fact most punk albums were released independently). Determined not
to let that happen again they began signing and promoting post
punk
bands or New Wave acts as they were beginning to be called very aggressively in
the early 80's. Drawing heavily from
glam rock and the
industrial music
genres the music was defined very broadly including
everyone from acts like Devo and Madness to the Police.
Bands like The Cars, The Go-Go's, The Pretenders, and others were
basically pop bands that had fallen under the label new wave. Some bands like
Flock of Seagulls and Wham were post punk bands who heavily influenced by the
synth driven sounds of the 80's incorporating these influences into new wave
hits which, made
popular by MTV, heavily drove album sales for a time. Other
bands like Devo and Madness were heavily influenced by punk
combining it with the electronic synthesizers of
industrial music to make what is arguably
something very akin in spirit to the punk rock movement of the 70's.
Eventually the movement collapsed under its own weight
and punk returned to its roots with the
hardcore punk
movement. A
few bands like The
Police and The Pretenders managed to survive and even flourish after the fall of
new wave although many argue they never deserved to be classified as new wave in
the first place.
Silver Dragon Records Presents the
History of Rock Music
Thank
you for your interest in
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records.
Below is some information on our
record label and website catering to rock fans and musicians.
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records
presents
rock band Lazarus X
and the their latest independent CD release
Weapon of Love.
Lazarus X's combines determined hard hitting rock with haunting and soulful
melodies which struck a chord with many
underground
rock music fans. Some fans received a preview of the
publicity photos
and
underground
rock CD WOL at a
rooftop listening
party a day before it was released
and the response was amazing. Check out
Rock Band Lazarus X
merchandise like
The Weapon of Love Tour T-Shirt and
the
Weapon of Love CD
or preview one of their songs by
downloading a
free rock mp3.
Silver Dragon Records is a
Houston
rock record label
producing and promoting experimental, hard rock and alternative metal albums. We
provide 24 bit digital recording in a
quiet
private studio
free of distractions. If you think we are the label for you
submit a
demo to our record label and let us tell you how we can help your
band with
artist promotion,
publicity, marketing, recording, mastering, help in marketing a demo or shopping
for a major label deal. We are happy to offer musicians our online resources
like our
musicians
toolkit for recording audio, our
museum of rock
music history and our
Houston rock music resource.
Thank you for checking out
music history or rock genres and subgenres and enjoy the above links.
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