New Wave: Dare to be Different

1h 35m

Documentary Music

6.9

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.

Cast

Self - Blondie - Singer / Songwriter

Self - The Runaways, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Singer / Songwriter

Self - Singer / Songwriter

Self - Duran Duran - singer / songwriter / keyboards

Self - WLIR - DJ

Self - record executive

Self - Sam Ash Music - owner

Self - The Thompson Twins - lead singer

Self - Ivan Ivan - producer, manager, executive, DJ

Self - WLIR - production director / DJ

Self - Blue Oyster Cult - lead singer

Self - WLIR - DJ

Self - Producer, Depeche Mode / Yaz / Yazoo / Erasure - keyboards

Miles A. Copeland III

Self - The Police - manager, IRS Records - founder

Self - WXXP, Pittsburgh - DJ

Self - The Fixx - lead singer

Self - China Crisis

Self - WLIR / Greater Media Philadelphia - DJ

Gary Dell'Abate

Self - Baba Booey, Howard Stern Show - producer

Self - concert promoter

Self - executive

Self - Naked Eyes - lead singer

Crew

Director, Producer

Director of Photography

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Associate Producer