Cullen Malone
The New Romantics: How One Nightclub Changed the World
Steve Strange, creator of the New Romantics
The New Romantics were a movement like no other. Starting in a small London club and soon taking over the world, it inspired people to be creative with music and fashion and escape the sadness of real life. (Guardian) Not only that, but it was one of the first LGBT-heavy music scenes to take over the mainstream and told the world that with imagination, anything was possible. It all started in late 1970’s London, which was a very dull and sad place. The economy was tanking, it was hard to find jobs and it was so conservative it was hard for anyone to express themselves. (Guardian) But thanks to the new romantics, people started cheering up because they told the world it shouldn’t cry through a tragedy - (it should pull through and make it the time of its life!)
In 1978, fashion extravaganza, ex-punk and future Visage singer Steve Strange teamed up with DJ Rusty Egan to open a new night at a small club called Billy’s. It was like no other club night back then - instead of bored old DJs spinning …show more content…
Spandau Ballet and Shock (who featured Tim Dry, who later became famous for helping with Star Wars: Return of the Jedi), put out their debut singles. Classix Nouveaux, a band formed from the ashes of punk group X-Ray Spex, made the “Guilty” video, which featured a crowd of dancing new romantics. Near the end of the year, Visage, a band formed by Steve Strange and Rusty Egan, put out a landmark video for their song “Fade to Grey”. Starring Strange and Princess Julia, a DJ and music writer who went to the Blitz, the video told a vivid story where Steve’s makeup slowly and dramatically comes to life. Even though it was filmed on a low budget, it, like the “Ashes to Ashes” video, changed the face of music videos forever. (Blitz
The New Romantics: How One Nightclub Changed the World
Steve Strange, creator of the New Romantics
The New Romantics were a movement like no other. Starting in a small London club and soon taking over the world, it inspired people to be creative with music and fashion and escape the sadness of real life. (Guardian) Not only that, but it was one of the first LGBT-heavy music scenes to take over the mainstream and told the world that with imagination, anything was possible. It all started in late 1970’s London, which was a very dull and sad place. The economy was tanking, it was hard to find jobs and it was so conservative it was hard for anyone to express themselves. (Guardian) But thanks to the new romantics, people started cheering up because they told the world it shouldn’t cry through a tragedy - (it should pull through and make it the time of its life!)
In 1978, fashion extravaganza, ex-punk and future Visage singer Steve Strange teamed up with DJ Rusty Egan to open a new night at a small club called Billy’s. It was like no other club night back then - instead of bored old DJs spinning …show more content…
Spandau Ballet and Shock (who featured Tim Dry, who later became famous for helping with Star Wars: Return of the Jedi), put out their debut singles. Classix Nouveaux, a band formed from the ashes of punk group X-Ray Spex, made the “Guilty” video, which featured a crowd of dancing new romantics. Near the end of the year, Visage, a band formed by Steve Strange and Rusty Egan, put out a landmark video for their song “Fade to Grey”. Starring Strange and Princess Julia, a DJ and music writer who went to the Blitz, the video told a vivid story where Steve’s makeup slowly and dramatically comes to life. Even though it was filmed on a low budget, it, like the “Ashes to Ashes” video, changed the face of music videos forever. (Blitz