New wave bands of the ’80s — if cats were in them
We’ve often talked
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To put it another way, it made us wonder how many of the titles our favorite 1980s new wave bands we could reasonably fit the word “cat” into.
35 new wave bands if cats were in them
- Echo and the Bunnycats
- Tears for Cats
- Depeche Cats
- R.E.M.C.A.T.S.
- INXSCATS
- Wall of Catdoo
- Bananacata
- Talking Cats
- Pet Shop Cats
- A-ha? Cats!
- The C-52s
- Big Audio Dynacats
- The Boomtown Cats
- The Buzzcats
- Elvis Catstello
- Good Boy George and the Culture Cats
- The Dream Acatemy
- The English Cats
- Catlondie
- Caturan Caturan
- Eurcathmics
- XTCATS
- Men Without Cats
- Cats at Work
- New Order: Cats!
- Joy Division: Cats!
- A Flock of Cats
- Gene Love Cats
- The Go-Cats
- Catness
- Scritti Catlitti
- Spandau Catlet
- Tom Tomcat Club
- Haircat One Hundred, or Haircut One Hundred Cats (You choose.)
- Siouxsie and the Catsees
Additional list: 10 new wave bands containing a feline word other than “cat”
See if you can spot them.
- Frankie Goes to Kitten Rescue in Los Angeles
- Meow Wow Wow
- Violent Felines
- Devo-nshire Rex
- The Psychedelic Purrs, or maybe the Psychedelic Furbabies? I don’t know, it’s not important.
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Meow
- Kajagoogoomeowmeow
- Dexy’s Midnight Ratters
- Simple Felines
- Oingo Meowngo
Disclosure: These aren’t really all of our favorite ’80s new wave bands, we just said they were. Also, the author notes your objection with calling some of these bands new wave, but hey.
Stay tuned for our next article in the series, “’90s Bands if Cats Were in Them.”
The Cure, one of the new wave bands that did not make our list.
Can you think of any other ’80s new wave bands that you can fit the word “cat” into? Let us know in the comments. Note: Don’t just consult a list of ’80s new wave bands, like this one, and stick the word cat in there. There’s an art to it. Please don’t list any ’90s bands.
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