Best 80s New Wave

@maxnewid 
just reading through this thread again as it seems to have regained some life. 

If you like Chameleons, its probable you’ve also heard Abecedarians.  However, in the event you haven’t heard them I wanted to bring them to your attention.   LA band with similar sound (haunting guitars).  Another one of my all-time favorites.  You can download one or two EP or LPs on i-tunes or Spotify, but their vinyl (or cd) catalog is a bit more comprehensive and well worth getting.  

Similar, but not as ‘accessible’ is Drowning Pool.   Song writers from Abecedarians and Downing Pool did some writing together and released a few cassettes.  

@gunners01 Thanks for the heads up. I will check them out. I have been going through the Catherine Wheel catalogue during the quarantine. Another great "wall of sound" band and certainly under appreciated. I like "Ferment" and "Adam and Eve".

@maxnewid  
Big Catherine Wheel fan.   Saw a Fontana triple billing at First Ave in Minneapolis with Ocean Color Scene, Catherine Wheel and House of Love.  HoL one of my favorites as well.  What I’m finding, sadly, with the Catherine Wheel is they just weren’t recorded well.  Correct me if you think I’m wrong, and I get the “wall of sound” comment, but I never feel like I’m getting the full effect of the “wall”.  I don’t have that problem with similar bands like Ride or My Bloody Valentine.  

Not sure if you are a Porsche fan, but if you are, I assume you know Dickinson from CW started “Singer” porsches.   Completely rebuilds old 911’s and sells them for $250-$500k. 

@audio2design You're correct about DM's Violator---it was released in 1990. My bad. :)

I had tickets to see Pet Shop Boys/New Order on the Unity Tour in September in DC but of course it was rescheduled until 2021. I had a chance to see NO back around '87-88 on one of the first Lollapalooza tours. Siouxsie and the Banshees and Psychedelic Furs were also on the ticket I believe. But I got sick and never made it to the concert. So NO comes back to the states after 30+ years and they reschedule. I've never been able to see them on some of the smaller US tours. If I don't get to see them next year with PSB, I figure it wasn't meant to be.