An excerpt fromThe Encyclopedia of New York.
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Bands around the world picked up on Debbie Harry and Chris Steins playbook, adding their own edits.
New Waves borders were open, and that gave bands room to grow and evolve.
By their fourth album, Talking Heads had traded the jerky punk-funk of Psycho Killer for polyrhythmic Afrobeat.
Costello made a soul album (1980sGet Happy!!)
New stars like Kurt Cobain and Alanis Morissette hated kitsch and artifice.
