Describe the roots of British and American new wave music.

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British: Pub rock an early seventies English back-to-the-roots of rock movement; pubs are small and forced return to intimate performances when progressive and glitter ones had become large, theatrical extravaganzas; pub rock performers became the basis of British New Wave style.
American: bands that adopted punk half-beat pulse, monotone vocals, emotional alienation and updated the style; made it more commercial; many groups had a cleaner, slicker sound and used electronic instruments; throbbing, clean bass lines; Blondie, Talking Heads, Devo.