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New wave 'Party' at Avanti in Westbury

The storefront of the Avanti nightclub in Westbury.

Photo credit: Ian J. Stark

Although it may seem strange to today's younger nightclub set, there was a time when the songs of bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure and The Smiths got almost as much attention as pop music and dance on Long Island. For those unaware, those acts belong to the "new wave" genre. And a rewind back to 1980 to 1995 finds several clubs on Long Island that featured successful nights dedicated...

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