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Jerry Ewing

“We’re not flower children and we’re not yuppies. We’re somewhere in between – the Van Der Graaf Generation”: They had links to Jethro Tull, Voivod and The Cure. Did you really think Men Without Hats were all new wave and no prog?

Still from Men Without Hats video for The Safety Dance.

Men Without Hats are best known as the Canadian new wave band who released global hit single The Safety Dance in 1983. But, originally in 2012, we argued they were actually a secret prog outfit – and they’d have become less secret if fate hadn’t intervened.

Most people will remember Men Without Hats for their 1983 synthpop hit The Safety Dance. But before you go dismissing the Canadian band – singer Ivan Doroschuk and his brothers Stefan and Colin, all classically-trained musicians – as a mere pop outfit, let’s consider a few things.

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