. . "rketing any band that could claim a remote connection to punk or New Wave.[158] Many of these bands, such as The Cars, and The Go-Go's can be seen as pop bands marketed as New Wave;[159] other existing acts, including The Police, The Pretenders and Elvis Costello, used the New Wave movement as the springboard for relatively long and critically successful careers,[160] while \"skinny tie bands exem" . .