The Fixx

The Fixx are, in one sense, the quintessential New Wave group: a British band who polished synth pop and art rock with an eye on American audiences. During their heyday in the early 1980s, the Fixx didn't have much of a profile in their homeland -- they never cracked the Top 50 -- but they were a significant presence on MTV, Top 40, and AOR in the U.S., reaching the Billboard Top Ten with the nagging "One Thing Leads to Another," then scaling similar heights with the moody "Are We Ourselves?" and "Secret Separation." By the end of the '80s fashions had changed, and their comme...