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Post-punk. Post-punk (originally called new musick) [2] is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock. Post-punk musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a broader, more experimental approach that encompassed a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-rock influences.
- List of Post-Punk Bands
List of post-punk bands. The following is a list of...
- The Raincoats
The Raincoats are a British experimental post-punk band. Ana...
- List of Post-Punk Bands
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Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a large genre of rock music. It started in the late 1970s when musicians got tired of the how simple regular punk rock was. Post-punk artists added avant-garde ideas and other ideas from outside rock music. They kept punk rock's energy and DIY ethic but added styles like funk, electronic music, jazz ...
- Late 1970s; United Kingdom
- Refers to certain developments after punk, although some groups predate the movement.
- New musick
Other articles where postpunk is discussed: punk: Postpunk groups such as Public Image Ltd and Joy Division replaced punk’s worldliness with inner concerns, matching rock with the technological rhythms of disco. Nevertheless, punk’s influence could be seen throughout British society, notably in mass media shock tactics, the confrontational strategies of environmentalists, and…
Oct 10, 2014 · Seeping with mysterious, emotional eloquence, not a million miles away from Marquee Moon, this 21 track, 35 minute debut crystallized a sparsely innovative art-rock aesthetic that Colin Newman and co. perfected on 1978’s Chairs Missing and 1979’s 154, two clinical masterpieces seeping with speckled elements of prog, psychedelia and art-rock ...
Description. Popular music in the US and UK during the late 1970s and early 1980s was wildly eclectic and experimental. “Post-punk,” as it was retroactively labeled, could include electro-pop melodies, distorted guitars, avant-garde industrial sounds, and reggae beats, and thus is not an easily definable musical category.
