Post-punk

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, and dance music; the production techniques of dub and disco; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art, cinema and literature. These communities produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines.

Post-punk
Etymology	Refers to certain developments after punk, although some groups predate the movement.
Other names	New musick
Stylistic origins	Punk rock avant-garde dub funk electronic krautrock disco art rock free jazz world glam rock art pop
Cultural origins	Late 1970s; United Kingdom
Derivative forms	Alternative dance alternative rock avant-funk dance-rock dark wave indie pop indie rock neo-psychedelia New pop post-rock twee pop shoegazing synthpop house
Subgenres
Dance-punk gothic rock no wave
Fusion genres
Post-hardcore post-punk revival
Regional scenes
United Kingdom United States Netherlands (Ultra) Germany (Neue Deutsche Welle) France (Cold Wave)
Local scenes
Leeds
Other topics
Avant-punk electronics in rock music experimental rock funk rock industrial music list of post-punk bands new wave no wave noise rock recording studio as an instrument

Notable artists

• Au Pairs
• Cabaret Voltaire
• Devo
• Gang of Four
• Joy Division
• Magazine
• Pere Ubu
• Public Image Ltd
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Talking Heads
• The Cure
• The Fall
• the Pop Group
• the Slits
• Wire