# List of post-punk bands

The following is a list of post-punk bands. Post-punk is a musical movement that began at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock movement. The essential period that is most commonly cited as post-punk falls between 1978 and 1984.

## 0–9

* 23 Skidoo

## A

* Adam and the Ants
* The Alarm
* ...And the Native Hipsters
* The Art Attacks
* Artery
* Associates
* Au Pairs
* Aztec Camera

## B

* The B-52's
* The Batfish Boys
* Bauhaus
* Bhopal Stiffs
* Big Black
* The Birthday Party
* The Blackouts
* Blam Blam Blam
* Blue Orchids
* Blyth Power
* Buerak
* Bush Tetras

## C

* Cabaret Voltaire
* Capital Inicial
* Cardiacs
* A Certain Ratio
* The Chameleons
* James Chance and the Contortions
* The Chills
* Circus Mort
* The Clash
* The Clean
* Clock DVA
* Cocteau Twins
* The Comsat Angels
* Crisis
* The Cult
* The Cure

## D

* DA!
* Dalek I Love You
* Damien Done
* Dead Can Dance
* Dead Tooth
* The Deep Freeze Mice
* The Del-Byzanteens
* Delta 5
* Depeche Mode
* Desperate Bicycles
* Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.)
* Devo
* Dinosaur Jr.
* Do-Re-Mi
* The Dream Syndicate
* The Durutti Column

## E

* Echo & the Bunnymen
* ESG
* Essential Logic
* Eurogliders
* The Ex
* Eyeless in Gaza

## F

* Factrix
* Faith No More
* The Fall
* Family Fodder
* The Feelies
* Felt
* The Fire Engines
* Fontaines D.C.
* Flipper
* The Flying Lizards
* For Against
* Fra Lippo Lippi (early work)
* Paula Frazer
* Frightwig

## G

* Gang of Four
* Gene Loves Jezebel
* Girls at Our Best!
* Glaxo Babies
* Green River
* The Gun Club

## H

* Half Man Half Biscuit
* Happy Mondays
* Heaven 17
* High Vis
* The Higsons
* Hot Zex
* The Human League
* Hüsker Dü

## I

* I'm So Hollow
* In Camera
* Idles

## J

* The Jam
* Japan
* The Jesus Lizard
* The Jesus and Mary Chain
* Josef K
* Joy Division

## K

* Killing Joke
* Kino

## L

* Laughing Clowns
* LiLiPUT
* The Lords of the New Church
* Love and Rockets
* Lowlife
* Ludus

## M

* Magazine
* Maximum Joy
* Meat Puppets
* The Mekons
* Melvins
* The Membranes
* The Method Actors
* Midnight Oil (early work)
* Minimal Compact
* Minny Pops
* Mission of Burma
* Mo-dettes
* Models
* Modern English
* Modern Eon
* Molchat Doma
* The Monochrome Set
* Motorama

## N

* Naked Raygun
* The Names
* New Model Army
* New Order
* Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
* The Nightingales
* Nina Hagen

## O

* The Opposition
* Orange Juice
* The OSYX

## P

* Palais Schaumburg
* Palm Ghosts
* The Passage
* The Passions
* Pel Mel
* Pere Ubu
* Phantom Tollbooth
* Pigbag
* Pink Military
* Ploho
* The Pogues
* The Police
* The Pop Group
* Primitive Calculators
* The Proclaimers
* The Psychedelic Furs
* Public Image Ltd
* Pylon

## R

* The Raincoats
* Rank and File
* Retsepti
* Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
* Rema-Rema
* R.E.M.
* The Residents
* Rip Rig + Panic
* Romeo Void

## S

* Sad Lovers & Giants
* Savage Republic
* The Scientists
* Scratch Acid
* Scritti Politti
* Section 25
* Sex Gang Children
* Sielun Veljet
* Simple Minds
* Siouxsie and the Banshees
* The Sisters of Mercy
* The Sleepers
* The Slits
* The Smiths
* The Soft Boys
* The Sound
* Southern Death Cult
* Squeeze
* Street eaters
* Subway Sect
* Sukatani
* Sunnyboys
* Swell Maps

## T

* Talking Heads
* The Teardrop Explodes
* Television
* Television Personalities
* The The
* Theatre of Hate
* This Heat
* Thompson Twins (early work)
* The Three Johns
* Throbbing Gristle
* Tin Huey
* Tones on Tail
* Transvision Vamp
* Tuxedomoon

## U

* U2
* UK Decay
* Ultravox

## V

* The Veils
* Violent Femmes
* Voigt/465
* Volcano Suns

## W

* The Wake
* Wall of Voodoo
* The Wedding Present
* Whirlywirld
* Wire

## X

* Xero
* XTC

## Y

* Young Marble Giants

## Z

* Zounds