Dance-punk

Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or punk funk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and new wave movements.Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984.Simon Reynolds.Faber and Faber Ltd, April 2005, ISBN 0-571-21569-6 (U.S. Edition: Penguin, February 2006, ISBN 0-14-303672-6)
==Predecessors==
Many groups in the post-punk era adopted a more rhythmic tempo, conducive to dancing. These bands were influenced by disco, synth and other dance music popular at the time as well as being anticipated by some of the 1970s work of Sparks,Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Young Americans review, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. Iggy Pop. Groups of influence from the 1980s included Public Image Ltd.,Andy Kellman, Metal Box review, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008.Swaminathan, Nikhil (2003-12-25) - Dance-punk ends scenester dormancy Gang of Four,John Dougan, Gang of Four bio, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. New Order,Jason Ankeny, New Order bio, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. Killing Joke,Stephen Thomas Erlewine & John Dougan, Killing Joke bio, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. The Cure,Tim Sendra, The Head On the Door review, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. and Siouxsie and the Banshees.David Cleary, Tinderbox review, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. New York City dance-punk included Material,Jason Ankeny, Material bio, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. James Chance and the Contortions, Cristina Monet, ESG, and Liquid Liquid.Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Talking Heads bio, Allmusic. [] Access date: September 8, 2008. German punk singer Nina Hagen had an underground dance hit in 1983 with "New York / N.Y.", which mixed her searing punk (and opera) vocals with disco beats.
==Contemporary dance-punk==
Dance-punk was revived among some bands of the garage rock/post-punk revival in the early years of the new millennium, particularly acts such as LCD Soundsystem, Clinic, Death From Above 1979, Liars, Franz Ferdinand, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Faint, The Rapture, Shout Out Out Out Out, and Radio 4, joined by dance-oriented acts who adopted rock sounds such as Out Hud,M. Wood, "Review: Out Hud: S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.", New Music, 107, November 2002, p. 70. or Californian acts like !!! and Moving Units. In the early 2000s Washington, D.C. had a popular and notable punk-funk scene, inspired by Fugazi, post-punk, and go-go acts like Trouble Funk and Rare Essence, including bands like Q And Not U, Black Eyes, and Baltimore's Oxes, Double Dagger, and Dope Body. In Britain the combination of indie with dance-punk was dubbed new rave in publicity for Klaxons and the term was picked up and applied by the NME to bandsK. Empire, "Rousing rave from the grave" The Observer, 5 October 2006, retrieved 9 January 2008. including Trash Fashion,P. Flynn, "Here We Glo Again", Times Online, 12 November 2006, retrieved 13 February 2009. New Young Pony Club,J. Harris, "New Rave? Old Rubbish", The Guardian, 13 October 2006, retrieved 31 March 2007. Hadouken!, Late of the Pier, Test Icicles,O. Adams, "Music: Rave On, Just Don't Call It 'New Rave'", The Guardian, 5 January 2007, retrieved 2 September 2008. and Shitdisco forming a scene with a similar visual aesthetic to earlier rave music.P. Robinson, "The future's bright...", The Guardian, 3 February 2007, retrieved 31 March 2007.
==See also==
*Art punk
*Electropunk
*Electronic rock
==References==
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