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.

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

Category:Music genres