Post-punk, the Glossary
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock.[1]
Table of Contents
337 relations: A Certain Ratio, ABC (band), Adam and the Ants, AllMusic, Alternative dance, Alternative rock, Alternative TV, Ambient music, Anti-corporate activism, Antonin Artaud, Appeal to tradition, Art of Noise, Art pop, Art punk, Art rock, Art school, Arthur Russell (musician), Atonality, Authenticity in art, Avant-funk, Avant-garde, Avant-punk, Bauhaus (band), BBC, BBC Radio 1, Big Flame (band), Black Country, New Road, Black Midi, Bob Dylan, Boston, Bow Wow Wow, Brainiac (band), Brexit, Brian Eno, Brian Wilson, Brixton, Bush Tetras, Buzzcocks, Byron Coley, Cabaret, Cabaret Voltaire (band), Campus radio, Carl Wilson (writer), Chairs Missing, Chrome (band), Chuck Berry, Cliché, Clinton Heylin, Clinton Walker, Club 57 (nightclub), ... Expand index (287 more) »
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English post-punk band formed in Greater Manchester in 1977 by Peter Terrell (guitar), Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), Jez Kerr (bass guitar, vocals), Martin Moscrop (trumpet, guitar) and Donald Johnson (drums), with Martha Tilson (vocals) joining soon after.
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ABC (band)
ABC is an English pop band that originated in Sheffield in 1980, evolving from the earlier ensemble Vice Versa.
Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants were an English rock band that formed in London in 1977.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Alternative dance
Alternative dance (also known as indie dance or underground dance in the United States) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music. Post-punk and alternative dance are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Post-punk and alternative rock are 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Alternative TV
Alternative TV (sometimes known as ATV) are an English band formed in London in 1977.
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Ambient music
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. Post-punk and Ambient music are 20th-century music genres and British styles of music.
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Anti-corporate activism
Anti-corporate activism is activism directed against the private sector, particularly larger corporations.
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Antonin Artaud
Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French artist who worked across a variety of media.
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Appeal to tradition
Appeal to tradition (also known as argumentum ad antiquitatem or argumentum ad antiquitam, appeal to antiquity, or appeal to common practice) is a claim in which a thesis is deemed correct on the basis of correlation with past or present tradition.
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Art of Noise
Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were a British avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music journalist Paul Morley.
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Art pop
Art pop (also typeset art-pop or artpop) is a loosely defined style of pop music influenced by art theories as well as ideas from other art mediums, such as fashion, fine art, cinema, and avant-garde literature. Post-punk and art pop are 20th-century music genres and British styles of music.
Art punk
Art punk, or artcore, is a subgenre of punk rock in which artists go beyond the genre's rudimentary garage rock and are considered more sophisticated than their peers. Post-punk and art punk are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and punk rock genres.
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Post-punk and Art rock are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
Art school
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on practice and related theory in the visual arts and design.
Arthur Russell (musician)
Charles Arthur Russell Jr. (May 21, 1951 – April 4, 1992) was an American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician from Iowa, whose work spanned a disparate range of styles.
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Atonality
Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key.
Authenticity in art
Authenticity in art is manifest in the different ways that a work of art, or an artistic performance, can be considered authentic.
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Avant-funk
Avant-funk (also called mutant disco in the early 1980s) is a music style in which artists combine funk or disco rhythms with an avant-garde or art rock mentality. Post-punk and avant-funk are British styles of music.
Avant-garde
In the arts and in literature, the term avant-garde (from French meaning advance guard and vanguard) identifies an experimental genre, or work of art, and the artist who created it; which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time.
Avant-punk
Avant-punk is a punk music style characterized by "screeching experimentation", and a term by which critics used to describe the wave of American punk bands from the 1970s. Post-punk and Avant-punk are punk rock genres.
Bauhaus (band)
Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
Big Flame (band)
Big Flame (often rendered bIG*fLAME) were a post-punk/indie rock three piece band, based in Manchester, England, and active from 1983 to 1986.
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Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road are an English rock band formed in Cambridge in 2018.
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Black Midi
Black Midi (stylised in all lowercase) are an English rock band from London, formed in 2017 and currently consisting of Geordie Greep (vocals, guitar, piano, synths, accordion), Cameron Picton (vocals, bass, synths, flute, guitar), and Morgan Simpson (drums).
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980.
Brainiac (band)
Brainiac (also stylized as 3RA1N1AC), is an American indie rock band from Dayton, Ohio.
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Brexit
Brexit (portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist.
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded <!-- DO NOT CAPITALIZE -->the Beach Boys.
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Brixton
Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England.
Bush Tetras
Bush Tetras are an American post-punk No Wave band from New York City, formed in 1979.
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto formed in Bolton in 1976.
Byron Coley
Byron Coley is an American music critic who wrote prominently for Forced Exposure magazine in the 1980s, from the fifth issue until the magazine ceased publication in 1993.
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama.
Cabaret Voltaire (band)
Cabaret Voltaire were an English music group formed in Sheffield in 1973 and initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson.
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Campus radio
Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution.
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Carl Wilson (writer)
Carl Wilson is a Canadian music critic who has written for many publications including The Globe and Mail and, as of 2022, Slate.
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Chairs Missing
Chairs Missing is the second studio album by English rock band Wire.
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Chrome (band)
Chrome is an American rock band founded in San Francisco in 1976 by musician Damon Edge and associated with the 1970s post-punk movement.
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.
Cliché
A cliché is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being weird, irritating, or bland, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.
Clinton Heylin
Clinton Heylin (born 8 April 1960) is an English author.
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Clinton Walker
Clinton Walker is an Australian writer, best known for his works on popular music.
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Club 57 (nightclub)
Club 57 was a nightclub located at 57 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Cold wave (music)
Cold wave is a loosely defined music genre that emerged in Europe the late 1970s, characterized by its detached lyrical tone, use of early electronic music instruments and a minimalist approach and style. Post-punk and Cold wave (music) are 20th-century music genres.
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Consonance and dissonance
In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds.
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Counterpoint (publisher)
Counterpoint LLC was a publishing company that Perseus Books Group launched in 2007.
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Cowpunk
Cowpunk (or country punk) is a subgenre of punk rock that began in the United Kingdom and Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Post-punk and Cowpunk are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and punk rock genres.
Cristina (singer)
Cristina Monet Zilkha (Monet-Palaci, January 17, 1959 – April 1, 2020), known during her recording career simply as Cristina, was an American singer and writer, best known for her no wave recordings made for ZE Records in the late 1970s and early 1980s in New York City.
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Critical theory
A critical theory is any approach to humanities and social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to attempt to reveal, critique, and challenge power structures.
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Dada
Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916), founded by Hugo Ball with his companion Emmy Hennings, and in Berlin in 1917.
Damaged Goods (song)
"Damaged Goods" is a song by English post-punk band Gang of Four.
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Dan Carey (record producer)
Daniel De Mussenden Carey (born 24 December 1969) is an English record producer, songwriter, mixer and remixer.
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Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. Post-punk and dance music are 20th-century music genres.
Dance-punk
Dance-punk (also known as punk-funk) is a post-punk subgenre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the disco, post-disco and new wave movements. Post-punk and Dance-punk are 20th-century music genres, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
Dance-rock
Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. Post-punk and dance-rock are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
Dark wave
Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Post-punk and dark wave are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
Dennis Bovell
Dennis Bovell (born 22 May 1953Huey, Steve,, Allmusic. Retrieved 27 December 2014.) is a Barbados-born reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer, based in England.
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.
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Devo
Devo (originally), often stylized as DEVO, is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973.
Discharge (band)
Discharge are an English hardcore punk band formed in 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Post-punk and Disco are 1970s in music and 20th-century music genres.
DNA (American band)
DNA was an American no wave band formed in 1977 by guitarist Arto Lindsay and keyboardist Robin Crutchfield, and later joined by drummer Ikue Mori and bassist Tim Wright.
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Do it yourself
"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts.
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Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage.
Dream pop
Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Post-punk and dream pop are 1980s in music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
Dry Cleaning (band)
Dry Cleaning are an English post-punk band who formed in South London in 2017.
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Dub Housing
Dub Housing is the second album by American rock band Pere Ubu.
Dub music
Dub is an electronic musical style that grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
E.G. Records
E.G. Records was a British artist management company and independent record label, mostly active during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.
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Elastica
Elastica were an English rock band formed in London in 1992 by ex-Suede members Justine Frischmann and Justin Welch.
Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. Post-punk and electronic music are 20th-century music genres.
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Electronics in rock music
The use of electronic music technology in rock music coincided with the practical availability of electronic musical instruments and the genre's emergence as a distinct style.
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Entertainment!
Entertainment! is the debut album by English post-punk band Gang of Four.
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Entryism
Entryism (also called entrism, enterism, infiltration, a French Turn, boring from within, or boring-from-within) is a political strategy in which an organization or state encourages its members or supporters to join another, usually larger, organization in an attempt to expand influence and expand their ideas and program.
ESG (band)
ESG (Emerald, Sapphire & Gold) is an American rock band formed in the South Bronx in 1978.
Essential Logic
Essential Logic are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 by saxophonist Lora Logic after leaving X-Ray Spex.
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Experimental rock
Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Post-punk and Experimental rock are 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
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Extended Play (Cabaret Voltaire EP)
Extended Play is an extended play and the debut release by English industrial band Cabaret Voltaire.
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Faber & Faber
Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London.
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Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.
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Fanzine
A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.
Fast Product
Fast Product was an independent record label, established in Edinburgh by Bob Last, his partner, Hilary Morrison and Tim Pearce in December 1977.
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Fear of Music
Fear of Music is the third studio album by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released on August 3, 1979, by Sire Records.
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Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Fontaines D.C.
Fontaines D.C. are an Irish post-punk band formed in Dublin in 2017.
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Franz Ferdinand (band)
Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002.
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Free jazz
Free jazz, or Free Form in the early to mid-1970s, is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century. Post-punk and Funk are 1970s in music, 1980s in music and 20th-century music genres.
Funk rock
Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and rock. Post-punk and funk rock are rock music genres.
Gang of Four (band)
Gang of Four are an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Leeds.
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Garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. Post-punk and garage rock are 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
Gary Langan
Gary Michael Langan (born 19 April 1956) is an English engineer, record producer, mixer and musician.
Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician.
Geoff Travis
Geoff Travis (born 2 February 1952) is the founder of both Rough Trade Records and the Rough Trade chain of record shops.
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Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing. Post-punk and Glam rock are rock music genres.
Glass Records
Glass Records was a British independent record label which operated from 1981 to 1990, and was resurrected in 2015.
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Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca (October 6, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier.
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Gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Post-punk and Gothic rock are 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
Green Gartside
Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Strohmeyer; 22 June 1955) is a Welsh singer, songwriter and musician.
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Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus (born June 19, 1945) is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic.
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Hegemony
Hegemony is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or global.
Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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Hong Kong Garden (song)
"Hong Kong Garden" is the debut single of English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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House music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. Post-punk and House music are 1980s in music and 20th-century music genres.
Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
Ian Penman
Ian Penman (born 1959) is a British writer, music journalist and critic.
Idles
Idles (stylized in all caps as IDLES) are a British rock band formed in Bristol in 2009.
Independent music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels.
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Independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME.
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Indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines <!--- Source states "guitar pop" not "indie pop" or "pop rock"---->guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. Post-punk and indie pop are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Post-punk and Indie rock are 20th-century music genres.
Industrial music
Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive, or provocative sounds and themes. Post-punk and Industrial music are British styles of music.
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Industrial Records
Industrial Records is a record label established in 1976 by industrial music and visual arts group Throbbing Gristle.
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Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. Post-punk and industrial rock are rock music genres.
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Interpol (band)
Interpol is an American rock band from Manhattan, New York.
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J. G. Ballard
James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media.
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J. J. Jeczalik
Jonathan Edward Stephen "J.
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Jah Wobble
John Joseph Wardle (born 11 August 1958), known by the stage name Jah Wobble, is an English bass guitarist and singer.
James Chance
James Chance, also known as James White (born James Siegfried, April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024), was an American saxophonist, keyboard player, and singer.
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James Chance and the Contortions
James Chance and the Contortions (initially known simply as Contortions, a spin-off group is called James White and the Blacks) was a musical group led by saxophonist and vocalist James Chance, formed in 1977.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
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John Foxx
John Foxx (born Dennis Leigh; 26 September 1948) is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer.
John Lydon
John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer.
John McKay (musician)
John McKay is an English songwriter and guitarist.
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John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist.
John Robb (musician)
John David Robb (born 4 May 1961) is an English musician and journalist best known as the bassist and singer for the mid-1980s post-punk band the Membranes.
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Jon Savage
Jon Savage (born 2 September 1953 in Paddington, London) is an English writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his definitive history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming (1991).
Josef K (band)
Josef K were a Scottish post-punk band, active between 1979 and 1982, who released singles on the Postcard Records label.
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Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976.
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Julian Cope
Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician and author.
Keith Haring
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s.
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Keith Levene
Julian Keith Levene (18 July 1957 – 11 November 2022) was an English musician who was a founding member of both the Clash and Public Image Ltd (PiL).
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Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an English rock band formed in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass).
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Krautrock
Krautrock (also called, German for) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Post-punk and Krautrock are 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
Left-wing politics
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.
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Liars (band)
Liars is an Australian-American experimental rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000.
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Liquid Liquid
Liquid Liquid is an American no wave and dance-punk group, originally active from 1980 to 1983.
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List of industrial regions
An industrial region or industrial area is a geographical region with extremely dense industry.
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List of post-punk bands
The following is a list of post-punk bands.
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Literary modernism
Modernist literature originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is characterised by a self-conscious separation from traditional ways of writing in both poetry and prose fiction writing.
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Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Martine-Elisabeth Mercier Descloux (16 December 1956 – 20 April 2004) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Love (band)
Love is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965.
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York City, is the southernmost part of Manhattan, the central borough of New York City.
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Lucy Sante
Lucy Sante (formerly Luc Sante; born May 25, 1954) is a Belgian-born American writer, critic, and artist.
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong.
Magazine (band)
Magazine were a British rock band formed in 1977 in Manchester in England by singer Howard Devoto and guitarist John McGeoch.
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Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (3 September 1946 – 8 April 2010) was a Yemeni-Born fashion designer and music manager.
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
Mars (band)
Mars were an American, New York City-based no wave experimental noise rock band, formed in 1975 when China Burg (née Constance Burg; a.k.a. Lucy Hamilton) (guitar, vocals) and artist Nancy Arlen (drums) brought Mark Cunningham (bass) and vocalist Sumner Crane together to talk about music.
Martin Hannett
James Martin Hannett (31 May 1948 – 18 April 1991) was a British record producer, musician and an original partner/director at Tony Wilson's Factory Records.
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Maximum Joy
Maximum Joy are an English post-punk band from Bristol, England,Strong, Martin C.: The Great Alternative & Indie Discography, 1999, Canongate, formed in 1981 and reunited in 2015.
McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.
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Melody Maker
Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest.
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Metal Box is the second studio album by Public Image Ltd, released by Virgin Records on 23 November 1979.
Michael Holman (filmmaker)
Michael Thomas Holman is a New York-based artist, writer, filmmaker and musician.
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Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.
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Minimal Compact
Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s.
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Mission of Burma
Mission of Burma was an American post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.
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Modern art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era.
Modernity
Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissancein the Age of Reason of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century Enlightenment.
Mojo (magazine)
Mojo (stylised in all caps) is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.
Mudd Club
The Mudd Club was a nightclub located at 77 White Street in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as printed material or audio recordings, which feature little to no interaction between users.
Musique concrète
Musique concrète: " problem for any translator of an academic work in French is that the language is relatively abstract and theoretical compared to English; one might even say that the mode of thinking itself tends to be more schematic, with a readiness to see material for study in terms of highly abstract dualisms and correlations, which on occasion does not sit easily with the perhaps more pragmatic English language.
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Mute Records
Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller.
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MX-80
MX-80, also known as MX-80 Sound, is an eclectic American art-rock band founded in 1974 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, by guitarist Bruce Anderson.
Neo-psychedelia
Neo-psychedelia is a diverse genre of psychedelic music that draws inspiration from the sounds of 1960s psychedelia, either updating or copying the approaches from that era. Post-punk and Neo-psychedelia are British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW,, "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. Post-punk and Neue Deutsche Welle are rock music genres.
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New pop
New pop is a loosely defined British-centric pop music movement consisting of ambitious, DIY-minded artists who achieved commercial success in the early 1980s through sources such as MTV. Post-punk and New pop are 1980s in music.
New Romantic
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Post-punk and New Romantic are 1980s in music.
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New Statesman
The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. Post-punk and New wave music are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres, British styles of music, punk rock genres and rock music genres.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nicholas Lezard
Nicholas Andrew Selwyn LezardThe Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 December 1991, Cambridge University Press, p. 814 is an English journalist, author and literary critic.
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Nico
Christa Päffgen (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and model.
Nihilism
Nihilism is a family of views within philosophy that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as knowledge, morality, or meaning.
NME
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.
No New York
No New York is a No Wave compilation album released in 1978 by record label Antilles under the curation of producer Brian Eno.
No wave
No wave was an avant-garde music genre and visual art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City. Post-punk and No wave are rock music genres.
Noise music
Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise. Post-punk and noise music are 20th-century music genres.
Noise pop
Noise pop is a subgenre of alternative and indie rock that developed in the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom and United States. Post-punk and Noise pop are 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
Noise rock
Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Post-punk and noise rock are punk rock genres and rock music genres.
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, funk, industrial, and grunge. Post-punk and nu metal are 20th-century music genres.
Omnibus Press
Omnibus Press is a publisher of music-related books.
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Oppression
Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment of, or exercise of power over, a group of individuals, often in the form of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium.
Orange Juice (band)
Orange Juice were a Scottish jangle pop band founded in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976.
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Paste (magazine)
Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.
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Paul Haig
Paul Haig (born 4 September 1960)Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate,, p. 386-7 is a Scottish indie musician, singer and songwriter.
Paul Morley
Paul Robert Morley (born 26 March 1957) is a British music journalist.
Pejorative
A pejorative word, phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something.
Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
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Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975.
Performance art
Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants.
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Philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
Pitchfork (website)
Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.
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Populism
Populism is a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group with "the elite".
Post-Britpop
Post-Britpop is an alternative rock subgenre and is the period in the late 1990s and early 2000s, following Britpop, when the media were identifying a "new generation" or "second wave" of guitar bands influenced by acts like Oasis and Blur, but with less overt British concerns in their lyrics and making more use of American rock and indie influences, as well as experimental music. Post-punk and Post-Britpop are British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Post-punk and Post-hardcore are 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres and punk rock genres.
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Post-punk revival
Post-punk revival (also known as indie rock revival) is a genre or movement of indie rock that emerged in the early 2000s as musicians started to play a stripped down and back-to-basics version of guitar rock inspired by the original sounds and aesthetics of post-punk, new wave and garage rock.
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Post-rock
Post-rock is a music genre characterized by the exploration of textures and timbres as well as non-rock styles, sometimes placing less emphasis on conventional song structures or riffs than on atmosphere, for musically evocative purposes. Post-punk and Post-rock are 1980s in music and rock music genres.
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a term used to refer to a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break with modernism.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Post-punk and Progressive rock are 1970s in music, British styles of music and rock music genres.
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Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. Post-punk and psychedelic rock are rock music genres.
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Public Image (song)
"Public Image" is the debut single by Public Image Ltd.
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Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (a founder member of The Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in May 1978.
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Punk ideologies
Punk ideologies are a group of varied social and political beliefs associated with the punk subculture and punk rock.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Post-punk and punk rock are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres and rock music genres.
Punk rock in Australia
Australian musicians played and recorded some of the earliest punk rock, led by The Saints who released their first single in 1976.
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Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of music, ideologies, fashion, and other forms of expression, visual art, dance, literature, and film.
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R.E.M.
R.E.M. were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia.
Radical politics
Radical politics denotes the intent to transform or replace the principles of a society or political system, often through social change, structural change, revolution or radical reform.
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Record label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.
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Record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.
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Recording studio as an instrument
In music production, the recording studio is often treated as a musical instrument when it plays a significant role in the composition of music.
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Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Rhys Chatham
Rhys Chatham (born September 19, 1952) is an American composer, guitarist, trumpet player, multi-instrumentalist (flutes in C, alto and bass, keyboard), primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music.
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Riff
A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.
Rip It Up (Orange Juice song)
"Rip It Up" is a song by Scottish indie pop band Orange Juice, released in 1983 as the second single from their 1982 album of the same name.
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Rip It Up and Start Again
Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 is a book by Simon Reynolds on the post-punk musical genre and era.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Post-punk and rock and roll are rock music genres.
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Rock's Backpages
Rock's Backpages is an online archive of music journalism, sourced from contributions to the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day.
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Rockism and poptimism
Rockism and poptimism are ideological arguments about popular music prevalent in mainstream music journalism.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England.
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson.
Sampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti are a UK band formed in 1977 in Leeds, England by Welsh singer-songwriter Green Gartside, who is the sole remaining member of the original band.
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Sean O'Hagan (journalist)
Sean O'Hagan is an Irish writer for The Guardian and The Observer, his specialty being photography.
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Second British Invasion
The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and new wave artists in the United States.
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Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975.
Shame (band)
Shame (stylised in all lowercase) is an English post-punk band originally from South London, England.
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Shoegaze
Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume. Post-punk and shoegaze are British styles of music and rock music genres.
Shot by Both Sides
"Shot by Both Sides" is a song written by Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley, and performed by the English post-punk band Magazine.
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Simon Goddard
Simon Goddard (born Cardiff, 21 December 1971) is a British author and music journalist.
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Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.
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Situationist International
The Situationist International (SI) was an international organization of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists.
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Six Finger Satellite
Six Finger Satellite (a.k.a. 6FS) is an American rock band from Providence, Rhode Island.
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Skinty Fia
Skinty Fia is the third studio album by Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. It was released on 22 April 2022 via Partisan Records.
Sleaford Mods
Sleaford Mods are an English post-punk music duo, formed in 2007 in Nottingham.
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Social alienation is a person's feeling of disconnection from a group whether friends, family, or wider society with which the individual has an affiliation.
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Socialist Worker is the name of several newspapers currently or formerly associated with the International Socialist Tendency (IST).
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Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synth-pop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s.
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981.
Sounds (magazine)
Sounds was a UK weekly pop/rock music newspaper, published from 10 October 1970 to 6 April 1991.
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Spiral Scratch
Spiral Scratch is an EP and the first release by the English punk rock band Buzzcocks.
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Squid (band)
Squid are an English post-punk band from Brighton, England.
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Steve Lillywhite
Stephen Alan Lillywhite, (born 15 March 1955) is a British record producer.
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Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music 1977–1991
Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music 1977–1991 is a book about the Australian independent music scene from 1979 until 1991, as written by author and music journalist Clinton Walker.
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Subculture
A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.
Suicide (band)
Suicide was an American musical duo composed of vocalist Alan Vega and instrumentalist Martin Rev, intermittently active between 1970 and 2016.
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Swans (band)
Swans are an American experimental rock band formed in 1982 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.
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Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965.
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. Post-punk and synth-pop are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 20th-century music genres and British styles of music.
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American new wave band formed in 1975 in New York City.
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Tape recorder
An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage.
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Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were an American no wave band, based in New York City, who formed part of the city's no wave movement.
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Television (band)
Television was an American rock band from New York City, most notably active in the 1970s.
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The 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators was an American rock band from Austin, Texas, United States, formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland.
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The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media.
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The Associates (band)
The Associates (or simply Associates) were a Scottish post-punk and pop band, formed in Dundee in 1979 by lead vocalist Billy Mackenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine.
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The B-52s
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Birthday Party (band)
The Birthday Party (originally known as The Boys Next Door) were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1977 to 1983.
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The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex.
The Desperate Bicycles
The Desperate Bicycles were an English punk band from London formed in 1977.
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The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore.
The Durutti Column
The Durutti Column are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 in Manchester, England.
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The Fall (band)
The Fall were an English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
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The Godz (New York band)
The Godz were a New York City-based avant-noise psychedelic band that originally existed from 1966 to 1973.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Human League
The Human League is an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977.
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The Lounge Lizards
The Lounge Lizards were an eclectic musical group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother, pianist Evan Lurie, in 1978.
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The Membranes
The Membranes are an English post-punk band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1977, the initial line-up being John Robb (bass guitar), Mark Tilton (guitar), Martyn Critchley (vocals) and Martin Kelly (drums).
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The Michigan Daily
The Michigan Daily, also known as The Daily,' is the independent student newspaper of the University of Michigan published in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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The Monks
The Monks, referred to by the name monks on record sleeves, were an American rock band formed in Gelnhausen, West Germany, in 1964.
The Pop Group
The Pop Group are an English rock band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart, guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith.
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The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977.
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The Raincoats
The Raincoats are a British experimental post-punk band.
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The Raincoats (album)
The Raincoats is the debut studio album by English rock band the Raincoats.
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The Rapture (band)
The Rapture is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1998.
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The Residents
The Residents are an American art collective and art rock band best known for their avant-garde music and multimedia works.
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The Scream (album)
The Scream is the debut studio album by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on 13 November 1978 by Polydor Records.
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The Slits
The Slits were a punk rock band based in London, formed there in 1976 by members of the groups the Flowers of Romance and the Castrators.
The Sound (band)
The Sound were an English post-punk band, formed in South London in 1979 and dissolved in 1988.
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The Sounds
The Sounds are a Swedish indie rock band.
The Strokes
The Strokes are an American rock band formed in New York City in 1998.
The Teardrop Explodes
The Teardrop Explodes were an English post-punk/neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978.
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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The Windmill, Brixton
The Windmill is a pub and live music venue in Brixton, London, England, with a reputation for championing new music.
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Theatre of Cruelty
The Theatre of Cruelty (Théâtre de la Cruauté, also Théâtre cruel) is a form of theatre conceptualised by Antonin Artaud.
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Theoretical Girls
Theoretical Girls were a New York-based no wave band formed by Glenn Branca and conceptual artist and composer Jeff Lohn that existed from 1977 to 1981.
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This Heat
This Heat were an English experimental rock band, formed in early 1976 in Camberwell, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (drums, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and Gareth Williams (keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, tapes).
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in Kingston upon Hull by Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti, later joined by Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson and Chris Carter.
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Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth.
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Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager and impresario, and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4.
Transgressive fiction
Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature which focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways.
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Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States.
Twee pop
Twee pop is a subgenre of indie pop that originates from the 1986 NME compilation C86. Post-punk and Twee pop are 20th-century music genres, British styles of music and rock music genres.
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.
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UB40
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England.
Ultra (music)
Ultra is a Dutch post-punk movement that originated in Amsterdam in the early 1980s. Post-punk and Ultra (music) are 1980s in music and punk rock genres.
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Ultra Mono
Ultra Mono is the third studio album by British rock band Idles, released on 25 September 2020 by Partisan Records.
Uncut (magazine)
Uncut is a monthly magazine based in London.
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University of Michigan Press
The University of Michigan Press is a new university press (NUP) that is a part of Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library.
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Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 15 June 1979, by Factory Records.
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Visage (band)
Visage were a British synth-pop band formed in London in 1978.
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Wet Leg
Wet Leg are a British indie rock group from the Isle of Wight, founded in 2019 by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers.
Wet Leg (album)
Wet Leg is the debut studio album by British rock duo Wet Leg, released on 8 April 2022 by Domino.
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White noise
In signal processing, white noise is a random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies, giving it a constant power spectral density.
William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist.
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Wire (band)
Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), George Gill (lead guitar) and Robert Grey (aka Robert Gotobed; drums).
World Domination Enterprises
World Domination Enterprises was an English post-punk band active in the mid/late 1980s.
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World music
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.
XTC
XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972.
Y Records
Y Records was a British independent record label set up in 1980 by Dick O'Dell in the United Kingdom, and distributed by Rough Trade.
Yard Act
Yard Act are a British rock band from Leeds, West Yorkshire, composed of James Smith (vocals, lyrics), Ryan Needham (bass), Sam Shipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums).
ZE Records
ZE Records was a New York–based record label, started in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban, and closed in 1984.
154 (album)
154 is the third album by the English post-punk band Wire, released in 1979 on EMI imprint Harvest Records in the UK and Europe and Warner Bros. Records in America.
23 Skidoo (band)
23 Skidoo are a British band playing a fusion of industrial, post-punk, funk, and world music.
See Post-punk and 23 Skidoo (band)
4AD
4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk
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