Genre · Punk & Post-Punk
Post-Punk
After punk: bass-led rhythm, space in the mix, art-school arrangement.
Post-Punk keeps Punk's edge while reintroducing atmosphere, prominent bass lines, and art-school experiment. It feeds Alternative and later Indie guitar scenes.
Upstream
Pioneer acts
Acts that opened or crystallized this sound—fused landmarks, not a separate encyclopedia.
Representative bands
- The Velvet UndergroundNew York, USA · 1964
- Talking HeadsNew York, USA · 1975
- Joy DivisionSalford, UK · 1976
- The ClashLondon, UK · 1976
- The CureCrawley, UK · 1978
- New OrderManchester, UK · 1980
- Depeche ModeBasildon, UK · 1980
- InterpolNew York, USA · 1997
- The StrokesNew York, USA · 1998
- IDLESBristol, UK · 2009
- Fontaines D.C.Dublin, Ireland · 2017