Post-punk

<p>Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in late 1977 in the wake of <a href="/facts/Punk_rock/voBjpcpS">punk rock</a>. The term was coined by <a href="/facts/Jon_Savage/BbRfPKlN">Jon Savage</a> in November 1977. Post-punk musicians departed from punk's fundamental elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a broader, more experimental approach that encompassed a variety of <a href="/facts/Avant-garde/6ofnXfo4">avant-garde</a> sensibilities and non-rock influences. Inspired by punk's energy and <a href="/facts/Do_it_yourself_ethic/C2Gf8VJW">do it yourself ethic</a> but determined to break from rock <a href="/facts/Cliche/G1HJa9k1">cliches</a>, artists experimented with styles like <a href="/facts/Funk/NVuzVek1">funk</a>, <a href="/facts/Electronic_music/zfGNfUvR">electronic music</a>, <a href="/facts/Jazz/lmUzXGq8">jazz</a>, and <a href="/facts/Dance_music/MsDMMnvz">dance music</a>; the <a href="/facts/Music_production/RcLFfQKL">production techniques</a> of <a href="/facts/Dub_music/Pb0wQdUK">dub</a> and <a href="/facts/Disco/BQu4rHxV">disco</a>; and ideas from art and politics, including <a href="/facts/Modernist_art/8JrMbrVA">modernist art</a>, <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">cinema</a> and <a href="/facts/Modernist_literature/LjKIS6jH">literature</a>. These communities produced <a href="/facts/Independent_record_labels/1NzjGB3c">independent record labels</a>, visual art, <a href="/facts/Multimedia/PtJteq27">multimedia</a> performances and <a href="/facts/Fanzines/C28Jfe2f">fanzines</a>.  
</p><p>The early post-punk vanguard was represented by groups including <a href="/facts/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees/JUw1tQ1T">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a>, <a href="/facts/Wire_(band)/7J0SuEcE">Wire</a>, <a href="/facts/Public_Image_Ltd/hAQKSqLb">Public Image Ltd</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Pop_Group/oB9eHt6q">the Pop Group</a>, <a href="/facts/Magazine_(band)/S4ju7nvA">Magazine</a>, <a href="/facts/Joy_Division/qkISeV1m">Joy Division</a>, <a href="/facts/Talking_Heads/crAFIjpD">Talking Heads</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Raincoats/SRslwbkv">the Raincoats</a>, <a href="/facts/Gang_of_Four_(band)/K6bEN873">Gang of Four</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Cure/tcAR3Ss3">the Cure</a>, and <a href="/facts/The_Fall_(band)/8YuJpHYx">the Fall</a>. The movement was closely related to the development of ancillary genres such as <a href="/facts/Gothic_rock/djfBWS80">gothic rock</a>, <a href="/facts/Neo-psychedelia/SlNIBGBa">neo-psychedelia</a>, <a href="/facts/No_wave/hVx1elGF">no wave</a>, and <a href="/facts/Industrial_music/Ua77gRPB">industrial music</a>. By the mid-1980s, post-punk had dissipated, but it provided a foundation for the <a href="/facts/New_pop/hB65TgDk">new pop</a> movement and the later <a href="/facts/Alternative_rock/7xRALNsG">alternative</a> and <a href="/facts/Indie_rock/WwHEa2bQ">independent</a> genres.
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