Post-punk

Post-punk was a musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock "explosion". For the more recent "post-punk" movement in rock music, see post-punk revival.

Lists of bands

Post-punk influences (1970s era)

A list of bands that influenced the original post-punk movement.

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• David Bowie - For both his early Ziggy Stardust work and experimental Berlin-era output, notably Low.
• Can
• Brian Eno - For his groundbreaking art rock, including the albums Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), and Another Green World.
• Kraftwerk
• Roxy Music
• Neu!
• Iggy Pop - For The Idiot and Lust for Life.
• Television
• Throbbing Gristle
• Scott Walker - For his atmospheric single "The Electrician".
• Robert Wyatt
• The Residents

Post-punk bands (1980s era)

A list of bands from the first wave of post-punk, along with those significantly influenced by the genre.

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• 23 Skidoo
• A Certain Ratio
• Animotion
• Au Pairs
• Automatic Pilot
• The B-52's
• Bauhaus - Considered progenitors and members of the massively influential goth rock style.
• Big Black
• The Blasters
• The Buggles
• BIG fLAME
• The Birthday Party
• Blue Orchids
• The Boredoms
• Cabaret Voltaire - Considered early pioneers of industrial music specifically, and electronic music in general.
• The Chameleons
• The Comsat Angels
• Crass - Adhering so strongly to the punk ethos, regularly eschewing popularity and accessibility, Crass cannot be easily contained by the label of punk. Their music, while bearing little in common with other post-punk bands, was still an unwavering attempt to take punk music to the next level.
• Corky Carroll
• Crispy Ambulance
• Cultural Amnesia
• The Cure - Like Bauhaus, The Cure are considered progenitors and members of the goth rock style.
• Debbie Deb
• Dead Can Dance
• Death in June
• Delta 5
• Depeche Mode
• Devo - Predated and then coexisted with the post-punk movement, anticipating its integration of krautrock and dance into punk, though with somewhat more lighthearted consequences.
• The Durutti Column
• Echo & the Bunnymen
• Eddie & the Hot Rods
• Einstürzende Neubauten
• Essential Logic
• Factrix
• Fischer-Z
• Fad Gadget
• The Fall - The Fall's music changes drastically in "phases" designed by rotating band membership. However, their music has remained consistently post-punk throughout their career.
• The Feelies
• The Fire Engines
• fIREHOSE
• Flying Lizards
• Foetus
• Gang of Four
• Gene Loves Jezebel
• The Human League - Perhaps better known for their more accessible music, which is described as New Wave, and not post-punk.
• the insane picnic
• Ism
• The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Josef K
• Joy Division - While not really connected with the Gothic rock scene, many acknowledge Joy Division to be the first Gothic rock band.
• Killing Joke
• The Lemon Kittens
• Magazine - Straddling the line between post-punk and New Wave, Magazine was formed by the remains of early punk legends Buzzcocks.
• The Mekons
• The Minutemen
• Mission of Burma
• Modern English
• Monte Cazazza
• New Order
• The Normal
• Orange Juice
• John Otway
• Pere Ubu
• Pink Turns Blue
• Poison Girls
• The Pop Group
• Psychedelic Furs
• Public Image Ltd. - This abrasive group was formed by Johnny Rotten, vocalist of the Sex Pistols, after the Pistols' disbanding.
• The Raincoats
• Red Rockers
• Red Crayola
• Scritti Politti
• Section 25
• Shellac
• Siouxsie & the Banshees
• The Slits
• The Smiths
• The Sound
• Spasmodic Caress
• The Stranglers
• Subway Sect
• Suicide - Contemporaries of Cabaret Voltaire, Suicide are considered early architects of industrial music.
• The Surf Punks
• Swans
• Swell Maps
• Talking Heads
• The Teardrop Explodes
• This Heat
• Tuxedomoon - Making music that, ostensibly, was intended for various independent film projects, Tuxedomoon's albums are often categorized as film music.
• Ultravox
• U2
• The Wake
• Winston Tong
• Wire - Starting as a first wave British punk group, Wire's sound quickly grew to encompass post-punk and was instrumental in the development of synth-pop and techno music.
• Young Marble Giants