What is Post-punk?
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Post-punk | etymology = Refers to certain developments after [[punk movement|punk]], although some groups predate the movement. | bgcolor = crimson | other_names = New musick | stylistic_origins = * [[Punk rock]] * [[avant-garde music|avant-garde]] * [[Dub music|dub]] * [[funk]] * [[Electronic music|electronic]] * [[krautrock]] * [[disco]] * [[art rock]] * [[free jazz]] * [[World music|world]] * [[glam rock]] * [[art pop]] | cultural_origins = Late 1970s; United Kingdom | instruments = | derivatives = * [[Alternative dance]] * [[alternative rock]] * [[avant-funk]] * [[dance-rock]] * [[dark wave]] * [[indie pop]] * [[indie rock]] * [[neo-psychedelia]] * [[New pop]] * [[post-rock]] * [[twee pop]] * [[shoegazing]] * [[Synth-pop|synthpop]] * [[house music|house]] | subgenres = * [[Dance-punk]] * [[gothic rock]] * [[no wave]] | fusiongenres = * [[Post-hardcore]] * [[post-punk revival]] | regional_scenes = * [[#United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] * [[#United States|United States]] * [[Ultra (music)|Netherlands (Ultra)]] * [[Neue Deutsche Welle|Germany (Neue Deutsche Welle)]] * [[Cold wave (music)|France (Cold Wave)]] | local_scenes = [[Music in Leeds#Punk rock|Leeds]] | other_topics = * [[Avant-punk]] * [[electronics in rock music]] * [[experimental rock]] * [[funk rock]] * [[industrial music]] * [[list of post-punk bands]] * [[New wave music|new wave]] * [[no wave]] * [[noise rock]] * [[recording studio as an instrument]] }} '''Post-punk''' (originally called '''new musick''') is a large [[music genre|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|DIY ethic]] but added styles like [[funk]], [[electronic music]], [[jazz]], and [[dance music]]; the [[music production|production techniques]] of [[dub music|dub]] and [[disco]]; and ideas from art and polit