generate questions: Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in avant-garde practices, turned away from these approaches and pursued mainstream styles and commercial success. These new developments, in which post-punk artists attempted to bring subversive ideas into the pop mainstream, began to be categorized under the marketing term new pop.
What style of music was Gary Numan associated with? {sep_token} What did the synthpop style of music benefit from the gaining popularity of? {sep_token} Synthpop heavily borrowed elements from what type of music? {sep_token} What type of ideas did post-punk artists attempt to sneak into mainstream pop? {sep_token} What did some post-punk artists reject their previous avant-garde practices to pursue? {sep_token} What new music style focused on electronic and synthesized sounds? {sep_token} What really helped to launch synthpop? {sep_token} What else began to emerge as post-punk groups moved to a more commercial focus? {sep_token} How did pos-punk give rise to pop? {sep_token}