List of post-punk bands

The following is a list of post-punk bands. Post-punk is a musical movement that began at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock movement. The essential period that is most commonly cited as post-punk falls between 1978 and 1984.

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A

Adam and the Ants The Alarm Algiers ...And the Native Hipsters The Art Attacks Artery Associates Au Pairs Aztec Camera

B

The B-52's The Batfish Boys Bauhaus Bhopal Stiffs Big Black The Birthday Party Black Midi The Blackouts Blam Blam Blam Blue Orchids Blyth Power The Bolshoi Bush Tetras

C

Cabaret Voltaire Capital Inicial Cardiacs A Certain Ratio The Chameleons James Chance and the Contortions The Chills Circus Mort The Clash The Clean Clock DVA Cocteau Twins The Comsat Angels Crisis The Cult Cumgirl8 The Cure

D

DA! Dalek I Love You Damien Done Dead Can Dance Dead Tooth The Deep Freeze Mice The Del-Byzanteens Delta 5 Depeche Mode Desperate Bicycles Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) Devo Dinosaur Jr. Do-Re-Mi The Dream Syndicate Dry Cleaning The Durutti Column

E

Echo & the Bunnymen ESG Essential Logic Eurogliders The Ex Eyeless in Gaza

F

Factrix Faith No More The Fall Family Fodder The Feelies Felt The Fire Engines Flipper The Flying Lizards Fontaines D.C. For Against Fra Lippo Lippi (early work) Paula Frazer Frightwig

G

Gang of Four Gene Loves Jezebel Gilla Band Girls at Our Best! Glaxo Babies Green River The Gun Club

H

Half Man Half Biscuit Happy Mondays Heaven 17 High Vis The Higsons The Human League Hüsker Dü

I

I'm So Hollow In Camera Idles

J

The Jam Japan The Jesus Lizard The Jesus and Mary Chain Josef K Joy Division

K

Killing Joke Kino

L

Laughing Clowns LiLiPUT The Lords of the New Church Love and Rockets Lowlife Ludus

M

Magazine Maximum Joy Meat Puppets The Mekons Melvins The Membranes The Method Actors Midnight Oil (early work) Minimal Compact Minny Pops Mission of Burma Mo-dettes Models Modern English Modern Eon Molchat Doma The Monochrome Set Motorama

N

Naked Raygun The Names New Model Army New Order Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Nightingales Nina Hagen

O

The Opposition Orange Juice

P

Palais Schaumburg Palm Ghosts The Passage The Passions Pel Mel Pere Ubu Phantom Tollbooth Pigbag Pink Military The Pogues The Police The Pop Group Priests Primitive Calculators The Proclaimers The Psychedelic Furs Public Image Ltd Pylon

R

The Raincoats Rank and File Retsepti Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Rema-Rema R.E.M. The Residents Rip Rig + Panic Romeo Void

S

Sad Lovers & Giants Savage Republic SadSvit The Scientists Scratch Acid Scritti Politti Section 25 Sex Gang Children Sielun Veljet Simple Minds Siouxsie and the Banshees The Sisters of Mercy Skeletal Family The Sleepers The Slits The Smiths The Soft Boys The Sound Southern Death Cult Squeeze Street Eaters Subway Sect Sukatani Sunnyboys Swell Maps

T

Talking Heads The Teardrop Explodes Television Television Personalities The The Theatre of Hate This Heat Thompson Twins (early work) The Three Johns Throbbing Gristle Tin Huey Tones on Tail Transvision Vamp Tuxedomoon

U

U2 UK Decay Ultravox

V

The Veils Viagra Boys Violent Femmes Voigt/465 Volcano Suns

W

The Wake Wall of Voodoo The Wedding Present Whirlywirld Wire

X

Xero XTC

Y Yard Act Young Marble Giants

Z Zounds

Post-punk revival bands

See also List of gothic rock artists List of new wave artists List of punk rock bands, 0–K List of punk rock bands, L–Z List of post-hardcore bands

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