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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0–9
A
- Adam and the Ants
- The Alarm
- ...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
- 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
- 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
- Devo
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Do-Re-Mi
- The Dream Syndicate
- The Durutti Column
E
F
- Factrix
- Faith No More
- The Fall
- Family Fodder
- The Feelies
- Felt
- The Fire Engines
- Flipper
- The Flying Lizards
- For Against
- Fra Lippo Lippi
- Paula Frazer
- Frightwig
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
- Magazine
- Maximum Joy
- Meat Puppets
- The Mekons
- Melvins
- The Membranes
- The Method Actors
- Midnight Oil
- 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
- No Devotion
O
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
- 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
- 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
- The Three Johns
- Throbbing Gristle
- Tin Huey
- Tones on Tail
- Transvision Vamp
- Tuxedomoon