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post-punk, a. and n.
Brit. |ˌpəʊs(t)ˈpʌŋk|, U.S. |ˈpoʊs(t)ˈpəŋk|
[‹ post- prefix + punk adj.2 Compare earlier post-rock adj.]
A. adj. Of or relating to a genre of popular music, originally inspired by punk music but typically less aggressive in performance and musically more melodic and experimental. Also: occurring after or culturally influenced by punk music or its subculture. Cf. punk n.1 5.
1977Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 6 May 5/3 News of an RCA post-punk disco at which a ‘new wave’ band, The Jam, were to perform led me there in a spirit of sartorial self-lessness. 1987T. Wolfe Bonfire of Vanities x. 218 The Greasy Black look that was so..so Post-Punk, so Downtown, so..of the moment. 1994This Mag. (Toronto, Ont.) Nov. 12 All these gorgeous women are getting into it, from the elegant lipstick lesbians to the post-punk baby dykes. 1999M. Silcott Rave Amer. iii. 77 The big DJ at CFNY..played and promoted mainly British postpunk bands like the Cure, the Smiths, and Siouxie [sic] and the Banshees.
B. n.
1. A follower of a cultural trend occurring after, or culturally influenced by, the punk subculture; a performer or fan of post-punk music.
1979Washington Post 7 Jan. f11 [They] have opened ‘PX’, a Convent [sic] Garden shop that the post-Punks seem to prefer. 1997C. Barker in D. E. Winter Revelations 353 Stanz and Wolfie were not punks, or even post-punks. 2002Q July 54/3 Consumptive-looking goth-rocker Cave came from Wangaratta, Victoria, and earned his stripes with damaged post-punks The Birthday Party.
2. Post-punk music. Cf. New Wave n. 2c.
1981N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. ii. 11/1 Contemporary English rock is often called post-punk because it is so much more varied and sophisticated, and so much less doctrinaire, than punk music. 1991Blitz Sept. 50/1 To place post-punk on the musical map, it could be said to have begun with the simultaneous release in September 1978 of ‘Public Image’ by Public Image Ltd..and the Banshees. 1997Big Issue 29 Sept. 20/3 Sculptor Martin Creed's three-piece Owada play miserabilist post-punk, evoking Talking Heads, Joy Division and Magazine.
Derivatives. post-punker n. a performer of post-punk music.
1983People 21 Feb. 15/1 Minimalist *post-punkers, synth-poppers and rappers will lean toward the first view. 1999Select Feb. 26 They may talk about the majesty of American post-punkers like Black Flag, Fugazi and Hüsker Dü, but Idlewild are a far more charming proposition. |