Best post-punk influenced acts?

[d3nzi0]

Any thoughts who among the current crop of famous/semi-famous post punk-influenced acts move you everytime you hear them?

[TwoTubMan]

I love Punk. What the hell is "Post-Punk"?

[The Last Rebel]

I love Punk. What the hell is "Post-Punk"?

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The best and most basic explanation that I'm half making up and half lifting from something Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke said is that post punk is music that's informed and influenced by the original wave of punk bands but generally came after them and allowed much more into their sound than that original group of punk bands. Killing Joke, for example, takes a TON of influence from reggae and some other melodic, beat oriented genres of music.

Now, to answer the OPs question.

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You can make the argument that Swans is post punk but Michael Gira's so free and experimental with genre and the very idea of what music is that I think they can be both a post punk band and a band that was influenced by post punk.

[dunara]

The Cardiacs - it doesn't get much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhuQWKwbqY

[Fatherflot]

Television is actually "pre-punk" since they were the first band to play at CBGB's, something like a year before The Ramones.

In my mind the most essential "post-punk" acts are PIL, Gang of Four, The Fall, and Joy Division. Then there was a whole slew of bands that started punk and edged into a kind of neo-psychedelia, including Echo and the Bunnymen, Psychedelic Furs, Teardrop Explodes, and even, in a sense, early U2.

[katuna]

We have a local band here in Houston called Balaclavas. I think they are a fantastic post punk influenced band

http://balaclavas.bandcamp.com/

Ha, not to be gross, but my band is post punk influenced as well...

http://weirdparty.bandcamp.com/

[geetarboy]

Husker Du.

[Tuberoast]

Husker Du.

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[VicAjax]

Husker Du.

LOVE Hüsker Dü... possibly my favorite band ever. definitely not current though.

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[d3nzi0]

cheers guys - would u consider the national, the editors and the killers to be good post-punk influenced bands? I certainly agree that Gang of Four and Joy Division are two of the best post-punk bands ever.

[dverna]

Lowline

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The Domino State

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[bjjp2]

Pixies
Replacements

[A-Bone]

Pixies
Replacements

Legendary bands, for sure, but hardly what would be considered among the "current crop." Also, in the case of Westerberg and co., I don't think I would consider them a post-punk act, although that term has always been vague.

The 'mats have been defunct for somewhere around 20 years now, and The Pixies have been rightfully milking the nostalgia gravy train for the last several years, after more than a decade of inactivity.

[bjjp2]

Legendary bands, for sure, but hardly what would be considered among the "current crop." Also, in the case of Westerberg and co., I don't think I would consider them a post-punk act, although that term has always been vague.

The 'mats have been defunct for somewhere around 20 years now, and The Pixies have been rightfully milking the nostalgia gravy train for the last several years, after more than a decade of inactivity.

Sorry, missed the "current crop" language. Not sure if the term "post-punk" really has any meaning in 2011.

[TheReverendCommon]

We have a local band here in Houston called Balaclavas. I think they are a fantastic post punk influenced band

http://balaclavas.bandcamp.com/

Ha, not to be gross, but my band is post punk influenced as well...

http://weirdparty.bandcamp.com/

totally dug this!

if i may...

http://thecommonmen.bandcamp.com

[jmczaja]

Mission of Burma

I'd rank them right up there with Husker Du!

[A-Bone]

Mission of Burma

I'd rank them right up there with Husker Du!

Again, there is no questioning the iconic status of MoB but they are more like an actual post-punk band, not one that was influenced by post-punk, and they hardly qualify as a current or newer band.

[jmczaja]

I forgot to read the 'influenced' part of the subject.. Oooops!

Whats the cutoff date for post-punk? Are we talking about bands that were influenced by the first wave of post-punk bands (wire, MoB, Joy Division, etc.)?

Would bands like Galaxie 500, The Pixies or Radiohead meet the criteria?

[katuna]

totally dug this!

if i may...

http://thecommonmen.bandcamp.com


Sounds cool. Do you know DJ Rick or Scott Soriano?

[A-Bone]

I forgot to read the 'influenced' part of the subject.. Oooops!

Whats the cutoff date for post-punk? Are we talking about bands that were influenced by the first wave of post-punk bands (wire, MoB, Joy Division, etc.)?

Would bands like Galaxie 500, The Pixies or Radiohead meet the criteria?

I think the OP is looking for current bands that were inspired by post-punk bands, so Galaxie 500 is out (although they were a phenomenal band), and The Pixies should be out since they are not really making new music.

Radiohead could certainly qualify, as could bands like Interpol and the Editors.

[Jet Age Eric]

cheers guys - would u consider the national, the editors and the killers to be good post-punk influenced bands? I certainly agree that Gang of Four and Joy Division are two of the best post-punk bands ever.

Yes. And, of course, "good" is a relative term. :P -E

[in_sherman]

the mars volta!

[jmczaja]

Tough question.. I'll add a few more

Yo La Tengo
Sonic Youth

[seiko]

the mars volta!

More like post-prog. ;)

[d3nzi0]

haha cool choices - sorry if my post is a bit general but thanks for giving me a few more bands to check out. And yeah i want to see post-punk "influenced" acts.

[nl128]

Operation Ivy


The Libertines


The Strokes

[katuna]

Operation Ivy is a punk influenced act, not a post-punk influenced act.

Another suggestion: The Men . Killer band from New York City. Also, Black Congress from Houston TX

[HP Hovercraft]

Both bands catch a lot of flack, but I enjoy Interpol and Franz Ferdinand. Popified Post Punk.

I'm surprised The Cure hasn't been mentioned.

[projam619]

When I think of "post-punk", I think of mostly English bands that injected art into the punk aesthetic. Not really New Wave, but more dark and some of it kinda goth. Joy Division, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Siouxie and the Banshees, early U2 and Echo and the Bunnymen, Southern Death Cult. Stylistically, the guitar sound is droney, echoey, that "one-finger" style. I also think of the cool bass stuff you hear in New Order.

Deer Hunter is a current "post-punk" band I've been diggin' lately...

[jmczaja]

The thing i dont understand about the question is that really ANYBODY could be 'influenced' by post punk and not sound like that style at all..

Deer Hunter was a good 'modern' suggestion/take on the question.

[A-Bone]

Operation Ivy is a punk influenced act, not a post-punk influenced act.

Another suggestion: The Men . Killer band from New York City. Also, Black Congress from Houston TX

Op Ivy is also hardly recent by musical act standards, and is not a current act.

[HP Hovercraft]

Are we talking about Deerhunter or The Dear Hunter? I enjoy Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest, and have liked what I've heard from The Dear Hunter. Any album recommendations for the latter?

[d3nzi0]

The thing i dont understand about the question is that really ANYBODY could be 'influenced' by post punk and not sound like that style at all..

Deer Hunter was a good 'modern' suggestion/take on the question.

Good point actually - I guess what I mean is are there any acts currently who wouldn't be out of place if you put them on a bill with the cure or joy division? I have been hearing some bands theses days and they make me want to go through my record collection and look for a song that I'm sure i've head back in the day lol

[Dave Wakely]

Also not mentioned, now touring again and recently released a very strong album - Magazine. (John McGeoch RIP too, given this is TGP).

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Some of this is a bit on the poppier side of things, but here goes.

I had a really hard time choosing just one Editors song, because everything they do is absolutely lovely, but this one is just the most powerful, beautiful thing...
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Gotta love these lyrics. Music doesn't really do much here, but it doesn't have to.
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I found out about these guys through a Facebook ad. No, really.
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I'm surprised nobody's cited White Lies at all...
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[wombat66]

XTC (do they count?)

Sonic Youth (and their less famous NYC brethren Glenn Branca, Band of Susans, Live Skull, Rat-at-Rat-R, Swans, The Spitters, Rhys Chatham, ***** Galore, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion etc)

[coldfingaz]

Gotta go with the Replacements.

Too quirky & goofy to be a mainstream or formulaic rock band, and not hardcore enough to be a punk band.

Westerberg wrote a shitload of great tunes set to an incredibly diverse backdrop of musical styles from rock, power pop, punk, drunken blues to ballads, a one-off jazz tune, Americana, etc.

They've influence everyone from Green Day to Liz Phair & thousands of bands that never made it too far out of the garage, but still tried because of the Mats.

[Keasley]

The Horrors in 2009:

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[Black Squirrel]

Really?

Best Post Post Punk influenced Current act?

Punk Died like 30 years ago

So I'm gonna say the spin Doctors

[katuna]

Really?

Best Post Post Punk influenced Current act?

Punk Died like 30 years ago

So I'm gonna say the spin Doctors

If you think punk is dead, you've missed a lot of good stuff in the last 20 years.

[arem]

This is from 3 or 4 years ago but I really liked the first LP by These New Puritans:

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[TobyManhattan]

I would definitely check out The Kills if you haven't heard of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkEwk7wZVV8 (I can never imbed correctly)

This seems like a good time to plug my band as well...
http://www.soundcloud.com/slightly-left

[sonic_777111]

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Thanks, I'm still trying to figure out this YouTube thing.

[fetchmybeer]

The best post-punk stuff to me came from bands who actually were around for the punk scene, though many, many great ones came immediately after.

The Cure, Siouxsie, Bauhaus, Wire, Joy Division/New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Clash (I put them in there because their first album was punk and that's about it), Public Image Ltd., etc...

Then there were the bands that could be lumped in there that started a bit later like The Smiths, The Chameleons, Duran Duran and other "new wavers"...

[Jahn]

Here's a shocker. Here we have Joy Division, the very definition of a post punk band:

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And the somewhat recent Kings of Convenience that I got into for some poppy fun through my enjoyment of Feist:

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But then I discovered THIS today. Oh my.

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[Windup 43]

Really?

Best Post Post Punk influenced Current act?

Punk Died like 30 years ago

So I'm gonna say the spin Doctors I much prefer post punk/goth to pure punk.

[The Last Rebel]

Speaking of bands influenced by Joy Division...

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This is what happens when you mix Joy Division and black metal. It's bizarre and unlike almost anything I've ever heard.