Understand Post Punk

Post punk is a very hazy category in music. It can be confusing to understand why one band can be considered post punk while another is not. The secret is to realise that most post punk bands follow the "punk ethos"


Steps

1. Listen to the original punk bands to see where the genre developed from and what the punk ethos is.
   
2. Listen to bands that former members of the original punk bands formed after they split eg.John Lydon with PiL and Howard Devoto with Magazine.
   
3. Read up on a indie label called Factory Records.
   
4. Buy a Joy Division record. They are a perfect example of post punk
   
5. Buy a Fall record for the same reason as above
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Tips

• Watch the movie 24 hour party people.
  
• Read up on the manchester music scene in the early 80s
  
• Listen to bands like Sonic Youth,Joy Division, The Fall, Public Image Ltd, Magazine, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Gang of Four, New Order, Wall of Voodoo, Oingo Boingo

Warnings

• Post punk is a very hard genre to appreciate, so don't touch it unless you have an alternate taste in music.
  
• remember sometimes Post Punk bands made songs deliberately obscure and hard to listen to so a couple of songs may be horrific
  

Things You'll Need

• records by Joy Division, The Fall, Public Image Ltd, Magazine, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Gang of Four, New Order, Wall of Voodoo
  
• An alternative and open taste in music
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