Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Art Punk: The Definitive History

Art punk (also known as avant-punk) refers to punk rock of an experimental bent, or with connections to art school or the art world.

Contents
1 Styles of art punk
1.1 Anarcho-punk
1.2 Dance-punk
1.3 No wave
1.4 Post-hardcore
1.5 Post-punk
1.6 Post-punk revival
1.7 Noise rock
1.8 Punk jazz
2 See also
3 References
4 External links


Styles of art punk

Anarcho-punk
Main article: Anarcho-punk
Crass[1]
The Ex[2][3]

Dance-punk
Main article: Dance-punk

No wave
Main article: No wave

Post-hardcore
Main article: Post-hardcore
Blood Brothers
Fugazi[4]
Les Savy Fav

Post-punk
Main article: Post-punk
Dog Faced Hermans[5]
Joy Division
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Swell Maps
Wire

Post-punk revival
Main article: post-punk revival
Bloc Party
Liars
Interpol
The Futureheads

Noise rock
Main article: Noise rock
No Age
Sonic Youth[6]

Punk jazz
Main article: Punk jazz

See also
Art rock
Indie rock
New Wave music

References
^ "Jeffrey Lewis, 12 Crass Songs"
^ "Holland's Avant-punk Heroes"
^ "The Ex: 27 years of Dutch art-punk"
^ "Pinnacle of Punk" article from The Brooklyn Paper
^ Strong, Martin C.: "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-913-1
^ NME Review of Sonic Youth's London Shepherd's Bush Empire gig

External links
LastFM's most popular art punk artists and albums
"Avant-Punk: A Cult Explodes . . . and a Movement Is Born" by Robert Christgau

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