Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk, punk-funk or techno-punk) is a post-punk subgenre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the

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post-disco Post-disco (also called boogie, synth-funk, or electro-funk) is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history circa 1979–1985, imprecisely beginning with an unprecedented backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to c ...

and new wave movements.Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984.

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.Faber and Faber Ltd, April 2005, (U.S. Edition: Penguin, February 2006, )

Predecessors

Many groups in the post-punk era adopted a more danceable style. These bands were influenced by

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

, new wave, and other dance music popular at the time (as well as being anticipated by some artists from 1970s including

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and

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). Influential bands from the 1980s included Talking Heads,

Public Image Ltd. Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band (and incorporated limited company) formed by singer John Lydon (previously known as the singer of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble, and dr ...

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Dance-punk ends scenester dormancy
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Pigbag Pigbag were a British post-punk band, best known for their instrumentals, active between 1980 and 1983. Origin and formation Pigbag were formed in Cheltenham in late 1980 by Chris Hamlin, a fashion student at Cheltenham Art College. Hamlin ...

, the Clash, the Pop Group,

Maximum Joy Maximum Joy are an English post-punk band from Bristol, England,Strong, Martin C.: ''The Great Alternative & Indie Discography'', 1999, Canongate, formed in 1981 and reunited in 2015. ''Pitchfork'' compared their sound to "one of the Slits ba ...

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, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. New York City dance-punk included

Defunkt Defunkt is an American musical group founded by the trombonist and singer Joseph Bowie in 1978 in New York City. Their music touches on elements of punk rock, funk, and jazz. Career Joseph Bowie is the brother of big band musician Byron Bowi ...

, Material,

James Chance and the Contortions James Chance and the Contortions (initially known simply as Contortions, a spin-off group is called James White and the Blacks) was a musical group led by saxophonist and vocalist James Chance, formed in 1977. They were a central act of New York ...

, Cristina Monet, Bush Tetras,

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, and Liquid Liquid.

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punk singer Nina Hagen had an underground dance hit in 1983 with " New York / N.Y.", which mixed her searing punk (and opera) vocals with disco beats.

Contemporary dance-punk

Although dance-punk faded with the rise of New wave music in the early 1980s, it made a comeback in the late 1990s and early 2000s as part of the

post-punk revival Post-punk revival (also known as garage rock revival,J. Stuessy and S. D. Lipscomb, ''Rock and roll: its History and Stylistic Development'' (London: Pearson Prentice Hall, 5th edn., 2006), , p. 451. new wave revival,. and new rock revolution) is ...

. Dance-punk bands emerged from the pop-punk and

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revivals of the late 1990s. Well-known are acts such as

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, Clinic,

Death from Above 1979 Death from Above 1979 (also known as Death from Above) is a Canadian rock duo consisting of bassist Jesse F. Keeler and drummer and vocalist Sebastien Grainger from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 2001. The band released their debut album, '' You're ...

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, Hockey, Liars, Franz Ferdinand,

Hot Hot Heat Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, formed in 1999. The band was signed by Seattle label Sub Pop in 2001 and released its first EP, ''Knock Knock Knock'', and first full-length album, '' Make Up the Break ...

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, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Kasabian, You Say Party, the Faint, Arctic Monkeys,

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Shout Out Out Out Out Shout Out Out Out Out was a Canadian dance-punk/ electro group from Edmonton, Alberta. The band's lineup is unusual in that it includes multiple drummers and bassists, as well as vintage synthesizer equipment. History Shout Out Out Out Out was f ...

, and Radio 4, joined by dance-oriented acts who adopted rock sounds such as

Out Hud Out Hud was an American electronic band formed in 1996 in the Bay Area of California and later based in New York City. The band consisted of guitarist Nic Offer, bassist Tyler Pope, cellist Molly Schnick, vocalist/ drummer Phyllis Forbes and ...

.M. Wood, "Review: Out Hud: S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.", ''New Music'', 107, November 2002, p. 70. In the early 2000s Washington, D.C. had a popular and notable punk-funk scene, inspired by

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, post-punk, and go-go acts like Trouble Funk and Rare Essence, including bands like Q and Not U, Black Eyes, and Baltimore's

Oxes OXES is an American instrumental rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 'OXES' is a part of what is known as "The Baltimore Rowdy Collective" which stages practical jokes, usually involving a confrontational and outlandish racket i ...

, Double Dagger, and

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. In Britain the combination of indie with dance-punk was dubbed

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in publicity for Klaxons and the term was picked up and applied by the '' NME'' to bandsK. Empire
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,P. Flynn
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"New Rave? Old Rubbish"
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Late of the Pier Late of the Pier was an English four-piece dance-punk band from Castle Donington, England, signed to Parlophone. Their debut album ''Fantasy Black Channel'', produced by Erol Alkan was released on 11 August 2008 by Parlophone. History Forma ...

Test Icicles Test Icicles were a short-lived rock band that formed in England, primarily influenced by post-hardcore, dance-punk and indie rock but containing musical elements from a variety of genres (notably dance, hip hop, crossover thrash, and punk). T ...

,O. Adams
"Music: Rave On, Just Don't Call It 'New Rave'"
'' The Guardian'', 5 January 2007, retrieved 2 September 2008. and

Shitdisco Shitdisco were a dance-punk band from Glasgow, Scotland. They formed in 2003 while studying at the Glasgow School of Art, consisting of Joel Stone (bass, guitar, vocals), Joe Reeves (bass, guitar, vocals), Jan Lee (keyboards, backing vocals) ...

forming a scene with a similar visual aesthetic to earlier

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s.P. Robinson
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References

Bibliography

*Reynolds, Simon. "Mutant Disco and Punk-Funk: Crosstown Traffic in Early Eighties New York (and Beyond ...)." ''Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-punk 1978–84''. London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 2005. {{Boogierock Post-disco Fusion music genres American rock music genres American styles of music English styles of music British rock music genres

Predecessors

Contemporary dance-punk

See also

References

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