List of post-punk bands

The following is a list of post-punk bands. Post-punk is a musical movement that began at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock movement. The essential period that is most commonly cited as post-punk falls between 1978 and 1984.

0–9

 * 23 Skidoo

A

 * Adam and the Ants
 * The Alarm
 * ...And the Native Hipsters
 * The Art Attacks
 * Artery
 * Associates
 * Au Pairs
 * Aztec Camera

B

 * The B-52's
 * The Batfish Boys
 * Bauhaus
 * Bhopal Stiffs
 * Big Black
 * The Birthday Party
 * The Blackouts
 * Blam Blam Blam
 * Blue Orchids
 * Blyth Power
 * Buerak
 * Bush Tetras

C

 * Cabaret Voltaire
 * Capital Inicial
 * Cardiacs
 * A Certain Ratio
 * The Chameleons
 * James Chance and the Contortions
 * The Chills
 * Circus Mort
 * The Clash
 * The Clean
 * Clock DVA
 * Cocteau Twins
 * The Comsat Angels
 * The Cult
 * The Cure

D

 * DA!
 * Dalek I Love You
 * Damien Done
 * Dead Can Dance
 * The Deep Freeze Mice
 * The Del-Byzanteens
 * Delta 5
 * Depeche Mode
 * Desperate Bicycles
 * Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.)
 * Devo
 * Dinosaur Jr.
 * Do-Re-Mi
 * The Dream Syndicate
 * The Durutti Column

E

 * Echo & the Bunnymen
 * ESG
 * Essential Logic
 * Eurogliders
 * The Ex
 * Eyeless in Gaza

F

 * Factrix
 * Faith No More
 * The Fall
 * Family Fodder
 * The Feelies
 * Felt
 * The Fire Engines
 * Flipper
 * The Flying Lizards
 * For Against
 * Fra Lippo Lippi (early work)
 * Paula Frazer
 * Frightwig

G

 * Gang of Four
 * Gene Loves Jezebel
 * Girls at Our Best!
 * Glaxo Babies
 * Green River
 * The Gun Club

H

 * Half Man Half Biscuit
 * Heaven 17
 * High Vis
 * The Higsons
 * Hot Zex
 * The Human League
 * Hüsker Dü

I

 * I'm So Hollow
 * In Camera
 * Idles

J

 * The Jam
 * Japan
 * The Jesus Lizard
 * The Jesus and Mary Chain
 * Josef K
 * Joy Division

K

 * Killing Joke
 * Kino

L

 * Laughing Clowns
 * LiLiPUT
 * The Lords of the New Church
 * Love and Rockets
 * Lowlife
 * Ludus

M

 * Molchat Doma
 * Magazine
 * Maximum Joy
 * Meat Puppets
 * The Mekons
 * Melvins
 * The Membranes
 * The Method Actors
 * Midnight Oil (early work)
 * Minimal Compact
 * Minny Pops
 * Mission of Burma
 * Mo-dettes
 * Models
 * Modern English
 * Modern Eon
 * The Monochrome Set
 * Motorama

N

 * Naked Raygun
 * The Names
 * New Model Army
 * New Order
 * Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 * The Nightingales


 * Nina Hagen

O

 * The Opposition
 * Orange Juice

P

 * Palais Schaumburg
 * Palm Ghosts
 * The Passage
 * The Passions
 * Pel Mel
 * Pere Ubu
 * Phantom Tollbooth
 * Pigbag
 * Pink Military
 * Ploho
 * The Pogues
 * The Police
 * The Pop Group
 * Primitive Calculators
 * The Proclaimers
 * The Psychedelic Furs
 * Public Image Ltd
 * Pylon

R

 * The Raincoats
 * Rank and File
 * Retsepti
 * Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
 * Rema-Rema
 * R.E.M.
 * The Residents
 * Rip Rig + Panic
 * Romeo Void

S

 * Sad Lovers & Giants
 * Savage Republic
 * The Scientists
 * Scratch Acid
 * Scritti Politti
 * Section 25
 * Sex Gang Children
 * Sielun Veljet
 * Simple Minds
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees
 * The Sisters of Mercy
 * The Sleepers
 * The Slits
 * The Smiths
 * The Soft Boys
 * The Sound
 * Southern Death Cult
 * Squeeze
 * Street eaters
 * Subway Sect
 * Sunnyboys
 * Swell Maps

T

 * Talking Heads
 * The Teardrop Explodes
 * Television
 * Television Personalities
 * The The
 * Theatre of Hate
 * This Heat
 * Thompson Twins (early work)
 * The Three Johns
 * Throbbing Gristle
 * Tin Huey
 * Tones on Tail
 * Transvision Vamp
 * Tuxedomoon

U

 * U2
 * UK Decay
 * Ultravox

V

 * The Veils
 * Violent Femmes
 * Voigt/465
 * Volcano Suns

W

 * The Wake
 * Wall of Voodoo
 * The Wedding Present
 * Whirlywirld
 * Wire

X

 * Xero
 * XTC

Y

 * Young Marble Giants

Z

 * Zounds