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Genre
uk post-punk
Parent Genre: rock

UK post-punk emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a reaction to the punk movement. It is characterized by its use of unconventional song structures, angular guitar riffs, and introspective lyrics that often touch on themes of alienation and social commentary. The genre's sound evolved over time, incorporating elements of electronic and dance music. Its influence can still be heard in alternative and indie rock today.


Top artists of uk post-punk genre

The Smiths
The Cure
New Order
Joy Division
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Bauhaus
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Buzzcocks
The Damned
Killing Joke
Wire
Gang Of Four
Public Image Ltd.
The Fall
The Durutti Column
Tubeway Army
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uk post-punk music timeline

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List of uk post-punk artists

Here is a list of uk post-punk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the uk post-punk genre. You can find out what uk post-punk genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
The Smiths
76 6 50 77 9 67 131 4148631
2
The Cure
76 23 56 75 17 57 131 4541482
3
New Order
65 32 59 83 3 68 128 1944331
4
Joy Division
63 48 49 73 7 57 130 2141763
5
Siouxsie and the Banshees
59 10 48 79 14 43 126 906004
6
Bauhaus
53 13 50 62 12 43 131 710100
7
The Jesus and Mary Chain
52 41 43 77 5 43 124 427448
8
Buzzcocks
50 7 33 87 2 54 135 393692
9
The Damned
49 4 36 86 5 39 143 333701
10
Killing Joke
49 22 46 88 2 45 135 294954
11
Wire
48 22 54 69 29 61 127 180062
12
Gang Of Four
47 15 66 74 2 69 133 212062
13
Public Image Ltd.
45 23 51 68 4 61 126 272720
14
The Fall
43 29 49 79 12 61 135 181944
15
The Durutti Column
42 72 59 43 59 44 114 90075
16
Tubeway Army
42 18 60 65 13 56 128 89955
17
Wipers
41 64 42 77 4 55 122 84058
18
The Chameleons
41 11 38 77 7 45 130 140942
19
The Cleaners From Venus
41 26 60 69 27 58 127 54643
20
Galaxie 500
39 45 34 64 17 33 118 148839
21
Orange Juice
39 5 54 70 5 70 125 78380
22
The Sound
38 7 48 62 1 57 141 73968
23
The Clean
37 49 50 71 12 67 130 36467
24
The Wedding Present
37 42 42 86 2 61 129 52114
25
The Slits
37 23 62 67 3 73 138 116667
26
The Teardrop Explodes
36 1 47 63 19 66 136 77683
27
Magazine
36 14 51 76 2 64 127 88008
28
Sad Lovers & Giants
36 56 49 56 12 60 127 51136
29
Julian Cope
36 11 54 76 5 65 134 47418
30
The Only Ones
36 1 38 74 9 55 145 40248
31
NEU!
35 80 52 76 15 41 134 115623
32
Richard Hell
35 1 51 84 20 74 139 87513
33
Spacemen 3
34 69 30 51 40 23 122 65991
34
The House of Love
34 26 45 74 3 54 130 52233
35
Tones On Tail
34 33 56 62 11 51 139 64399
36
Xmal Deutschland
33 33 45 75 4 58 149 65225
37
Felt
33 69 39 59 24 55 128 41068
38
Young Marble Giants
33 64 76 44 48 78 140 47547
39
The Raincoats
33 24 51 61 31 53 124 82174
40
Psychic TV
32 42 57 57 34 54 124 64085
41
A Certain Ratio
32 48 69 77 8 62 121 35174
42
The Passions
32 16 64 68 20 55 128 8429
43
Marine Girls
32 14 55 20 45 60 122 15224
44
Lords Of The New Church
32 19 44 85 7 66 132 48562
45
The Ruts
32 11 44 80 2 70 169 49157
46
Fad Gadget
31 18 68 73 16 60 118 42857
47
Throbbing Gristle
31 54 47 41 29 43 116 90362
48
Cabaret Voltaire
31 59 66 70 15 64 125 91166
49
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
30 71 46 81 1 43 126 36639
50
Television Personalities
30 17 50 62 21 57 130 30237
51
Delta 5
30 1 72 73 4 78 139 34553
52
Pete Shelley
29 6 64 81 12 81 133 14937
53
The Associates
29 15 60 74 13 63 128 41006
54
The Soft Boys
28 12 40 82 3 54 132 37565
55
The Danse Society
28 50 41 79 6 44 138 38419
56
The Adverts
28 7 32 84 5 54 152 42178
57
Solid Space
28 40 61 65 24 49 139 16325
58
Rowland S. Howard
28 43 35 61 4 28 114 36662
59
Mekons
28 22 46 82 7 63 127 19015
60
Severed Heads
27 65 64 80 6 60 119 22074
61
The Monochrome Set
27 20 47 72 14 76 136 23816
62
Lowlife
27 18 38 63 23 47 124 12945
63
The Wake
27 31 48 70 8 70 144 18783
64
Au Pairs
27 0 61 77 2 88 131 29883
65
This Heat
27 49 38 58 35 20 98 28890
66
Pigbag
27 81 54 91 9 77 139 6079
67
Colourbox
27 22 57 62 7 59 120 10804
68
The Glove
26 18 53 57 29 47 126 31418
69
Maximum Joy
25 20 69 82 11 83 124 11128
70
The Pale Fountains
25 8 48 63 28 51 125 17740
71
The Pop Group
25 14 45 73 9 46 143 25481
72
Swell Maps
25 33 36 88 14 40 144 27578
73
Malaria!
25 17 67 70 14 51 130 23029
74
The Blue Aeroplanes
24 28 49 79 13 67 132 9660
75
Section 25
24 50 53 70 2 51 133 17115
76
Rosa Yemen
24 66 50 66 81 58 121 8226
77
Essential Logic
23 8 58 77 12 63 125 12809
78
Virgin Prunes
23 11 48 61 7 43 137 26678
79
Peter Hook and The Light
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 15474
80
Department S
23 32 44 79 3 82 171 3615
81
That Petrol Emotion
22 42 48 87 6 70 120 12977
82
Modern Eon
22 19 45 67 0 45 136 6439
83
And Also The Trees
22 49 42 53 24 42 122 17853
84
The Wolfgang Press
22 36 66 62 14 65 131 15369
85
The Snake Corps
22 46 49 62 1 38 134 6747
86
Medium Medium
21 0 83 69 24 90 122 4640
87
Girls At Our Best!
21 13 38 82 1 65 139 9309
88
Josef K
21 28 43 86 3 72 120 20869
89
Pink Industry
20 43 65 77 5 54 103 5505
90
The Southern Death Cult
20 75 41 82 3 64 147 22821
91
Colin Newman
19 37 44 81 18 51 141 9781
92
The Normal
19 5 61 60 17 46 156 8709
93
Mo-Dettes
19 2 56 80 5 97 146 3550
94
Crime & the City Solution
19 31 40 58 2 42 119 17400
95
SpizzEnergi
18 7 48 67 48 71 161 4012
96
Ski Patrol
18 62 64 58 1 73 108 2558
97
Normil Hawaiians
17 82 41 59 0 35 106 1642
98
Dalis Car
17 19 64 44 32 79 112 12334
99
Eyeless In Gaza
16 24 44 71 5 66 104 7817
100
Theatre Of Hate
16 3 50 83 7 61 126 10713
101
Little Nemo
15 45 49 85 2 56 145 6204
102
Family Fodder
15 18 51 71 18 71 134 6544
103
Alternative TV
14 1 54 86 1 67 152 7559
104
Lifetones
14 36 68 63 5 62 123 3009
105
A.C. Marias
13 32 54 41 52 56 124 2247
106
Dif Juz
13 91 42 40 32 32 114 6357
107
These Immortal Souls
13 19 31 54 1 35 153 11237
108
23 Skidoo
13 64 64 87 4 78 120 11477
109
The Nightingales
13 13 53 71 8 64 152 5577
110
Adrian Borland
13 3 45 37 33 31 139 3934
111
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
12 56 32 57 34 44 134 16215
112
Jacobites
11 0 37 56 41 29 135 3222
113
Blue Orchids
11 21 40 78 27 45 137 4463
114
Robert Rental
11 65 50 68 36 49 123 2362
115
Subway Sect
11 0 35 68 29 67 145 5036
116
Comsat Angels
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4525
117
Eric Random
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 725
118
Minny Pops
10 80 58 43 10 70 129 2672
119
Ludus
10 0 52 57 68 71 112 6044
120
Glaxo Babies
10 24 65 70 8 61 136 5085
121
Punishment Of Luxury
9 1 31 69 9 38 111 1556
122
Theoretical Girls
9 46 34 86 12 38 132 7581
123
Blurt
9 37 67 82 13 71 130 6195
124
Comsat Angels
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2031
125
UV Pop
9 0 65 90 34 68 123 622
126
Bona Dish
9 5 65 84 14 76 122 1912
127
The Three Johns
8 0 39 68 0 47 149 2025
128
Dome
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2325
129
Isolation Ward
8 13 57 62 1 71 128 2238
130
The Lines
8 0 57 85 2 94 148 1108
131
Stockholm Monsters
8 7 69 47 4 45 134 2400
132
Artery
8 34 56 73 0 65 108 1253
133
Rema-Rema
7 56 49 80 2 36 97 3651
134
The Lucy Show
7 7 51 94 3 68 146 2305
135
Dislocation Dance
7 0 86 65 37 81 138 1350
136
Fire Engines
7 3 35 85 81 91 165 4071
137
Crispy Ambulance
7 78 51 48 2 53 138 5372
138
The Passage
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2209
139
Second Layer
6 5 57 52 0 26 117 1236
140
Fatal Microbes
6 88 56 50 13 44 92 570
141
The Deep Freeze Mice
6 28 42 66 33 51 110 1389
142
Royal Family and the Poor
6 4 67 58 9 58 122 1893
143
Howard Devoto
6 0 58 67 21 69 160 1921
144
In Camera
6 12 51 60 0 74 129 1905
145
He Said
6 56 67 39 20 35 113 1237
146
The Cravats
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1546
147
Nightmares In Wax
5 0 58 94 0 69 137 381
148
Five Or Six
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1389
149
Abecedarians
5 81 50 74 11 50 98 1661
150
The Room
4 0 39 75 0 80 147 409
151
My Captains
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 326
152
The Prefects
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1484
153
Bruce Gilbert
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1487
154
Big Black
2 12 35 93 0 22 162 70047
155
Diagram Brothers
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 853
156
...and the Native Hipsters
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 403
157
The Tea Set
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 250
158
The Sun and the Moon
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 717
159
Art Objects
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 216
160
Crawling Chaos
1 0 42 93 5 55 187 738
161
They Must Be Russians
1 2 65 58 17 67 103 358
162
Dance Chapter
1 0 27 70 0 21 135 455
163
The Very Things
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 544
164
The Homosexuals
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 557
165
Gl*xo Babies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
166
1000 Mexicans
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 318
167
L. Voag
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168
168
The Skodas
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
169
I'm So Hollow
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113