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post-punk

music genre
Intangible music_genre Q598929
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Post-punk is a music genre[1].

Key Facts

  • Follows: punk rock[3]
  • Followed by: post-punk revival[4]
  • Subclass of: punk music[5]
  • Commons category: Post-punk[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7]
  • Inception: January 1, 1978[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Post-punk[9]
  • Native label: Post-punk[10]

Why It Matters

post-punk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] post-punk is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

post-punk has been cited as an influence by electronic body music[13], a music genre[14], founded in 1982[15].

FAQs

Who did post-punk influence?

post-punk has been cited as an influence by electronic body music[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Has characteristic → Q107975727
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 23w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → punk music
    Follows → punk rock
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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