UK Post-Punk
UK post-punk is the British branch of post-punk: stark, bass-led, experimental rock that followed punk from the late 1970s, plus its recent revival.
The first wave came out of cities such as Manchester, Leeds and London between about 1978 and 1984. Bands used angular guitars, prominent bass lines, tight or mechanical drumming and serious, often political lyrics. Since the late 2010s a new group of British bands has revived the style, often with spoken or shouted vocals. The tag covers both generations.
Artists it is known for: Joy Division, Gang of Four, Wire, The Fall.
- Family
- Alternative & Indie
- On Spotify
- No longer returned by Spotify’s API
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- United Kingdom, late 1970s
- Also called
- british post-punk
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 11%
About 9,400 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have uk post-punk among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
UK Post-Punk artists
The Smiths
The Cure
New Order
Joy Division
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Jesus and Mary ChainThe uk post-punk artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.