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It was mainly a British thing (most non-British bands failed to get much recognition). Some exceptions included the American bands Pere Ubu and [[Mission of Burma]], Australia's The Birthday Party, and of course [[U2]]. An American offshoot was No Wave, which was more focused on performance art than musical coherency. This included [[Sonic Youth]], Mars, Lydia Lunch, <s>the</s> [[Swans]], and several other bands, mostly from [[New York City]].
Eventually, post-punk petered out when the original bands turned away from its sound (the Curtis-less [[Joy Division]] became the synth-based [[New Order]]; Talking Heads became a new-wave pop band; The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees and many other bands became goth pioneers, etc.) and went in several musical directions. One of these directions was the more heavily-stylized [[Goth Rock]]. '''Post
Recently, post-punk has had a bit of a revival in indie rock as of late, with bands such as Interpol, Modest Mouse, The Libertines and [[Franz Ferdinand]] having commercial success. When people talk about more commercial, mainstream indie rock, or so-called "NME bands" (due to the magazine promoting these bands heavily), this is frequently the kind of thing they mean.
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* White Lies
* Liars
* The Horrors (after a [[Genre Shift]] from gothy garage punk to [[Shoegazing|shoegaze-y]] '''Post
* [[Bloc Party]]
* The Rapture
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