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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther
But that pretty much describes any genre. "...characteristics that a lot of them share, but can't describe the whole of [them]."
So, therefore Post-Punk is a genre. Great, we've really gone places here.
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Except that post-punk is specifically "designed" to not sound like a genre. All the bands absolutely did not want to sound like each other. You're just quote mining to to twist the argument in your favor. I just looked at your art punk list, and the ones bolded are all explicitly post-punk, and I'm sure many of the others could be argued to be post-punk as well, like Television and Pere Ubu.
Art Punk
1. Television - Marquee Moon
2. Wire - Pink Flag
3. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
4. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
5. Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
6. Public Image Ltd. - First Issue
7. Flipper - Gone Fishin
8. Brainiac - Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
9. Patti Smith Group - Wave
10. MX-80 Sound - Out of the Tunnel
This list is unnecessary.