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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre
I think we were arguing the same point. I was just making an ass out of myself for not looking up what CBGB was before arguing. I know the hip hop side, not the punk side. But yeah, gothic post-punk is beckoning me.
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I figure punk and rap/hip-hop were initially American phenomena, while goth/post-punk initially more British—though one critic I heard years ago described Cleveland's Pare Ubu as "post-punk before there was punk."
U2 was also considered post-punk.