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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
Which is a perfectly non-incendiary opinion. Unfortunately also one that most of our kinsmen believe (at least the ones that have heard of post-punk). I'm an enormous fan of Wire and a few other British bands of the era, but in truth, I'm fatigued by the sheer number of people (and musicians) who labor to pay homage to Joy Division, The Smiths, The Cure, etc. and completely ignore the wealth of great music the no-wave movement has produced.
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Well that's a relatively recent phenomenon. Back when I was in college in the mid to late 90s post-punk was dead as dead and no one I knew who was in a band or into music, except myself, seemed to be into it or influenced by it at all.
The US had some other great post-punk bands in the early 80s that weren't considered no wave though. Wall of Voodoo, Scratch Acid and Devo are all favorites of mine that come to mind.