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Dance-punk — also known as disco-punk or punk funk — is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, closely associated with the post-punk and new wave movements, in which bands adopted a rhythmic tempo conducive to dancing and drew on disco, synth and other dance music. Its fashion keeps one foot in each world: day-glo colors, phat pants and glowsticks come from dance and rave culture, while leather studded jackets, chains and combat boots come straight from punk. Typical haircuts include spiky hair bleached blond, short mohawks and synthetic dreadlocks.
Dance-punk fashions include day-glo colors, phat pants, glowsticks, leather studded jackets, chains and combat boots. Typical haircuts include spiky hair bleached blond, short mohawks and synthetic dreadlocks.
Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or punk funk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and new wave movements. Many groups in the post-punk era adopted a more rhythmic tempo, conducive to dancing. These bands were influenced by disco, synth and other dance music popular at the time as well as being anticipated by some of the 1970s work of Sparks, Iggy Pop, and some recordings by the German groups referred to as Krautrock.
Dance-punk was revived among some bands of the garage rock/post-punk revival in the early years of the new millennium, particularly acts such as LCD Soundsystem, Clinic, Death From Above 1979, Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Faint, The Rapture and Radio 4, joined by dance-oriented acts who adopted rock sounds such as Out Hud, or Californian acts like !!! and Moving Units. In the early 2000s Washington, D.C. had a popular and notable punk-funk scene, inspired by Fugazi, post-punk, and go-go acts like Trouble Funk and Rare Essence, including bands like Q And Not U, Black Eyes, and Baltimore's Oxes, Double Dagger, and Dope Body.
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The genre did not appear from nowhere. It was anticipated by some of the 1970s work of Sparks and Iggy Pop, and by recordings from the German groups grouped under the Krautrock label — artists who had already put repetitive rhythm and electronic texture underneath rock performance. Post-punk bands in the late 1970s then made the combination explicit, keeping punk's energy and instrumentation while building songs a dance floor could use.
The clothing tells the same two-sided story. Glowsticks and day-glo colors only make sense in a club, under lights, in motion; phat pants — the wide-legged trousers borrowed from rave dress — are cut for dancing. The studded leather jacket, chains and combat boots refuse to let the outfit soften into pure disco dress, and the hair does the same work at head height: bleached spikes, a short mohawk or synthetic dreadlocks read as punk first and dance second. Dance-punk fashion is what happens when a punk audience decides the music should move — and dresses so it can move with it.
Dance-punk is also known as disco-punk or punk funk. It emerged in the late 1970s alongside post-punk and new wave, when bands took on disco, synth and dance influences and a tempo made for dancing.
The garage rock and post-punk revival brought acts such as LCD Soundsystem, Clinic, Death From Above 1979, Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Faint, The Rapture and Radio 4, plus dance-oriented acts such as Out Hud, !!! and Moving Units.
In the early 2000s D.C. had a popular punk-funk scene inspired by Fugazi, post-punk and go-go acts such as Trouble Funk and Rare Essence, including bands like Q And Not U, Black Eyes, and Baltimore's Oxes, Double Dagger and Dope Body.