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Ari Up
Ari Up
German punk rock singer
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The Flowers of Romance
The Flowers of Romance
British early punk band, formed in mid-1976
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The Raincoats
The Raincoats
British band
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New Age Steppers
New Age Steppers
UK post-punk and dub collective band
4
Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious
English bassist and vocalist
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Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry
Swedish singer-songwriter
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UK Decay
UK Decay
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Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd.
English rock band
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Marco Pirroni
Marco Pirroni
British musician
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U.K. Subs
U.K. Subs
English punk band
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Norman Watt-Roy
Norman Watt-Roy
English musician
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The Pop Group
The Pop Group
English rock band
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Alternative TV
Alternative TV
band
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LiLiPUT
LiLiPUT
band
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Blue Orchids
Blue Orchids
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T. Rex
T. Rex
English rock band
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Slaughter & The Dogs
Slaughter & The Dogs
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The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party
Australian band
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A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio
band
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All Time Low
All Time Low
American rock band
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Chrome
Chrome
American band
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Blitz
Blitz
English street punk/oi! band
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The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Swedish rock band
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Random Hand
Random Hand
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The Lords of the New Church
The Lords of the New Church
English/American gothic rock supergroup
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Imaad Wasif
Imaad Wasif
Canadian musician
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Rational Youth
Rational Youth
Canadian new wave synthpop band
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The Cramps
The Cramps
US psychobilly band
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Vice Squad
Vice Squad
band that plays punk rock
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London
London
British punk band
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The Nips
The Nips
band
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Subway Sect
Subway Sect
band
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Gossip
Gossip
American indie rock band
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Every Avenue
Every Avenue
band
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Toyah Willcox
Toyah Willcox
English actress and punk/pop rock singer
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Eddie and the Hot Rods
Eddie and the Hot Rods
British band
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Toxic Reasons
Toxic Reasons
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Generation X
Generation X
English punk rock band
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Revenge of the Psychotronic Man
Revenge of the Psychotronic Man
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Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Jamaican reggae producer
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Mo-dettes
Mo-dettes
English post-punk band
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Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
British band
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Stray Cats
Stray Cats
band
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Sneaker Pimps
Sneaker Pimps
British Trip Hop band
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The Spitfire Boys
The Spitfire Boys
Liverpool punk band
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Our Daughter's Wedding
Our Daughter's Wedding
American synthpop trio
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Artery
Artery
band
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Magazine
Magazine
English post-punk band
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The Clash
The Clash
British punk rock band
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James Chance
James Chance
American saxophonist, keyboard player, songwriter and singer
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Ritual
Ritual
1980s Harrow-based post-punk band
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The Buggles
The Buggles
English New Wave band
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Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes
English keyboardist
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Boys Like Girls
Boys Like Girls
band
54
Dez Cadena
Dez Cadena
American musician
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Jayne County
Jayne County
American singer
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Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
British rock band
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The Jeff Beck Group
The Jeff Beck Group
band
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New Found Glory
New Found Glory
American rock band known for their infectious brand of pop-punk
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Steve Howe
Steve Howe
English guitarist
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Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna
American musician and feminist activist
61
Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti
British new wave band
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British punk rock band
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The Slits were a British punk and post-punk band formed in London in 1976 by members of the groups the Flowers of Romance and the Castrators. The group's early line-up consisted of Ari Up (Ariane Forster) and Palmolive (a.k.a. Paloma Romero, who played briefly with Spizzenergi and later left to join the Raincoats), with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members Kate Korus and Suzy Gutsy. Their 1979 debut album, Cut, has been called one of the defining releases of the post-punk era.