The only "Post" genre that was ever acceptable was "Post Punk". A whole slew of bands came around, born from punk but sounding modern and more directional. They were bands formed during punk but took it in a genuinely new direction. No genre name ever really summed it up as well as "Post Punk" did. It wasn't Nu-Punk cus it was different to punk but it was related to punk.
Bands such as Killing Joke, PiL, The Cure (early).
Then bands such as Bauhaus and later The Sisters Of Mercy came along and the term Goth was coined and that was that. I fucking hate the name Goth.
The more you know.
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