When did the term "post-punk" come into general currency?

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I did a "postpunk" themed (and named) radio show in 1988, so it definitely existed then.

― mike a, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I have several documents (fanzines and whatnots) and interviews that use the term as early as mid-1978. I used it pretty frequently myself in high school ('82 or so).

― Dee Xtrovert (dee dee), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I first remember hearing it mid-to-late 80s, possibly first years of college.

― whiteout (bobnope), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link

C'mere, you big hunk 'a man!

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― bubba crosby, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Post-punk = Punk + Art

Therefore all British punk is not real punk, but post-punk. The Sex Pistols, Clash, Jam, Buzzcocks, all of it. Artistes all of 'em.

The only true punk is Ramones.

And the only true metal is Judas Priest. Everything else is post-metal.

― mcmc (mattsoncarlhew), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Didn't the Rough Trade kinda bands self-identify as post-punk? I don't think they were calling themselves New Wave or No Wave or anything like that.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

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