Primary Stylistic Influences:
Secondary Stylistic Influences:
The term "dance-punk" was first used in the early 80s (possibly in Great Britain) to describe punk groups with a more rhythmic tempo which made it easier to dance to, such as Gang of Four, Au Pairs, and A Certain Ratio. Dance-punk bands had influences from disco, funk, and other dance music styles popular at the time. As EDM became popular in the 80s and 90s, some punk and post-punk bands became influenced by this genre. Around this time, the few (if any) dance punk like bands were labeled punk-funk. All of this lead to the dance punk of today, spearheaded by LCD Soundsystem, Death from Above 1979, The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and many others.
A British off-shoot of this branch in the mid 2000s was "new rave.", which included such acts as Klaxons, Late Of The Pier, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Hadouken! and New Young Pony Club. It has been suggested, however, that new rave is the invention of British publication NME (and others). Indeed, it is questionable whether or not there is an appreciable difference between new rave and dance-punk.
Examples
- !!! (read that as Chk chk chk, or any syllable repeated thrice)
- Au Pairs
- Bloc Party (have shades of it on Silent Alarm, but became more promiment on A Weekend in the City and especially Intimacy)
- Brainiac (an early, rather noisy example)
- The Break-Up
- Bush Tetras (see also No Wave)
- A Certain Ratio
- Death from Above 1979 (Trope Codifier alongside LCD Soundsystem, mixed with Noise Rock)
- Digitalism is an electro-house group with strong influences of this.
- The Dismemberment Plan combine this with Post-Hardcore.
- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
- Doll Factory
- Electric Six (the Trope Maker)
- ESG (see also No Wave)
- Fake Shark - Real Zombie!
- The Fitness
- Foals (also Math Rock)
- Fol Chen
- Franz Ferdinand is a mixture between this and standard dance-rock.
- 2004 - Franz Ferdinand (2004)
- Friends (New York band from Brooklyn, not Greenwich Village)
- Gang of Four is the Trope Maker
- Glove
- Guerrilla Toss
- Gossip
- Hadouken! (combined with grime on their first and second albums and Drum and Bass and Dubstep on their third)
- Hot Chip (fused with Synth-Pop)
- Hot Hot Heat
- The Killers (they play a mixture of this and more typical dance-rock (with some Heartland influences) similar to Franz Ferdinand.)
- Klaxons
- Late Of The Pier combined this with Glam Rock, Synth-Pop and Progressive Rock.
- LCD Soundsystem (Trope Codifier alongside Death from Above 1979)
- Le Tigre
- Liars (mainly their first album; later releases became more avant-garde)
- Liquid Liquid (as with ESG, their minimalist, groove-based style was an big influence on the genre; see also No Wave)
- Metric
- MSTRKRFT is a side project of Death from Above 1979 frontman Jesse F. Keeler, and, like many recent Electronic Music groups, mixes this with electro-house music.
- My Chemical Romance, mostly Post-Hardcore and Emo Music, but switched to a mix of this genre and Pop Punk on their final album.
- Out Hud
- The Pop Group (another early example like Gang of Four, though much harsher-sounding)
- Y (1979)
- Q And Not U (who combine it with Math Rock)
- The Rapture
- Six Finger Satellite (another one who combine it with Post-Hardcore)
- Sleigh Bells utilizes this genre quite often. This is particularly evident in songs such as "Riot Rhythm", "Tell 'Em" and "Crown on the Ground".
- Some of Soulwax's albums could be considered this, particularly Any Minute Now and its remix album Nite Versions.
- Spark Is A Diamond
- Sparks (widely seen as an Ur-Example)
- Talking Heads, particularly on their albums produced by Brian Eno, often fell into this genre.
- 1979 - Fear of Music
- 1980 - Remain in Light
- Test Icicles, who like Death from Above combined this with Noise Rock.
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Walk the Moon
- We Are Scientists
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
