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During 1976 – 77, in the midst of the original UK punk movement, bands emerged such as Manchester's Joy Division, The Fall, and Magazine, Leeds ' Gang of Four, and London's The Raincoats that became central post-punk figures.

Some bands classified as post-punk, such as Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, had been active well before the punk scene coalesced ; others, such as The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees, transitioned from punk rock into post-punk.

A few months after the Sex Pistols ' breakup, John Lydon ( no longer " Rotten ") cofounded Public Image Ltd. Lora Logic, formerly of X-Ray Spex, founded Essential Logic.

Killing Joke formed in 1979.

These bands were often musically experimental, like certain New Wave acts ; defining them as " post-punk " was a sound that tended to be less pop and more dark and abrasive — sometimes verging on the atonal, as with Subway Sect and Wire — and an anti-establishment posture directly related to punk's.

Post-punk reflected a range of art rock influences from Captain Beefheart to David Bowie and Roxy Music to Krautrock and, once again, the Velvet Underground.