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572e64b9c246551400ce4223 | Post-punk | Though the music varied widely between regions and artists, the post-punk movement has been characterized by its "conceptual assault" on rock conventions and rejection of aesthetics perceived of as traditionalist, hegemonic or rockist in favor of experimentation with production techniques and non-rock musical styles su... | What does post-punk reject any of which are perceived as being traditionalist, hegemonic, or rockist? | {
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"aesthetics"
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171
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572e64b9c246551400ce4224 | Post-punk | Though the music varied widely between regions and artists, the post-punk movement has been characterized by its "conceptual assault" on rock conventions and rejection of aesthetics perceived of as traditionalist, hegemonic or rockist in favor of experimentation with production techniques and non-rock musical styles su... | What is one of the foundational aspects post-punk is deeply favorable towards? | {
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"experimentation"
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247
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572e64b9c246551400ce4225 | Post-punk | Though the music varied widely between regions and artists, the post-punk movement has been characterized by its "conceptual assault" on rock conventions and rejection of aesthetics perceived of as traditionalist, hegemonic or rockist in favor of experimentation with production techniques and non-rock musical styles su... | How did post-punk artists once again approach the studio? | {
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"as an instrument"
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732
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572e64b9c246551400ce4226 | Post-punk | Though the music varied widely between regions and artists, the post-punk movement has been characterized by its "conceptual assault" on rock conventions and rejection of aesthetics perceived of as traditionalist, hegemonic or rockist in favor of experimentation with production techniques and non-rock musical styles su... | What references did post-punk artists specifically reject of the 1960s rock artists? | {
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"high cultural"
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883
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572d333e8351f81400e9d373 | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | How did Nicholas Lezard describe post-punk? | {
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"fusion of art and music"
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42
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572d333e8351f81400e9d374 | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | Which artists were influential in post-punk? | {
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"Captain Beefheart and David Bowie"
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380
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572d333e8351f81400e9d375 | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | Which writers helped to influence the post-punk movement? | {
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"William S. Burroughs and J.G. Ballard"
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493
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572d333e8351f81400e9d376 | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | What was an intellectual focus of post-punk? | {
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"postmodernism"
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627
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572d333e8351f81400e9d377 | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | How did the post-punk movement feel about big business? | {
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"anti-corporatist"
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1006
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572e6570dfa6aa1500f8cff9 | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | What was Nicholas Lezard's description of post-punk? | {
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39
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572e6570dfa6aa1500f8cffa | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | Where did post-punk ram its appropriation of ideas into? | {
"text": [
"musical and pop cultural contexts"
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190
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} |
572e6570dfa6aa1500f8cffb | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | What tradition could be found in works by Captain Beefheart and David Bowie? | {
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"art school"
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322
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572e6570dfa6aa1500f8cffc | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | What intellectual movement informed and influenced a variety of post-punk artists? | {
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"postmodernism"
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627
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} |
572e6570dfa6aa1500f8cffd | Post-punk | Nicholas Lezard described post-punk as "a fusion of art and music". The era saw the robust appropriation of ideas from literature, art, cinema, philosophy, politics and critical theory into musical and pop cultural contexts. Artists sought to refuse the common distinction between high and low culture and returned to th... | Why did many post-punk artists produce and release their own music? | {
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"anti-corporatist"
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1006
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572d388fb0a7fe1900521136 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | Who described post-punk as "a more adventurous and arty form of punk"? | {
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"Stephen Thomas Erlewine"
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106
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} |
572d388fb0a7fe1900521137 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | Who described post-punk as "less a genre of music than a space of possibility"? | {
"text": [
"Simon Reynolds"
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"answer_start": [
375
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} |
572d388fb0a7fe1900521138 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | Who said "so multifarious that only the broadest use of the term is possible" with regards to post-punk? | {
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"Nicholas Lezard"
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"answer_start": [
669
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} |
572d388fb0a7fe1900521139 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | Who does music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine work for? | {
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"AllMusic"
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95
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} |
572e6ada03f9891900756685 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | What as the blanket term "post-punk" been the target of? | {
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"controversy"
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54
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} |
572e6ada03f9891900756686 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | What organization is Stephen Thomas Erlewine associated with? | {
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"AllMusic"
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95
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} |
572e6ada03f9891900756687 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | What have some people suggested post-punk doesn't have, instead being more about approaches and sensibilities? | {
"text": [
"unifying style"
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320
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} |
572e6ada03f9891900756688 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | Why type of scholar is music journalist Simon Reynolds? | {
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"post-punk"
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357
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} |
572e6ada03f9891900756689 | Post-punk | The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any ... | Why is only the broadest use of genre possible when trying to categorize what actually defines post-punk? | {
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"multifarious"
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775
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} |
572d3b0d8351f81400e9d37e | Post-punk | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | What else was music incorrectly catagorized into before post-punk? | {
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"new wave music"
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227
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572d3b0d8351f81400e9d380 | Post-punk | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | What is the acctepted era of post-punk? | {
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"between 1978 and 1984"
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550
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572e6bacc246551400ce422c | Post-punk | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | What previous movement is post-punk often identified as coming after? | {
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"punk rock"
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88
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572e6bacc246551400ce422d | Post-punk | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | What were many groups now labeled as post-punk initially categorized as? | {
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"punk or new wave music"
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219
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572e6bacc246551400ce422e | Post-punk | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | Why has the prefix 'post' caused a bit of dispute as it relates to various post-punk groups? | {
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"predate the punk rock movement"
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462
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572e6bacc246551400ce422f | Post-punk | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | Who has defined a period of when the post-punk era was? | {
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"Reynolds"
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494
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} |
572e6bacc246551400ce4230 | Post-punk | Generally, post-punk music is defined as music that emerged from the cultural milieu of punk rock in the late 1970s, although many groups now categorized as post-punk were initially subsumed under the broad umbrella of punk or new wave music, only becoming differentiated as the terms came to signify more narrow styles.... | Between what years did Reynolds identify the post-punk era as existing? | {
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"1978 and 1984"
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558
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} |
572d3ee8b297151900c7ce8d | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | WHich independent music company was founded by Geoff Travis? | {
"text": [
"Rough Trade"
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157
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} |
572d3ee8b297151900c7ce8e | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | Who founded Factory? | {
"text": [
"Tony Wilson"
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277
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} |
572d3ee8b297151900c7ce8f | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | When did releasing music indepentently really hit popularity? | {
"text": [
"1977"
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294
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} |
572d3ee8b297151900c7ce90 | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | Who released Spiral Scratch on their own label? | {
"text": [
"Buzzcocks"
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417
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} |
572d3ee8b297151900c7ce91 | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | When did the indoe music scene begin to grow? | {
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"mid-1980s"
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699
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} |
572e763cdfa6aa1500f8d003 | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | What did many entrepreneurs interested in their local punk-influenced music scenes found? | {
"text": [
"independent record labels"
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120
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} |
572e763cdfa6aa1500f8d004 | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | Who founded the record label Rough Trade? | {
"text": [
"Geoff Travis"
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199
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} |
572e763cdfa6aa1500f8d005 | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | Where was Tony Wilson's Factory based? | {
"text": [
"Manchester"
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"answer_start": [
237
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} |
572e763cdfa6aa1500f8d006 | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | When did some groups start looking for methods to release their music themselves? | {
"text": [
"1977"
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"answer_start": [
294
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} |
572e763cdfa6aa1500f8d007 | Post-punk | During the initial punk era, a variety of entrepreneurs interested in local punk-influenced music scenes began founding independent record labels, including Rough Trade (founded by record shop owner Geoff Travis) and Factory (founded by Manchester-based television personality Tony Wilson). By 1977, groups began pointed... | Whose label did the Buzzcocks release their Spiral Scratch EP on? | {
"text": [
"their own"
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"answer_start": [
466
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} |
572e83e003f9891900756701 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | When did writers for Sounds first mention "post punk"? | {
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"late 1977"
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"answer_start": [
3
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} |
572e83e003f9891900756702 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | What did Wire do with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics which different a lot from their peers? | {
"text": [
"experimenting"
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"answer_start": [
168
]
} |
572e83e003f9891900756703 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | What career path did Jon Savage take in life? | {
"text": [
"Writer"
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"answer_start": [
277
]
} |
572e83e003f9891900756704 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | When did the Sex Pistols break up? | {
"text": [
"January 1978"
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"answer_start": [
440
]
} |
572e83e003f9891900756705 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | Who was Siouxsie backed by? | {
"text": [
"the Banshees"
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"answer_start": [
135
]
} |
572f5b9da23a5019007fc591 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | What are examples of British bands termed post-punk? | {
"text": [
"Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire"
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"answer_start": [
122
]
} |
572f5b9da23a5019007fc592 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | Who connsidered post-punk "harsh urban scrapings [,] controlled white noise" and "massively accented drumming"? | {
"text": [
"Jon Savage"
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"answer_start": [
284
]
} |
572f5b9da23a5019007fc593 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | Which band's lead singer was Johnny Rotten? | {
"text": [
"Sex Pistols"
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"answer_start": [
557
]
} |
572f5b9da23a5019007fc594 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | What was Johnny Rotten's real name? | {
"text": [
"John Lydon"
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"answer_start": [
461
]
} |
572f5b9da23a5019007fc595 | Post-punk | In late 1977, music writers for Sounds first used the terms "New Musick" and "post punk" to describe British acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and Wire, who began experimenting with sounds, lyrics and aesthetics that differed significantly from their punk contemporaries. Writer Jon Savage described some of these e... | When did the Sex Pistols break up? | {
"text": [
"1978"
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"answer_start": [
448
]
} |
572e8aaec246551400ce4316 | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | When the punk movement started shrinking, what began to fill the void left by their demise? | {
"text": [
"vibrant new scenes"
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"answer_start": [
39
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} |
572e8aaec246551400ce4317 | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What territory did the post-punk bands pursue in their works? | {
"text": [
"wider conceptual"
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135
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} |
572e8aaec246551400ce4318 | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What nationality's music magazines had an influential part of post-punk culture? | {
"text": [
"British"
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307
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} |
572e8aaec246551400ce4319 | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What professional is Ian Penman known from? | {
"text": [
"writers"
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"answer_start": [
431
]
} |
572e8aaec246551400ce431a | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What kind of background did many of the initial post-punk artists have? | {
"text": [
"art"
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222
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} |
572f8332a23a5019007fc6b7 | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | Who were well known authors covering the post-punk era? | {
"text": [
"Jon Savage, Paul Morley and Ian Penman"
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"answer_start": [
444
]
} |
572f8332a23a5019007fc6b8 | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What were popular post-punk culture media sources? | {
"text": [
"NME and Sounds"
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"answer_start": [
346
]
} |
572f8332a23a5019007fc6b9 | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What were the bands coming in on the heels of post-punk beginning to sound like? | {
"text": [
"experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory"
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"answer_start": [
111
]
} |
572f8332a23a5019007fc6ba | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What was a common background of post-punk musicians? | {
"text": [
"backgrounds in art"
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"answer_start": [
207
]
} |
572f8332a23a5019007fc6bb | Post-punk | As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music... | What was a common theme to post-punk music? | {
"text": [
"political or aesthetic agendas"
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275
]
} |
572e90dccb0c0d14000f12b2 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | Who was responsible for disbanding the Sex Pistols? | {
"text": [
"Lydon"
],
"answer_start": [
36
]
} |
572e90dccb0c0d14000f12b3 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | What group declared itself to be anti-music of any kind? | {
"text": [
"Public Image Ltd"
],
"answer_start": [
72
]
} |
572e90dccb0c0d14000f12b4 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | Where did Joy Division hail from? | {
"text": [
"Manchester"
],
"answer_start": [
319
]
} |
572e90dccb0c0d14000f12b5 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | What type of literature contributed to Joy Division's unique style? | {
"text": [
"modernist"
],
"answer_start": [
483
]
} |
572e90dccb0c0d14000f12b6 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | What end of the political spectrum was the political philosophy of Gang of Four? | {
"text": [
"Leftist"
],
"answer_start": [
576
]
} |
572f6195947a6a140053c8fe | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | What band did Johnny Rotten form after the Sex Pistols? | {
"text": [
"Public Image Ltd"
],
"answer_start": [
72
]
} |
572f6195947a6a140053c8ff | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | What kind of group was Public Image Ltd? | {
"text": [
"\"anti music of any kind\""
],
"answer_start": [
120
]
} |
572f6195947a6a140053c900 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | Which bands combined way left politics with art school studies? | {
"text": [
"Scritti Politti, Gang of Four and This Heat"
],
"answer_start": [
519
]
} |
572f6195947a6a140053c901 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | What are some British post-punk bands from Manchester? | {
"text": [
"Joy Division, The Fall and A Certain Ratio"
],
"answer_start": [
343
]
} |
572f6195947a6a140053c902 | Post-punk | Weeks after ending the Sex Pistols, Lydon formed the experimental group Public Image Ltd and declared the project to be "anti music of any kind". Public Image and other acts such as the Pop Group and the Slits had begun experimenting with dance music, dub production techniques and the avant-garde, while punk-indebted M... | Which post-punk bands began to branch off into things like dub and dance music? | {
"text": [
"Pop Group and the Slits"
],
"answer_start": [
186
]
} |
572e918dcb0c0d14000f12c6 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | What type of production techniques did Dennis Bovell develop? | {
"text": [
"innovative"
],
"answer_start": [
4
]
} |
572e918dcb0c0d14000f12c7 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | What type of producer was Martin Hannett? | {
"text": [
"post-punk"
],
"answer_start": [
48
]
} |
572e918dcb0c0d14000f12c8 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | What took a central roll for the emerging post-punk music? | {
"text": [
"studio experimentation"
],
"answer_start": [
190
]
} |
572e918dcb0c0d14000f12c9 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | What eventually resulted in the pioneering of industrial music? | {
"text": [
"crude production techniques"
],
"answer_start": [
342
]
} |
572e918dcb0c0d14000f12ca | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | Whose independent label became a hub for the industrial scene? | {
"text": [
"Throbbing Gristle's"
],
"answer_start": [
529
]
} |
572f6326947a6a140053c912 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | Who were producers that led the way with emerging the post-punk culture? | {
"text": [
"Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell"
],
"answer_start": [
76
]
} |
572f6326947a6a140053c913 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | Which bands were on the forefront of industrial music? | {
"text": [
"Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle"
],
"answer_start": [
284
]
} |
572f6326947a6a140053c914 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | What was the name of Throbbing Gristle's record label? | {
"text": [
"Industrial Records"
],
"answer_start": [
567
]
} |
572f6326947a6a140053c915 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | Where did industrial music get it's name? | {
"text": [
"Industrial Records"
],
"answer_start": [
567
]
} |
572f6326947a6a140053c916 | Post-punk | The innovative production techniques devised by post-punk producers such as Martin Hannett and Dennis Bovell during this period would become an important element of the emerging music, with studio experimentation taking a central role. A variety of groups that predated punk, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Grist... | What was one of the most important ways that post-punk artists created their new sound? | {
"text": [
"studio experimentation"
],
"answer_start": [
190
]
} |
572e956cc246551400ce4386 | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | What nationality began birthing groups who expanded the vocabulary of punk music? | {
"text": [
"American"
],
"answer_start": [
26
]
} |
572e956cc246551400ce4387 | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | From what region did the group Devo originate? | {
"text": [
"Midwestern"
],
"answer_start": [
181
]
} |
572e956cc246551400ce4388 | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | Where was the band Talking Heads based out of? | {
"text": [
"New York"
],
"answer_start": [
483
]
} |
572e956cc246551400ce4389 | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | Who did the Talking Heads begin a series of collaborations with in 1978? | {
"text": [
"Brian Eno"
],
"answer_start": [
716
]
} |
572e956cc246551400ce438a | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | What region's post-punk scene incorporated ideas from Theater of Cruelty? | {
"text": [
"San Francisco's"
],
"answer_start": [
820
]
} |
572f64e9947a6a140053c91c | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | When did the American groups begin to really get in on the post-punk movement? | {
"text": [
"mid 1970s"
],
"answer_start": [
7
]
} |
572f64e9947a6a140053c91d | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | Which American bands had ties to the Manchester punk scene? | {
"text": [
"Television and Suicide"
],
"answer_start": [
104
]
} |
572f64e9947a6a140053c91e | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | What were some Midwestern punk bands? | {
"text": [
"Pere Ubu and Devo"
],
"answer_start": [
207
]
} |
572f64e9947a6a140053c91f | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | What did Pere and Devo draw inspiration for their music from? | {
"text": [
"derelict industrial environments"
],
"answer_start": [
260
]
} |
572f64e9947a6a140053c920 | Post-punk | In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art t... | What were groups in San Francisco's post-punk scene? | {
"text": [
"Chrome, the Residents and Tuxedomoon"
],
"answer_start": [
895
]
} |
572e963703f98919007567f7 | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | What type of worldview did New York's no wave movement tend to have? | {
"text": [
"nihilistic"
],
"answer_start": [
241
]
} |
572e963703f98919007567f8 | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | The Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were all musicians part of what movement? | {
"text": [
"No wave"
],
"answer_start": [
263
]
} |
572e963703f98919007567f9 | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | Who produced the compilation "No New York"? | {
"text": [
"Eno"
],
"answer_start": [
515
]
} |
572e963703f98919007567fa | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | What no wave-affiliated label was founded in 1978? | {
"text": [
"ZE Records"
],
"answer_start": [
642
]
} |
572e963703f98919007567fb | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | In addition to non-rock styles, what did some of the no-wave groups experiment with sonically? | {
"text": [
"noise, dissonance and atonality"
],
"answer_start": [
407
]
} |
572f781404bcaa1900d769b6 | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | What type of a view did no wave have? | {
"text": [
"an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic"
],
"answer_start": [
208
]
} |
572f781404bcaa1900d769b7 | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | What types of musicians were the Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Mars, DNA, Theoretical Girls and Rhys Chatham? | {
"text": [
"No wave"
],
"answer_start": [
263
]
} |
572f781404bcaa1900d769b8 | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | When was ZE Records founded? | {
"text": [
"1978"
],
"answer_start": [
668
]
} |
572f781404bcaa1900d769b9 | Post-punk | Also emerging during this period was New York's no wave movement, a short-lived art and music scene that began in part as a reaction against punk's recycling of traditionalist rock tropes and often reflected an abrasive, confrontational and nihilistic worldview. No wave musicians such as the Contortions, Teenage Jesus ... | What was considered the true portrait of the no wave movement? | {
"text": [
"No New York"
],
"answer_start": [
528
]
} |
572e97b4c246551400ce43a0 | Post-punk | British post-punk entered the 1980s with support from members of the critical community—American critic Greil Marcus characterised "Britain's postpunk pop avant-garde" in a 1980 Rolling Stone article as "sparked by a tension, humour and sense of paradox plainly unique in present day pop music"—as well as media figures ... | How did critics respond to British post-punk groups in the 1980s? | {
"text": [
"support"
],
"answer_start": [
41
]
} |
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