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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 ...
What nationality was the critic who positively characterized Britain's postpunk scene in an 1980 Rolling Stone article?
{ "text": [ "American" ], "answer_start": [ 88 ] }
572e97b4c246551400ce43a2
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 ...
What about the sense of paradox in postpunk different in relation to the pop music of the day?
{ "text": [ "unique" ], "answer_start": [ 262 ] }
572e97b4c246551400ce43a3
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 ...
What corporation was John Peel a DJ for?
{ "text": [ "BBC" ], "answer_start": [ 328 ] }
572e97b4c246551400ce43a4
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 ...
What were Fast, Mute, and Glass in the context of post-punk music?
{ "text": [ "record labels" ], "answer_start": [ 469 ] }
572f7951a23a5019007fc65f
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 ...
When did British post-punk emerge?
{ "text": [ "1980s" ], "answer_start": [ 30 ] }
572f7951a23a5019007fc660
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 ...
Who said that British post-punk was "sparked by a tension, humour and sense of paradox plainly unique in present day pop music"?
{ "text": [ "Greil Marcus" ], "answer_start": [ 104 ] }
572f7951a23a5019007fc661
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 ...
What popular DJ supported the emergence of British post-punk?
{ "text": [ "BBC DJ John Peel" ], "answer_start": [ 328 ] }
572f7951a23a5019007fc662
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 ...
What British post-punk bands had success in the popular charts?
{ "text": [ "PiL and Joy Division" ], "answer_start": [ 376 ] }
572f7951a23a5019007fc663
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 ...
Which record labels really supported the British post-punk movement?
{ "text": [ "Industrial, Fast, E.G., Mute, Axis/4AD and Glass" ], "answer_start": [ 497 ] }
572e98d103f989190075681b
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
Many of the big players in the post-punk scene began leaning away from what as time progressed?
{ "text": [ "underground aesthetics" ], "answer_start": [ 92 ] }
572e98d103f989190075681c
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
What did the magazines catering to post-punk interest do to alienate their readers?
{ "text": [ "increasingly esoteric writing" ], "answer_start": [ 140 ] }
572e98d103f989190075681d
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
Which magazine tied to the post-punk movement lost half of its circulation?
{ "text": [ "NME" ], "answer_start": [ 281 ] }
572e98d103f989190075681e
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
What writer advocated "overground brightness"?
{ "text": [ "Paul Morley" ], "answer_start": [ 341 ] }
572e98d103f989190075681f
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
What did the club-oriented scene emphasize instead of the experimental seriousness of earlier post-punk groups?
{ "text": [ "glamour, fashion, and escapism" ], "answer_start": [ 912 ] }
572f7a7704bcaa1900d769db
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
What did authors and artists begin advocating for instead of the underground scene?
{ "text": [ "overground brightness" ], "answer_start": [ 371 ] }
572f7a7704bcaa1900d769dc
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
What began to alienate the readers from publications such as NME?
{ "text": [ "increasingly esoteric writing" ], "answer_start": [ 140 ] }
572f7a7704bcaa1900d769dd
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
Who did Paul Morley collaborate with on the Art of Noise?
{ "text": [ "engineer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik" ], "answer_start": [ 501 ] }
572f7a7704bcaa1900d769df
Post-punk
However, during this period, major figures and artists in the scene began leaning away from underground aesthetics. In the music press, the increasingly esoteric writing of post-punk publications soon began to alienate their readerships; it is estimated that within several years, NME suffered the loss of half its circu...
Which new cultural movement began to emphasize glam, escapism and fashion?
{ "text": [ "New Romantic" ], "answer_start": [ 868 ] }
572ec73bdfa6aa1500f8d395
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
What style of music was Gary Numan associated with?
{ "text": [ "synthpop" ], "answer_start": [ 99 ] }
572ec73bdfa6aa1500f8d396
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
What did the synthpop style of music benefit from the gaining popularity of?
{ "text": [ "MTV" ], "answer_start": [ 206 ] }
572ec73bdfa6aa1500f8d397
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
Synthpop heavily borrowed elements from what type of music?
{ "text": [ "electronic and synthesizer music" ], "answer_start": [ 142 ] }
572ec73bdfa6aa1500f8d398
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
What type of ideas did post-punk artists attempt to sneak into mainstream pop?
{ "text": [ "subversive" ], "answer_start": [ 498 ] }
572ec73bdfa6aa1500f8d399
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
What did some post-punk artists reject their previous avant-garde practices to pursue?
{ "text": [ "commercial success" ], "answer_start": [ 408 ] }
572f7b4104bcaa1900d769ef
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
What new music style focused on electronic and synthesized sounds?
{ "text": [ "synthpop" ], "answer_start": [ 99 ] }
572f7b4104bcaa1900d769f0
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
What really helped to launch synthpop?
{ "text": [ "MTV" ], "answer_start": [ 206 ] }
572f7b4104bcaa1900d769f1
Post-punk
Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in ava...
What else began to emerge as post-punk groups moved to a more commercial focus?
{ "text": [ "pop" ], "answer_start": [ 593 ] }
572ec84603f9891900756a11
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
When did Manhattan's no wave scene start becoming more dance-oriented?
{ "text": [ "early 1980s" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
572ec84603f9891900756a12
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
What formula did a lot of the artists emerging from the scene adhere to?
{ "text": [ "\"anything at all + disco bottom\"" ], "answer_start": [ 501 ] }
572ec84603f9891900756a13
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
What type of party could be found at venues like Club 57?
{ "text": [ "decadent" ], "answer_start": [ 539 ] }
572ec84603f9891900756a14
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
Who did the venues because cultural hubs for?
{ "text": [ "musicians and visual artists alike" ], "answer_start": [ 647 ] }
572ec84603f9891900756a15
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
What movement was the group the Lounge Lizards indebted to?
{ "text": [ "no wave" ], "answer_start": [ 787 ] }
572f7cef04bcaa1900d76a0b
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
What did Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transition into?
{ "text": [ "dance-oriented sound" ], "answer_start": [ 106 ] }
572f7cef04bcaa1900d76a0c
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
What type of sound did no wave have before it began to transition to a more dance oriented sound?
{ "text": [ "abrasive" ], "answer_start": [ 77 ] }
572f7cef04bcaa1900d76a0d
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
When was ZE's Mutant Disco released?
{ "text": [ "1981" ], "answer_start": [ 173 ] }
572f7cef04bcaa1900d76a0e
Post-punk
In the early 1980s, Downtown Manhattan's no wave scene transitioned from its abrasive origins into a more dance-oriented sound, with compilations such as ZE's Mutant Disco (1981) highlighting a newly playful sensibility borne out of the city's clash of hip hop, disco and punk styles, as well as dub reggae and world mus...
What clubs were frequented by artists in the emerging dance scene?
{ "text": [ "Club 57 and the Mudd Club" ], "answer_start": [ 596 ] }
572edc2edfa6aa1500f8d475
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
Where did some groups develop a unique style of industrial music?
{ "text": [ "Germany" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
572edc2edfa6aa1500f8d476
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
What type of music included noise, homemade instruments, and randomly found objects?
{ "text": [ "industrial" ], "answer_start": [ 78 ] }
572edc2edfa6aa1500f8d477
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
What country had a post-punk scene after a generation of rock?
{ "text": [ "Brazil" ], "answer_start": [ 259 ] }
572edc2edfa6aa1500f8d478
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
What type of album was The Sexual Life of the Savages?
{ "text": [ "compilations" ], "answer_start": [ 547 ] }
572edc2edfa6aa1500f8d479
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
What countries other than Brazil was Brazil's no wave music exported to?
{ "text": [ "UK, Germany" ], "answer_start": [ 651 ] }
572f7dba947a6a140053c9be
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
What type of music was associated with Einstürzende Neubauten?
{ "text": [ "industrial" ], "answer_start": [ 78 ] }
572f7dba947a6a140053c9bf
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
Where was Einstürzende Neubauten from?
{ "text": [ "Germany" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
572f7dba947a6a140053c9c0
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
Where was Madame Satã?
{ "text": [ "Brazil" ], "answer_start": [ 259 ] }
572f7dba947a6a140053c9c1
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
How did Einstürzende Neubauten come up with their new industrial sound?
{ "text": [ "avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects" ], "answer_start": [ 106 ] }
572f7dba947a6a140053c9c2
Post-punk
In Germany, groups such as Einstürzende Neubauten developed a unique style of industrial music, utilizing avant-garde noise, homemade instruments and found objects. Members of that group would later go on to collaborate with members of the Birthday Party. In Brazil, the post-punk scene grew after the generation of Bras...
Who did members of Einstürzende Neubauten also collaborate with?
{ "text": [ "the Birthday Party" ], "answer_start": [ 236 ] }
572ee1b1c246551400ce4762
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
How did bands associated with the original post-punk movement cause it to end?
{ "text": [ "turned away from its aesthetics" ], "answer_start": [ 80 ] }
572ee1b1c246551400ce4763
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
What type of music did many of the post-punk bands start indulging in?
{ "text": [ "pop" ], "answer_start": [ 220 ] }
572ee1b1c246551400ce4764
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
What venue drove a lot of the awareness of the music from the now pop post-punk bands?
{ "text": [ "MTV" ], "answer_start": [ 308 ] }
572ee1b1c246551400ce4765
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
Where was a lot of the post-punk pop bands played in addition to MTV?
{ "text": [ "American college radio" ], "answer_start": [ 562 ] }
572ee1b1c246551400ce4766
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
What band combined religious imagery with political commentary into their music?
{ "text": [ "U2" ], "answer_start": [ 694 ] }
572f7ebda23a5019007fc68f
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
What was the death knell of the post-punk movement?
{ "text": [ "commercial sounds" ], "answer_start": [ 136 ] }
572f7ebda23a5019007fc690
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
What else would the post-punk bands record under?
{ "text": [ "pop" ], "answer_start": [ 220 ] }
572f7ebda23a5019007fc691
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
What was one of the most popular concepts of the pop movement?
{ "text": [ "entryism" ], "answer_start": [ 239 ] }
572f7ebda23a5019007fc692
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
What was a driving force behind the revival of the second British Invasion of New Music to America?
{ "text": [ "MTV and modern rock radio stations" ], "answer_start": [ 308 ] }
572f7ebda23a5019007fc693
Post-punk
The original post-punk movement ended as the bands associated with the movement turned away from its aesthetics, often in favor of more commercial sounds. Many of these groups would continue recording as part of the new pop movement, with entryism becoming a popular concept. In the United States, driven by MTV and mode...
Who was the most successful band to arrise from post-punk?
{ "text": [ "U2" ], "answer_start": [ 694 ] }
572ee666dfa6aa1500f8d4a3
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
How did most critical writing treat the post-punk era, until recently?
{ "text": [ "dismissed" ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
572ee666dfa6aa1500f8d4a4
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
What do contemporary scholars feel the post-punk period contributed in hindsight?
{ "text": [ "significant innovations and music" ], "answer_start": [ 267 ] }
572ee666dfa6aa1500f8d4a5
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
What did Simon Reynolds describe the era of post-punk as a match for in terms of great music created?
{ "text": [ "the sixties" ], "answer_start": [ 370 ] }
572ee666dfa6aa1500f8d4a6
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
Who wrote that the music of the post-punk era was avant-garde?
{ "text": [ "Nicholas Lezard" ], "answer_start": [ 598 ] }
572ee666dfa6aa1500f8d4a7
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
What were the post-punk era artists more interested in doing to their audiences than in entertaining them with pop songs?
{ "text": [ "disturbing" ], "answer_start": [ 848 ] }
572f80b8947a6a140053c9d2
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
What era was usually dismissed as merely an awkward phase of music?
{ "text": [ "post-punk" ], "answer_start": [ 45 ] }
572f80b8947a6a140053c9d3
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
What do comtemporary scholars think that post-punk actually did for music?
{ "text": [ "produced significant innovations and music on its own" ], "answer_start": [ 258 ] }
572f80b8947a6a140053c9d4
Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
Who said that the post-punk movement rivaled the Sixties in the shear amount of great music produced?
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Post-punk
Until recently, in most critical writing the post-punk era was "often dismissed as an awkward period in which punk's gleeful ructions petered out into the vacuity of the Eighties". Contemporary scholars have argued to the contrary, asserting that the period produced significant innovations and music on its own. Simon R...
Which critic said that the post-punk period was open to any possibilities as far as music went?
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
What musical styles did post-punk help merge?
{ "text": [ "white and black musical styles" ], "answer_start": [ 105 ] }
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
What beginnings rose from the dead ashes of post-punk?
{ "text": [ "various subsequent genres" ], "answer_start": [ 188 ] }
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
New wave, industrial music, synthpop and house all share roots in what genre?
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
What style of music did post-punk band the Cure play in?
{ "text": [ "darker, more morose" ], "answer_start": [ 437 ] }
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
What genre of music did Joy Division help in the development of?
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
Which type of eclectic music had a huge variety, large innovations and an "anything goes" mentality?
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
Which darker post-punk bands gave rise to gothic rock?
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
Where did systhpop, industrial and neo-psychedelia music derive from?
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Post-punk
Post-punk was an eclectic genre which resulted in a wide variety of musical innovations and helped merge white and black musical styles. Out of the post-punk milieu came the beginnings of various subsequent genres, including new wave, dance-rock, New Pop, industrial music, synthpop, post-hardcore, neo-psychedelia alter...
What type of music was gothic rock?
{ "text": [ "darker, more morose style" ], "answer_start": [ 437 ] }
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
When did a post-punk revival start happening in England and the Colonies?
{ "text": [ "turn of the 21st century" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
What early sign heralded the post-punk revival?
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
When did some of the darker post-punk bands start to appear in the indie scene?
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
The post-punk revival bands bring in a fanbase from what subculture?
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
What band played music similar to that of the early British post-punk bands of the late '70s as recently as 2010?
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
When was the post-punk revival in British and American cultures?
{ "text": [ "turn of the 21st century" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
What was the earliest sign of the post-punk revival?
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
Who were the most commercially successful bands of the post-punk revival?
{ "text": [ "the Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Neils Children and Editors" ], "answer_start": [ 319 ] }
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Post-punk
At the turn of the 21st century, a post-punk revival developed in British and American alternative and indie rock, which soon started appearing in other countries, as well. The earliest sign of a revival was the emergence of various underground bands in the mid-'90s. However, the first commercially successful bands – t...
When did the commercially successful post-punk bands begin to hit the scene?
{ "text": [ "late 1990s to early 2000s" ], "answer_start": [ 404 ] }
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Canadian_football
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath...
Which North American version of football calls for 12 player per side on the field?
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Canadian_football
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath...
How many yards wider is a Canadian football field than an American football field?
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Canadian_football
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath...
Which version of North American football has smaller end zones?
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Canadian_football
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath...
How many downs does a team have to advance ten yards in Canadian football?
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Canadian_football
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rath...
How far away from the line of scrimmage must Canadian football defenders be?
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Canadian_football
Canadian football is also played at the high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels: the Canadian Junior Football League, formed May 8, 1974, and Quebec Junior Football League are leagues for players aged 18–22, many post-secondary institutions compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport for the Vanier ...
On which date was the Canadian Junior Football League formed?
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Canadian_football
Canadian football is also played at the high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels: the Canadian Junior Football League, formed May 8, 1974, and Quebec Junior Football League are leagues for players aged 18–22, many post-secondary institutions compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport for the Vanier ...
How old are the players in the Quebec Junior Football League?
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Canadian_football
Canadian football is also played at the high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels: the Canadian Junior Football League, formed May 8, 1974, and Quebec Junior Football League are leagues for players aged 18–22, many post-secondary institutions compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport for the Vanier ...
What trophy is awarded to the winner of Canadian inter-university football competition?
{ "text": [ "Vanier Cup" ], "answer_start": [ 313 ] }
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Canadian_football
Canadian football is also played at the high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels: the Canadian Junior Football League, formed May 8, 1974, and Quebec Junior Football League are leagues for players aged 18–22, many post-secondary institutions compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport for the Vanier ...
What institution memorializes great Canadian football achievements?
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Canadian_football
The first written account of a game played was on October 15, 1862, on the Montreal Cricket Grounds. It was between the First Battalion Grenadier Guards and the Second Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards resulting in a win by the Grenadier Guards 3 goals, 2 rouges to nothing.[citation needed] In 1864, at Trinity College, T...
On which date was the first Canadian football game for which a written record has survived?
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Canadian_football
The first written account of a game played was on October 15, 1862, on the Montreal Cricket Grounds. It was between the First Battalion Grenadier Guards and the Second Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards resulting in a win by the Grenadier Guards 3 goals, 2 rouges to nothing.[citation needed] In 1864, at Trinity College, T...
Which team won the first recorded Canadian football game?
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Canadian_football
The first written account of a game played was on October 15, 1862, on the Montreal Cricket Grounds. It was between the First Battalion Grenadier Guards and the Second Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards resulting in a win by the Grenadier Guards 3 goals, 2 rouges to nothing.[citation needed] In 1864, at Trinity College, T...
What was the first final score recorded of a Canadian football game?
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Canadian_football
The first written account of a game played was on October 15, 1862, on the Montreal Cricket Grounds. It was between the First Battalion Grenadier Guards and the Second Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards resulting in a win by the Grenadier Guards 3 goals, 2 rouges to nothing.[citation needed] In 1864, at Trinity College, T...
What is the oldest football club in Canada?
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Canadian_football
The first written account of a game played was on October 15, 1862, on the Montreal Cricket Grounds. It was between the First Battalion Grenadier Guards and the Second Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards resulting in a win by the Grenadier Guards 3 goals, 2 rouges to nothing.[citation needed] In 1864, at Trinity College, T...
Which founder of Milton, MA also helped develop the rules of Canadian football?
{ "text": [ "Christopher Gwynn" ], "answer_start": [ 376 ] }
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Canadian_football
The first attempt to establish a proper governing body and adopted the current set of Rugby rules was the Foot Ball Association of Canada, organized on March 24, 1873 followed by the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU) founded June 12, 1880, which included teams from Ontario and Quebec. Later both the Ontario and Queb...
On which date was the first governing body for Canadian football formed?
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Canadian_football
The first attempt to establish a proper governing body and adopted the current set of Rugby rules was the Foot Ball Association of Canada, organized on March 24, 1873 followed by the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU) founded June 12, 1880, which included teams from Ontario and Quebec. Later both the Ontario and Queb...
Which governing organization for Canadian football was formed on June 12, 1880?
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Canadian_football
The first attempt to establish a proper governing body and adopted the current set of Rugby rules was the Foot Ball Association of Canada, organized on March 24, 1873 followed by the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU) founded June 12, 1880, which included teams from Ontario and Quebec. Later both the Ontario and Queb...
In which year was the Western Interprovincial Football Union founded?
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Canadian_football
The first attempt to establish a proper governing body and adopted the current set of Rugby rules was the Foot Ball Association of Canada, organized on March 24, 1873 followed by the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU) founded June 12, 1880, which included teams from Ontario and Quebec. Later both the Ontario and Queb...
Which Canadian football union expanded its scope in 1891?
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