Electropunk

Electropunk is an umbrella term that describes the combination of electronic music with the attitude of punk. Popular and important artists of the early electropunk period were Suicide from the USA, DAF and Liaisons Dangereuses from Germany, and Portion Control from the UK. The term has tended to be used in relation to bands of this type that do not fit neatly into any other genre category, for example Sheep on Drugs and, more recently, a new w... more
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