Which Post-Punk band are you?Quiz
 

I could have been any one of those top 3...had a tie-breaker question. :D

You scored as The Teardrop Explodes. Liverpool’s The Teardrop Explodes were one of the few post-punk band to achieve commercial success, with their eccentric front-man Julian Cope becoming an unlikely pin up in the early 80s. Their music was often called ‘neo-psychedelic’ due to their sixties sound and Cope’s surreal lyrics, best heard on 1980’s classic ‘Kilimanjaro’.

The Teardrop Explodes 80%
Public Image Ltd. 77%
Throbbing Gristle 53%
Wire 50%
The Fall 50%
Joy Division 47%
The Pop Group 43%
Cabaret Voltaire 43%
The Slits 43%
Gang Of Four 40%

You scored as The Fall.



Manchester’s The Fall are one of the most prolific and enduring of the original post-punk bands. Mark E. Smith’s surrealist rants and idiosyncratic brand of ‘Country & Northern’ continue to command a large cult following, their debut, 1979’s ‘Live at the Witch trials’ is as good a place to start as any.

The Fall

80%
The Pop Group

70%
Gang Of Four

57%
Throbbing Gristle

50%
The Slits

47%
The Teardrop Explodes

43%
Joy Division

40%
Public Image Ltd.

33%
Wire

30%
Cabaret Voltaire

17%

You scored as The Pop Group.




The music of Bristolian band the Pop Group was a confrontational mix of jazz, funk and dub reggae filtered through punk rock. Their left-wing lyrics and innovative music are best heard on their 1979 debut 'Y'.

The Pop Group
100%

The Slits
83%

Throbbing Gristle
83%

Wire
80%

Joy Division
73%

Public Image Ltd.
73%

The Teardrop Explodes
73%

The Fall
67%

Cabaret Voltaire
63%

Gang Of Four
60%


What the HELL is TE doing in this group? And, if TE, why not Echo and the Bunnymen?

Damn, I need to pull out my vinyl. I would re-order these a bit to my liking:

The SLits
Gang of Four
Wire
Public Image
Cabaret Voltaire
The Fall
Throbbing Gristle
Pop Group

I saw many of these bands live, though.

I got the Pop Group, too. Not that I know who they are. I don't listen to too much punk.
:)

Now I've gotta go find some Pop Group and Teardrop Explodes to listen to (based on the descriptions, I bet I'll like The Pop Group better)

I'd actually put you in the TE camp.

Wasn't TE Mike Scott? I'm forgetting the whole family tree. Where's my Podman?

Echo and the Bunnymen begat Teardrop Explodes.......

Julian Cope, who played with Ian McCulloch (Echo) in the band Crucial Three before forming TE

Right, but somehow, there's a Six Degrees of Separation between TE and the Waterboys.Maybe it is the drummer.

You scored as Cabaret Voltaire.

Sheffield-based band Cabaret Voltaire were formed slightly before punk but are often said to be godfathers of electronica and industrial music. Their music is a innovative combination of synthesisers, tape samples and electronic beats, best heard on 'The Original Sound of Sheffield 1978-82'.

The Pop Group
60%
Cabaret Voltaire
60%
The Fall
50%
Public Image Ltd.
40%
Wire
40%
Gang Of Four
40%
The Teardrop Explodes
40%
Joy Division
40%
Throbbing Gristle
20%
The Slits
20%