Originating in the late 1970s, dance-punk mixed the energy of Punk Rock and Post-Punk ethos with the danceable rhythms of Funk and Disco. It was mainly prominent in New York City's punk music movement and many dance-punk artists, including Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Liquid Liquid, had close associations with the late 1970s No Wave scene. A separate but smaller scene also originated from the United Kingdom's post-punk scene with bands such as A Certain Ratio and Gang of Four.
Following the rise of Post-Punk Revival in the early 2000s, bands such as Death From Above 1979 and LCD Soundsystem brought the genre much more into the public eye. This led to the New Rave scene, which gained huge popularity in the mid to late 2000s in the United Kingdom. Spearheaded by Klaxons, the scene mixed dance-punk with Indie Rock influences.
