The term post-punk revival gained traction in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the emergence of bands that revived the sounds of post-punk, new wave, and dance-punk. These movements revitalized youth music between the late 1970s and early 1980s, bringing new and alternative aesthetics to classic rock.
Names like The Strokes, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Arctic Monkeys were protagonists of this boom in the early 21st century. Savages, Idles, and Fontaines D.C. are also worth mentioning as relevant contemporary names in the genre.
