后庞克（Post-punk）源自1970年代的摇滚乐运动，随着1970年代中期，庞克摇滚风行的年代。这种音乐类型保持他们在庞克运动的根源，但更为内向、复杂与实验性。后庞克借由扩大庞克音乐的领域与地下音乐为另类摇滚立下根基，这种音乐类型更结合了Krautrock（尤其是在于合成器的使用与重复乐曲）、牙买加的Dub音乐（尤其是贝斯）、美国的放克、实验，更加入了传统庞克完全相反的迪斯可。

他为1980年代的独立音乐圈立下了不可动摇的地位，更引发了哥德摇滚、工业音乐（Industrial Music）和另类摇滚的发展。

Post-punk is a heterogeneous type of rock music that emerged in the wake of the punk movement of the 1970s. Drawing inspiration from elements of punk rock while departing from its musical conventions and wider cultural affiliations, post-punk music was marked by varied, experimentalist sensibilities and its "conceptual assault" on rock tradition. Artists embraced electronic music, black dance styles and the avant-garde, as well as novel recording technology and production techniques. The movement also saw the frequent intersection of music with art and politics, as artists liberally drew on sources such as critical theory, cinema, performance art and modernist literature. Accompanying these musical developments were subcultures that produced visual art, multimedia performances, independent record labels and fanzines in conjunction with the music.