Dance-rock

Dance-rock
Stylistic origins	Post-disco pop rock post-punk Philly soul rhythm and blues
Cultural origins	Early 1980s; United States and United Kingdom
Typical instruments	Keyboard bass guitar electric guitar drum machine drums synthesizer electronic drums sampler sequencer vocals vocoder talkbox
Derivative forms	Alternative dance Minneapolis sound
Other topics
List of dance-rock artists dance-punk electronic rock

Dance-rock is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and post-punk with fewer rhythm and blues influences, originated in the early 1980s, following the mainstream death of punk and disco.

Examples of early dance-rock include Gina X's "No G.D.M.",Russ Ballard's "On The Rebound", artists such as Dinosaur L, Liquid Liquid and Polyrock, and the compilation album Disco Not Disco.

Michael Campbell, in his book Popular Music in America, defines the genre as "post-punk/post-disco fusion". Campbell also cited Robert Christgau, who described dance-oriented rock (or DOR) as an umbrella term used by various DJs in the 1980s.

However, AllMusic defines "dance-rock" as 1980s and 1990s music practiced by rock musicians, influenced by Philly soul, disco and funk, fusing those styles with rock and dance. Artists like The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, INXS, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Clash, New Order and Devo belong, according to Allmusic, to this genre. Dance-rock embraces some experimental funk acts like A Certain Ratio, Gang of Four, and also musicians, for example Robert Palmer, Billy Idol and Hall & Oates. This kind of dance-rock influenced Garbage, No Doubt, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters,Young Love, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers.

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