Artists such as Gary Numan, the Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV. Post-punk artists such as Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and Josef K's Paul Haig, previously engaged in avant-garde practices, turned away from these approaches and pursued mainstream styles and commercial success. These new developments, in which post-punk artists attempted to bring subversive ideas into the pop mainstream, began to be categorized under the marketing term new pop.
Artists such as Gary Numan , the Human League , Soft Cell , John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synthpop style that drew more heavily from electronic and synthesizer music and benefited from the rise of MTV . Post - punk artists such as Scritti Politti 's Green Gartside and Josef K 's Paul Haig , previously engaged in avant - garde practices , turned away from these approaches and pursued mainstream styles and commercial success . These new developments , in which post - punk artists attempted to bring subversive ideas into the pop mainstream , began to be categorized under the marketing term new pop .
What else began to emerge as post-punk groups moved to a more commercial focus?
What else began to emerge as post - punk groups moved to a more commercial focus ?
pop
pop