The scope of the term "post-punk" has been subject to controversy. While some critics, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, have employed the term "post-punk" to denote "a more adventurous and arty form of punk", others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any unifying style. Music journalist and post-punk scholar Simon Reynolds has advocated that post-punk be conceived as "less a genre of music than a space of possibility", suggesting that "what unites all this activity is a set of open-ended imperatives: innovation; willful oddness; the willful jettisoning of all things precedented or 'rock'n'roll'". Nicholas Lezard, problematizing the categorization of post-punk as a genre, described the movement as "so multifarious that only the broadest use of the term is possible".
The scope of the term " post - punk " has been subject to controversy . While some critics , such as AllMusic 's Stephen Thomas Erlewine , have employed the term " post - punk " to denote " a more adventurous and arty form of punk " , others have suggested it pertains to a set of artistic sensibilities and approaches rather than any unifying style . Music journalist and post - punk scholar Simon Reynolds has advocated that post - punk be conceived as " less a genre of music than a space of possibility " , suggesting that " what unites all this activity is a set of open - ended imperatives : innovation ; willful oddness ; the willful jettisoning of all things precedented or ' rock'n'roll ' " . Nicholas Lezard , problematizing the categorization of post - punk as a genre , described the movement as " so multifarious that only the broadest use of the term is possible " .
Who described post-punk as  "less a genre of music than a space of possibility"?
Who described post - punk as " less a genre of music than a space of possibility " ?
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds