`  Ending it in 1984 and putting 1985-2000 acts in an influence section just because Simon Reynolds ended his book in 1984 is wrong. Great book and the ``bible`` if you will, but if you read the last chapter he ended it in 1984 because HE became disinterested due to the trend towered roots rock and 1960's influences that occurred in 1985. He never said it ended in 1984 and indeed many reliable sources described acts as post punk throughout the late 1980's and 1990's. The bigger problem with the definitions of late 1980's acts was put succinctly by Jon Pareles in 1987 when he wrote ``Alternative, independent, post-punk, new wave - whatever it's called at the moment``.   `