In the mid 1970s, various American groups (some with ties to Downtown Manhattan's punk scene, including Television and Suicide) had begun expanding on the vocabulary of punk music. Midwestern groups such as Pere Ubu and Devo drew inspiration from the region's derelict industrial environments, employing conceptual art techniques, musique concrète and unconventional verbal styles that would presage the post-punk movement by several years. A variety of subsequent groups, including New York-based Talking Heads and Boston-based Mission of Burma, combined elements of punk with art school sensibilities. In 1978, the former band began a series of collaborations with British ambient pioneer and ex-Roxy Music member Brian Eno, experimenting with Dada-influenced lyrical techniques, dance music, and African polyrhythms. San Francisco's vibrant post-punk scene was centered around such groups as Chrome, the Residents and Tuxedomoon, who incorporated multimedia experimentation, film and ideas from Antonin Artaud's Theater of Cruelty. COUNT 10
QSN1 What nationality began birthing groups who expanded the vocabulary of punk music? ANS1 American QSN2 From what region did the group Devo originate?  ANS2 Midwestern QSN3 Where was the band Talking Heads based out of? ANS3 New York QSN4 Who did the Talking Heads begin a series of collaborations with in 1978? ANS4 Brian Eno QSN5 What region's post-punk scene incorporated ideas from Theater of Cruelty? ANS5 San Francisco's QSN6 When did the American groups begin to really get in on the post-punk movement? ANS6 mid 1970s QSN7 Which American bands had ties to the Manchester punk scene? ANS7 Television and Suicide QSN8 What were some Midwestern punk bands? ANS8 Pere Ubu and Devo QSN9 What did Pere and Devo draw inspiration for their music from? ANS9 derelict industrial environments QSN10 What were groups in San Francisco's post-punk scene? ANS10 Chrome, the Residents and Tuxedomoon