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- Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement.
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Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement.
Proto-punk refers to a small group of groundbreaking, largely uncategorizable bands who began to emerge in the late '60s, up to the point when punk itself became a phenomenon (around 1975-76).
I think of proto-punk as in-between garage rock and punk rock. To me, punk rock begins with The Dictators, and the first bands to be more than garage rock were The MC5 and The Stooges. Especially Iggy's band, as that's where the punk rock sound really comes from, just played as hard rock.
Proto-punk, or pre-punk, laid the foundations of punk rock, yet it has not always been obvious which artists contributed as forerunners of the 1970s genre and many important bands have been forgotten. The genre now known as proto-punk is intimately linked with 1960s garage rock.
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Aug 31, 2016 · Here we look at ten artists who laid the groundwork for punk. The Kingsmen. ‘Louie Louie’ from The Kingsmen In Person. (Wand, 1964) Listen / Buy. The ur-text of punk, there are innumerable versions ranging from Black Flag, to The Clash, to Motorhead and The Stooges.
May 31, 2018 · We count down the five most seminal proto-punk records of all time to explain exactly what the genre is.
Before there was Punk Rock, there was PROTO-PUNK, a largely retrospective term for a genre that blossomed between 1963 and 1976: a raw, energetic, frenetic relative of Garage Rock where Three Chords and the Truth were the ammo and rebellion was the spirit.
