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Proto-punk is a retrospective label for rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that anticipated many of punk's musical and thematic attributes. It covers a variety of styles and influences, from garage rock and skiffle to the Stooges and the Velvet Underground, and traces the origins of punk to Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba".
Learn about the proto-punk bands that challenged the mainstream rock conventions and the hippie movement in the late '60s and early '70s. Explore the highlights of proto-punk artists, albums, songs, and related styles on AllMusic.
The Music Machine [31] Neu! [3] New York Dolls [32] [33] The Night Walkers [3] John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett [34] Pink Fairies [35] Paul Revere & The Raiders [36] Rocket from the Tombs [37] Los Saicos [38] Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs [3] The Shadows of Knight [39] The Shaggs [40] Simply Saucer [41] Patti Smith [42] [43] The Sonics [44] Chris ...
- Have Love Will Travel – The Sonics
- Roadrunner – The Modern Lovers
- She Does It Right – Dr Feelgood
- Can’T seem to Make You Mine – The Seeds
- Search and Destroy – The Stooges
The scream. The first time you hear it, it brings you back to life. It’s the audible equivalent of someone chucking a cold bucket of water over you when you’re asleep. The song is propelled forward by a guitar drenched by distortion and a drum-kit which sounds like it’s on steroids. The stuttering saxophone solo in the middle of the song is pure pu...
Roadrunner is a rock and roll song. Read the lyrics: with their lucid description of driving alone through the American suburbs, this could’ve been written by Chuck Berry. Primarily, Roadrunner is based around two chords and was heavily influenced by The Velvet Underground’s song Sister Ray. Despite its simplicity, Roadrunner is thrilling. It’s not...
Dr Feelgood came from the Thames Delta: an area situated close to the Thames Estuary with Canvey Island at its centre. They played fast-paced R&B, and this three-minute blast is a great example of the music they created. Wilko Johnson’s guitar – strumming lead lines in chopped stabs – drives the songs forward, Lee Brilleaux’s gravelly vocals are pu...
The Seeds are known for coining the phrase ‘Flower Power’, but don’t let that fool you: the LA band played acid inflicted garage-rock. The Ramones covered this song – which was The Seeds first single, released in 1965 – on their 1993 album, Acid Eaters. The Seeds singer, Sky Saxon, snarls his way through the song: yelps, wails, and cries making the...
Search and Destroy is one of those songs which sounds as if it could explode at any minute. To the punk movement, this is as influential as they come: pure noise, energy and lyrics which summarise a forgotten age. Fronted by a charged Iggy Pop, The Stooges grapple behind him and play with explosive power. Search and Destroy was released on The Stoo...
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Nov 5, 2015 · Explore the origins of punk rock with this list of 10 songs that shaped the genre, from The Sonics to The Ramones. Learn how garage rock, poetry and chaos influenced the rebellious spirit of proto-punk.
Aug 31, 2016 · Explore the roots of punk rock with this list of influential albums from the mid-'60s to the early '70s. From The Kingsmen's 'Louie Louie' to The Ramones' self-titled debut, discover how punk bands borrowed, adapted and subverted their predecessors' sounds and styles.
Maybelline (Chuck Berry, 1955) A cutie named Judie (Jerry McCain, 1955) The train kept-a-rollin’ (Johnny Burnette & The Rock’n Roll Trio, 1955) Get on the ri...
