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Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement. [3] [4] A retrospective label, the musicians involved were generally not originally associated with each other and came from a variety of backgrounds and styles; together, they anticipated many of punk's musical and thematic attributes. [4]
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]
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Aug 31, 2016 · It takes nothing away from the explosion of those years to acknowledge that while punk may have seen ‘no future’ it had an already impressive past that provided it with numerous sources on which to build. Here we look at ten artists who laid the groundwork for punk.
Jul 17, 2017 · These quick, high-energy songs – defiantly against the grain of so many popular guitar-noodling bands of the time – translated well in a live setting and captured the imagination of the audiences. Punk was born. Here, Toby Sligo takes a look back on some of the proto-punk songs which helped shape punk-rock music.
Jan 13, 2016 · Proto-Punk. 532 releases. Used to describe what influenced or in some way resembled Punk Rock before that genre's commercial breakthrough in 1976. Read more.
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).
