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Proto-punk

Proto-punk (or protopunk) is music that foreshadowed the punk rock genre, particularly rock music artists during the 1960s and early-to mid 1970s. 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…

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Derivative forms
Punk rock · garage punk · hardcore punk
Other names
Protopunk
Stylistic origins
Garage rock · pub rock · glam rock

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Proto-punk

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related to Bibliography · 51
Proto-punk → African American Music, An Oral History, Archived, Black Representation, Bloomsbury Academic, Bovey, Conn, Dave, Detroit Punk History Archive, Eccentric Visionaries, False Prophet, Field Notes, Five Years Ahead, Garage Rock, Goth So White, ISBN, John, Laing, London, Meaning
related to 1960s: Garage rock · 48
Proto-punk → AllMusic, Aneta Panek, Barbarians, British Invasion, By, Castaways, Chocolate Watchband, Count Five, Electric Prunes, Garage-psych, Got Live If You, Hardcore, Here Are The Sonics, In, In South America, Kingsmen's, Kinks, Knight, Lester Bangs, Lima
related to Etymology · 29
Proto-punk → Articulating, Australia, Blaney, Brent, Change, Chidester, Cleveland, Detroit, Garage Bands, However, In, Joseph, Kristiansen, La Bamba, Lars, Lester Bangs, MC5, New York, Ohio, Philip
related to 1930s–1950s · 24
Proto-punk → According, Aidan Smith, British, Christ, Cumberland Gap, Donegan, Donegan's, Ellis, Ewing, Forerunners, Freaky Trigger, Guthrie, Ian Ellis, Lonnie Donegan, Lurching, No, One, PopMatters, Rock Island Line, Smith
Derivative forms · 3
Proto-punk → garage punk, hardcore punk, Punk rock
Stylistic origins · 3
Proto-punk → Garage rock, glam rock, pub rock
Other names · 1
Proto-punk → Protopunk
see also · 1
Proto-punk → List

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punk rock garage isbn bands music sound mc5 detroit formed new later stooges british band early underground york also 1960s

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Proto-punkDerivative formsPunk rock1.00infobox
Proto-punkDerivative formsgarage punk1.00infobox
Proto-punkDerivative formshardcore punk1.00infobox
Proto-punkOther namesProtopunk1.00infobox
Proto-punkStylistic originsGarage rock1.00infobox
Proto-punkStylistic originspub rock1.00infobox
Proto-punkStylistic originsglam rock1.00infobox
the Stoogesinstance ofand specifically referring to groups who were inspired by Detroit acts0.80text
MC5instance ofand specifically referring to groups who were inspired by Detroit acts0.80text
with the sound then spreading to the United Kingdominstance ofand specifically referring to groups who were inspired by Detroit acts0.80text
New Yorkinstance ofand specifically referring to groups who were inspired by Detroit acts0.80text
Australiainstance ofand specifically referring to groups who were inspired by Detroit acts0.80text

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