History Main / Protopunk

+ RockAndRoll, UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, GarageRock, PsychedelicRock

+ In some cases, various kinds of Experimental and AvanteGardeMusic, {{Jazz}}

* AudienceParticipation: During concerts the audience is often intentionally stirred up into a frenzy or provoked by the band members.

Before there was PunkRock there was ''Proto Punk'' or ''Proto-punk''. The genre blossomed between 1963 and 1976 and is pretty much a ''after the event'' term to describe a very raw, energetic and frenetic type of {{Rock}} where ThreeChordsAndTheTruth was the ammo and shares some similarities with GarageRock. Because of their minimalist and less polished sound many protopunk bands didn't get much mainstream appraisal. Critics called it "amateurish" or "sloppy" and the hippie crowd didn't like this more brutal and sleazier sound. When PunkRock broke to the mainstream in 1977 some of the rock bands before them were [[VindicatedByHistory seen in a new light]] as the missing link between {{Rock}} and punk, thus the name ''protopunk''.

* AudienceParticipation: During concerts the audience is often stirred up into a frenzy or provoked by the band members.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Musicians are often very energetic and this leads to a lot of shouting and screaming.

* GenreRoulette: It shares overlappings with SurfRock, GarageRock, {{Rockabilly}}, HardRock, PubRock in terms of sound.
* FlyoverCountry: Many of the bands hailed from midwestern cities, such as Detroit (Music/TheStooges, Music/{{MC5}}), and Cleveland (Rocket from the Tombs, Pere Ubu).
* IntercourseWithYou: A main difference with a lot of songs that were appreciated by the "peace & love" crowd of the hippie audience was that the protopunkers were very much about lust.

* RefugeInAudacity: A lot of proto punk bands were out to create a sense of danger and excitement, with songs about sex, rebellion and destruction. They didn't shy away from dealing with the grimier aspects of society.
* StylisticSuck: The bands of this era reacted against the overproduction of late '60s and early '70s PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock by bashing out loud, simple songs.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The sound is often primitive and not very complicated to play.

+ RockAndRoll, BritishInvasion, GarageRock, PsychedelicRock

+ In some cases, various kinds of Experimental and AvanteGardeMusic

* Rocket From the Tombs (Notable for [[RetroactiveRecognition containing future members of] Pere Ubu, The Dead Boys and Music/{{Devo}})

* Rocket From the Tombs (Notable for [[RetroactiveRecognition containing future members of]] The Dead Boys and Music/{{Devo}})

** ''Music/StrangeDays'' (1968)

* Hollywood Brats (essentially the West Coast equivalent of Music/NewYorkDolls)

Before there was PunkRock there was ''Proto Punk'' or ''Proto-punk''. The genre blossomed between 1963 and 1976 and is pretty much a ''after the event'' term to describe a very raw, energetic and frenetic type of {{Rock}} where ThreeChordsAndTheTruth was the mammo and shares some similarities with GarageRock. Because of their minimalist and less polished sound many protopunk bands didn't get much mainstream appraisal. Critics called it "amateurish" or "sloppy" and the hippie crowd didn't like this more brutal and sleazier sound. When PunkRock broke to the mainstream in 1977 some of the rock bands before them were seen in a new light as the missing link between {{Rock}} and punk, thus the name ''protopunk''.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The sound is often pimitive and not very complicated to play.

* 1967 - ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' [[note]]A collaboration with Music/{{Nico}}[[/note]]
* 1968 - ''[[Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat White Light/White Heat]]''
* 1969 - ''Music/TheVelvetUnderground''
* 1970 - ''Music/{{Loaded}}''

** ''[[Music/TheDoorsAlbum The Doors'' (1967)