History Main / Protopunk

* Pere Ubu

Protopunk bands didn't get much mainstream appraisal: critics called the minimalist, less polished sound "amateurish" or "sloppy", and the hippie crowd was turned off by the brutality and sleaziness. When PunkRock broke to the mainstream in 1977, some of the rock bands before them began to be [[VindicatedByHistory seen in a new light]] as the missing link between {{Rock}} and punk, thus the name ''protopunk''. Protopunk would also exert a significant influence on the development of AlternativeRock in the '80s and beyond to this day.

+ RockAndRoll, UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, GarageRock, PsychedelicRock, GirlGroup pop

* [[/index]]Death (the late 60s / early 70s Detroit band, absolutely ''not'' to be confused with the DeathMetal pioneers [[NamesTheSame of the same name]])[[index]]

Protopunk bands didn't get much mainstream appraisal: critics called the minimalist, less polished sound "amateurish" or "sloppy", and the hippie crowd was turned off by the brutality and sleaziness. When PunkRock broke to the mainstream in 1977, some of the rock bands before them began to be [[VindicatedByHistory seen in a new light]] as the missing link between {{Rock}} and punk, thus the name ''protopunk''. Protopunk would also exert a significant influence on the development of AlternativeRock in the '80s and beyond.

* Music/{{Suicide}}

** 1970 - ''Music/FunHouse''

Protopunk bands didn't get much mainstream appraisal: critics called the minimalist, less polished sound "amateurish" or "sloppy", and the hippie crowd was turned off by the brutality and sleaziness. When PunkRock broke to the mainstream in 1977, some of the rock bands before them began to be [[VindicatedByHistory seen in a new light]] as the missing link between {{Rock}} and punk, thus the name ''protopunk''.

* TrollingCreator: Performers liked to bait crowds into angry reactions.

Proto-punk is difficult to define and was never a movement like PunkRock was. When these bands were active, they were referred to as in other genres such as GlamRock or GarageRock. However these are some tropes that apply to it:

* GenreRoulette: It borrows elements from SurfRock, GarageRock, {{Rockabilly}}, HardRock, and PubRock.

Proto-punk is difficult to define and was never a movement like PunkRock was. However these are some tropes that apply to it:

* Hackamore Brick (Notable for being perhaps the earliest band to be heavily influenced by the Music/VelvetUnderground)

* Music/VelvetUnderground

** 1969 - ''Music/TheVelvetUnderground''

** ''Music/LoveItToDeath'' (1971)[[/index]]
* Death (the late 60s / early 70s Detroit band, absolutely ''not'' to be confused with the DeathMetal pioneers [[NamesTheSame of the same name]])[[index]]

** ''[[Music/TheDoorsAlbum The Doors]]'' (1967)
** ''Music/StrangeDays'' (1967)
** ''Music/LAWoman'' (1971)

** ''Music/TheFugsFirstAlbum'' (1965)
** ''Music/TheFugsSecondAlbum'' (1966)
** ''Music/ItCrawledIntoMyHandHonest'' (1968)[[/index]]
* Music/GaryGlitter

** ''Music/ForeverChanges'' (1967)

** ''Music/KickOutTheJams'' (1969)

** ''Music/{{Transformer}}'' (1972)
** ''Music/{{Berlin}}'' (1973)
** ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'' (1975)

** ''Music/{{Horses}}'' (1975)

** ''Music/{{The Stooges|Album}}'' (1969)
** ''Music/FunHouse'' (1970)
** ''Music/RawPower'' (1973)

** ''Music/MarqueeMoon'' (1977)

* Gary Glitter

* Music/TheWho (to the point where [[Music/TheSexPistols Johnny]] [[Music/PublicImageLtd Rotten]], [[Music/TheRamones Johnny Ramone]], and [[Music/TheClash Joe Strummer]] all said something along the lines that punk wouldn't even exist without them)

* The Monks (a band formed by former American GIs based in Germany, whose minimalist, repetitive take on garage rock served as a precursor to the {{Krautrock}} movement)

* The Monks

** ''Music/{{Horses}}'' (1976)

** ''Music/LoveItToDeath'' (1971)
* Death (the late 60s / early 70s Detroit band, absolutely ''not'' to be confused with the DeathMetal pioneers [[NamesTheSame of the same name]])

* Doctors Of Madness

** ''Music/ItCrawledIntoMyHandHonest'' (1968)

* Hackamore Brick (Notable for being perhaps the earliest band to be heavily influenced by The Music/VelvetUnderground)
* Richard Hell And The Voidoids

* The Kingsmen

* Question Mark And The Mysterians

* Music/PaulRevereAndTheRaiders

* The Shadows Of Knight
* Simply Saucer

** ''[[Music/TheStoogesAlbum The Stooges]]'' (1969)

* Music/BigStar

* Music/{{TheKinks}}, in the early days at least.