Line #41 Main/Protopunk


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2	Primary Stylistic Influences:
3	+ RockAndRoll, UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, GarageRock, PsychedelicRock, GirlGroup pop, SurfRock
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6	Secondary Stylistic Influences:
7	+ In some cases, various kinds of Experimental or AvantGardeMusic, {{Jazz}}
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10	Before there was PunkRock, there was ''Proto Punk'' (or ''Proto-punk''), a largely retrospective term for a genre that blossomed between 1963 and 1976: a raw, energetic, frenetic relative of GarageRock where ThreeChordsAndTheTruth were the ammo and rebellion was the spirit.
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12	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, meaning that protopunk can also be considered "proto-alternative" as well.
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14	Proto-punk is difficult to define and was never a movement like PunkRock was. When these bands were active, they were referred to as other genres such as GlamRock or GarageRock. However these are some tropes that apply to it:
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16	* AudienceParticipation: During concerts the audience was often intentionally stirred up into a frenzy or provoked by the band members.
17	* CarefulWithThatAxe: Singers are often very energetic, incorporating shouting and screaming into their vocals.
18	* DarkerAndEdgier: Artists liked to shock audiences with dark songs played at ear-splitting volume.
19	* GenreRoulette: It borrows elements from SurfRock, GarageRock, {{Rockabilly}}, HardRock, PubRock, and GlamRock.
20	* FlyoverCountry: Many bands hailed from midwestern cities like UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} (Music/TheStooges, Music/{{MC5}}) and UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} (Rocket from the Tombs, Music/PereUbu).
21	* IntercourseWithYou: In contrast to the "peace & love" hippie crowd, protopunkers were very much about lust.
22	* LimitedLyricsSong: The overall sound and attitude are more important than writing insightful lyrics.
23	* LowerClassLout: A lot of bands, particularly Music/TheStooges and Music/NewYorkDolls, came from blue collar backgrounds in Rust Belt cities and were happy to play up this image to appear more menacing, thus distinguishing themselves from the hippie movement. This would influence the attitude of future punk rockers.
24	* ProtestSong: Some bands were out for anarchy and shocking the establishment.
25	* RatedMForManly: This is one genre where having balls is required.
26	* StylisticSuck: Reacted against the overproduction of late '60s and early '70s PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock by bashing out loud, simple songs.
27	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The sound is often primitive; the songs not very complicated to play.
28	* TrollingCreator: Performers liked to bait concert crowds into angry reactions.
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30	!! Examples of protopunk musicians
31	[[index]]
32	* Music/DavidBowie
33	** 1972 - ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars''
34	** 1973 - ''Music/AladdinSane''
35	** 1973 - ''Music/PinUps''
36	** 1974 - ''Music/DiamondDogs''
37	** 1976 - ''Music/{{Changesonebowie}}''
38	* Music/BigStar (the TropeMaker for PowerPop)
39	* Music/JohnCale
40	* Music/{{Can}}
41	* Music/CaptainBeefheart
42	* Music/EddieCochran: Though technically not considered proto-punk, he has been cited as a significant influence on bands that can considered to be proto-punk or punk, (Music/TheWho, Music/JohnnyRotten, Music/SidVicious) to the point where some more modern punk musicians refer to him as the "Grandfather of Punk"
43	* Music/AliceCooper
44	** 1971 - ''Music/LoveItToDeath''
45	* Music/DickDale
46	* [[/index]]Death (the late 60s / early 70s Detroit band, absolutely ''not'' to be confused with the DeathMetal pioneers of the same name)[[index]]
47	* Destroy All Monsters
48	* The Dictators
49	* Doctors of Madness
50	* Music/TheDoors
51	** 1967 - ''[[Music/TheDoorsAlbum The Doors]]''
52	** 1967 - ''Music/StrangeDays''
53	** 1971 - ''Music/LAWoman''
54	* Electric Eels
55	* Music/TheFugs
56	** 1965 - ''Music/TheFugsFirstAlbum''
57	** 1966 - ''Music/TheFugsSecondAlbum''
58	** 1968 - ''Music/ItCrawledIntoMyHandHonest''
59	* Music/GaryGlitter[[/index]]
60	* Hackamore Brick (Notable for being perhaps the earliest band to be heavily influenced by the Music/TheVelvetUnderground)
61	* Music/{{Hawkwind}}
62	* The Heartbreakers (also see New York Dolls, where Johnny Thunders came from)
63	* Richard Hell and the Voidoids
64	* Hollywood Brats (essentially the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent U.K. equivalent]] of Music/NewYorkDolls)
65	* The Kingsmen[[index]]
66	* Music/TheKinks, in the early days at least.
67	* Music/{{Love\|Band}}
68	** 1967 - ''Music/ForeverChanges''
69	* Music/{{MC5}}
70	** 1969 - ''Music/KickOutTheJams''
71	* Music/TheModernLovers
72	* Monks (a band formed by former American G.I.s' based in [[/index]]UsefulNotes/WestGermany, whose minimalist, repetitive take on garage rock served as a precursor to the {{Krautrock}}[[index]] movement)
73	* Music/{{Neu}}
74	** Music/LaDusseldorf
75	* Music/NewYorkDolls
76	* Music/{{Nico}}
77	* Music/PereUbu
78	* Question Mark and the Mysterians
79	* Radio Birdman
80	* Music/LouReed
81	** 1972 - ''Music/{{Transformer}}''
82	** 1973 - ''Music/{{Berlin}}''
83	** 1975 - ''Music/MetalMachineMusic''
84	* Music/PaulRevereAndTheRaiders[[/index]]
85	* Rocket From the Tombs (Notable for [[RetroactiveRecognition containing future members of]] Pere Ubu, The Dead Boys and Music/{{Devo}})
86	* The Seeds
87	* Music/BobSeger (With his early garage rock bands, including Bob Seger System. By the time punk rock proper hit he had gotten big with the Silver Bullet Band and helped invent heartland rock.)
88	* The Shadows of Knight
89	* Simply Saucer[[index]]
90	* Music/PattiSmith
91	** 1975 - ''Music/{{Horses}}''
92	* The Sonics
93	* Music/TheStandells
94	* Music/TheStooges
95	** 1969 - ''Music/{{The Stooges\|Album}}''
96	** 1970 - ''Music/{{Fun House\|Album}}''
97	** 1973 - ''Music/RawPower''
98	* Music/{{Suicide\|Band}}
99	* Music/{{Television}}
100	** 1977 - ''Music/MarqueeMoon''
101	* The Trashmen
102	* The Troggs
103	* The Up
104	* Music/TheVelvetUnderground
105	** 1967 - ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' [[note]]A collaboration with Music/{{Nico}}[[/note]]
106	** 1968 - ''[[Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat White Light/White Heat]]''
107	** 1969 - ''Music/{{The Velvet Underground\|Album}}''
108	** 1970 - ''Music/{{Loaded}}''
109	* Music/TheWho (to the point where [[Music/JohnLydon Johnny Rotten]], [[Music/TheRamones Johnny Ramone]], and [[Music/TheClash Joe Strummer]] all said something along the lines that punk wouldn't even exist without them)
110	** 1965 - ''Music/MyGeneration''
111	** 1966 - ''Music/AQuickOne''
112	** 1967 - ''Music/TheWhoSellOut''
113	** 1969 - ''Music/{{Tommy}}''
114	** 1971 - ''Music/WhosNext''
115	** 1973 - ''Music/{{Quadrophenia}}''
116	* Music/TheYardbirds' approach to playing inspired punk bands in the next decade, notably Music/TheBuzzcocks.
117	[[/index]]

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