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4 days ago · If you go back another few years to 1973, you can find openers The Dictators, who, along with the Damned, influenced the Stooges and MC5, and are the true U.S. frontrunners for the first “punk” or proto-punk band. The Dictators released “Go Girl Crazy” in March 1975, a full year and a half before The Ramones had vinyl to their name.
23 hours ago · The good folks at Cherry Red certainly have a fondness for the work of ‘Proto-Punk’ agit rockers, The Edgar Broughton Band. Back in January 2021, they made a sterling job of remastering and repackaging the band’s later-period (1975-1982) albums and, just last autumn, Cherry Red – and Edgar – surprised us all by releasing Break the Dark, a collection of all-new EB material, on which ...
4 days ago · space rock. Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music [8] that primarily developed in the United Kingdom [9] through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an emergence of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour ...
23 hours ago · Punk feels like a weak term now. It’s thrown around everywhere, used to describe any music with a bit of a rough edge. Or, with the mounting overuse of ‘post-punk’, it seems to be becoming a word used as a stand-in when people aren’t quite sure how to define something. But back in the day, punk meant something.
1 day ago · James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and radio broadcaster. He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band the Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since. [1] Often called the "Godfather of Punk", [2] [3 ...
5 days ago · Explore The Music Machine, the influential 1960s rock band from Los Angeles. Led by Sean Bonniwell, their dark, rebellious style and hits like 'Talk Talk' established them as proto-punk pioneers.Explore The Music Machine, the influential 1960s rock band from Los Angeles.
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3 days ago · Historicizing The Scene. In the summer of 1981, LA Weekly staff writer Don Waller wrote a history of the city’s rock scene that stretched across four pages. Waller had been writing about and advocating for L.A. musicians since the 1970s and performed in the proto-punk band the Imperial Dogs.
