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May 15, 2024 · The MC5 were an American rock group and one of the most controversial and ultimately influential bands of the late 1960s. The band’s sound paved the way for punk, heavy metal, and grunge.
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May 7, 2024 · Proto-punk is a tag applied retroactively to stylistically similar music, it was not used at the time. No-one says "i'm starting a proto-flork band" before "flork" music has been established. At some point, punk as a genre name/description began being used. before that, whatever it was, however much it sounded/acted/felt like punk - it was not ...
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1 day 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.
May 10, 2024 · Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, the longtime drummer of the iconic Detroit proto-punk band MC5 who earned his nickname due to his rapidfire drum style and its militant rat-tat-tat sound, has...
May 23, 2024 · Iggy Pop was a member of the Stooges, who are considered one of the preeminent proto-punk acts. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, several Michigan bands rooted in garage rock recorded works that became highly influential, particularly with the 1970s punk movement.
May 10, 2024 · by Matt Friedlander 17 days ago. Founding MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving member of the influential Detroit proto-punk band MC5, died Thursday, May 9, after experiencing a...
May 21, 2024 · The Velvet Underground. 4.02 31,332 546. 30 January 1968. Experimental Rock Noise Rock Proto-Punk. Garage Rock Psychedelic Rock Spoken Word. noisy drugs sexual raw lo-fi dissonant LGBT chaotic. Raw Power. The Stooges. 4.00 19,400 392.
