Protopunk is a term used retrospectively to describe a number of musicians who were important precursors of punk rock in the late 1960s to mid 1970s, or who have been cited by early punk musicians as influential. Typically, these artists were not themselves considered punk furthermore, the typification is not widely regarded to have been the result of a distinct musical genre as these precursors came from a wide array of backgrounds, styles, and influences. American acts like The Seeds , The Monks , The Velvet Underground , MC5 , The Stooges , The Modern Lovers , The Sonics , New York Dolls , Lou Reed , Big Star , The Fugs , Television band Television , Death punk band Death , Captain Beefheart , Patti Smith , Richard Hell , Rocket from the Tombs , and Love band Love , German acts such as Neu and Can band Can , and acts from Britain including David Bowie , T.Rex band T.Rex , Faces band , Brian Eno , Mott The Hoople , The Kinks , The Who , Roxy Music , Doctors of Madness and Hawkwind ref ... the style of bands that would become known as the archetypal figures of protopunk. ref See Sabin ... based bands appeared that are commonly regarded as the central protopunk records. In January, Detroit ... exploring the roots of punk, and the term protopunk was coined to describe early, pre punk influences. Categorization The term protopunk is of uncertain origins, and has proven difficult to define ... Most musicians classified as protopunk are rock and roll performers of the 1960s and early 1970s, with garage rock often cited as an influence. Some protopunk bands, particularly in the United Kingdom ... song Paranoid by Black Sabbath have been labeled protopunk. ref http www.superseventies.com ... music punk Category Rock music genres Category Punk rock cs Protopunk de Protopunk es Proto punk fr Protopunk gl Protopunk it Proto punk nl Protopunk no Protopunk pl Protopunk pt Protopunk ru simple Protopunk sk Protopunk fi Protopunk sv Protopunk th ... more details
About the protopunk band the metal band Death metal band Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Death image caption The three original members of Death background group or band origin Detroit, Michigan , United States USA genre Protopunk , garage rock , punk rock , rock n roll years active 1971&ndash 1976 br 2009&ndash present label Tryangle, Drag City record label Drag City associated acts The Fourth Movement br Lambsbread BR Rough Francis current members Bobby Hackney br Dannis Hackney br Bobbie Duncan past members David Hackney Death was a garage rock and protopunk Demo music demo band formed in Detroit, Michigan , in 1971 by the brothers Bobby bass, vocals , David guitar , and Dannis drums Hackney. The African American trio started out as an R&B band but switched to rock after seeing an Alice Cooper show. ref http www.nytimes.com 2009 03 15 arts music 15rubi.html? r 1 This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk ref Music critic Peter Margasak incorrectly denoting the youngest brother retrospectively wrote of their musical direction The youngest of the brothers, guitarist David, pushed the group in a hard rock direction that presaged punk rock punk , and while this certainly didn t help them find a following in the mid 70s, today it makes them look like visionaries. ref http www.chicagoreader.com features stories musicreviews 090212 www.chicagoreader.com features stories musicreviews 090212 ref History In 1964 the young Hackney brothers were sat down by their father to witness The Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show . The following day, David found a discarded guitar in an alley and set about learning to play. Brothers Bobby and Dannis soon followed suit and they began playing music together. The brothers practiced and recorded early Demo music demos in a room in the family home and performed their earliest gigs from their Garage house ... disestablished in 1976 Category Protopunk groups Category Sibling musical trios Category Musical ... more details
Electric eel can mean Electric eel , the fish Electrophorus electricus Electric Eels band , a protopunk band from Cleveland, Ohio Electric Eel Shock , a Japanese punk band The plumber s tool which is also called a plumber s snake or toilet jack disambig ... more details
wiktionary bygones Bygones may refer to Bygones TV series Bygones TV series , an ITV television programme Bygones Won t Go , a 2001 protopunk song Bygones , a math rock group consisting of Zach Hill and Nick Reinhart. See also Bygone disambig ... more details
About the rock band the chemical compound Styrene The Styrenes are an U.S. American Protopunk proto punk rock band, formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975, by former members of other local underground scene bands, Electric Eels band electric eels and Mirrors. ref name allmusicsty Allmusic class artist id p14410 ref ref name rent a dog J ger, Rolf, http www.rent a dog.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 16 3Athe styrenes city of women&catid 2 3Akatalogarchiv&Itemid 4&lang en Styrenes A Brief History , Rent a Dog . Retrieved on December 31, 2009 ref Members Paul Marotta vocals, guitar, piano UK Rattay guitar Al Margolis bass, vocals John Keith drums, vocals Former members Jamie Klimek guitar, vocals Paul Laurence drums Mike Hudson vocals Mike Hoffman drums Fred Lonberg Holm cello John Morton guitar Jim Jones guitarist Jim Jones bass Anton Fier drums David Newman bass Discography Girl Crazy Mustard MM 4401 1982 Hudson Styrene A Monster And The Devil Tinnitus 191305 1989 Re released with bonus tracks as All the Wrong People Are Dying Overground Records Over74 1998 It s Artastic Homestead Productions 1991 We Care, So You Don t Have To Scat Records Scat 63 1998 It s Still Artastic ROIR RUSCD 8276 2002 In C Terry Riley Enja 9435 2002 ref http www.bbc.co.uk music reviews m8zf The Styrenes In C BBC review ref City of Women Rent A Dog bone 3010 2 2007 See also Punk rock Protopunk Electric Eels band electric eels References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Styrenes, The Category Musical groups from Cleveland, Ohio Category Protopunk groups Category American rock music groups ... more details
Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Piss Factory Cover Piss Factory Patti Smith.jpg A side Hey Joe Cover versions Hey Joe B side Piss Factory Artist Patti Smith Released Start date 1974 Recorded Electric Lady Studios , br June 5, 1974 Genre Protopunk Length 4 41 Writer Patti Smith , Richard Sohl Label Mer Producer Lenny Kaye Piss Factory is a protopunk song written by Patti Smith and Richard Sohl , and released as a A side and B side B side on Smith s debut single Hey Joe in 1974. In 1989, Dave Marsh placed the song on the list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made . ref cite web url http www.acclaimedmusic.net Current S1763.htm title Best of All time Lists accessdate 2008 04 17 publisher Acclaimed Music ref Notes reflist External links Allmusic class song id t3264223 1970s rock song stub Patti Smith Category 1974 songs Category Patti Smith songs Category Songs written by Patti Smith pl Piss Factory ... more details
unreferenced date December 2010 Infobox single Name Can t Get Enough of You Baby Cover Artist Question Mark & the Mysterians ? & the Mysterians from Album Action ? And The Mysterians Album Action Released March 1967 Format 7 single 7 45 RPM B side Smokes Genre Garage rock br Protopunk Length 2 00 Label Cameo Parkway Records Writer Sandy Linzer br Denny Randell Producer Rudy Martinez Can t Get Enough of You Baby is a song written by Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer and recorded by various artists, including the Protopunk band Question Mark & the Mysterians ? & the Mysterians in 1967. Their version reached 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released as a single. The song was recorded in 1966 by The Toys on Dyno Voice. It was also recorded by The Four Seasons band The Four Seasons for their album Working My Way Back To You and More Great New Hits in 1966. It was famously covered by Smash Mouth for their album Astro Lounge 1999 , which shares similarities to their debut hit Walkin on the Sun . DEFAULTSORT Can t Get Enough Of You Baby Category 1967 singles Category Question Mark & the Mysterians songs Category Smash Mouth songs Category Songs written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell ... more details
wiktionary 15 minutes 15 Minutes is a 2001 film starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns. 15 Minutes may also refer to 15 Minutes Barry Manilow album 15 Minutes Barry Manilow album , a 2011 album 15 Minutes Nik Kershaw album 15 Minutes Nik Kershaw album , a 1999 rock album Fifteen Minutes A Tribute to The Velvet Underground , a 1994 protopunk album 15 Minutes song 15 Minutes song , from the 2009 album Looking Through You by The Yeah You s 15 Minutes Rodney Atkins song 15 Minutes Rodney Atkins song , a song from the 2009 album It s America by Rodney Atkins See also 15 minutes of fame Every 15 Minutes disambig ... more details
Infobox musical artist image See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Leigh Stephens instrument Guitar occupation Musician , songwriter , guitarist genre Heavy metal music Heavy metal , acid rock garage rock , hard rock , protopunk , blues rock , psychedelic rock years active 1968&ndash present associated acts Blue Cheer br Silver Metre br Pilot American band Pilot background non vocal instrumentalist Leigh Stephens is an American guitarist and songwriter . Stephens became famous as the former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Blue Cheer . He was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone magazine s list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. ref http www.rollingstone.com news story 5937559 the 100 greatest guitarists of all time Rolling Stone s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time ref He has claimed to have been the only member of the band who did not use drugs. ref Allmusic class artist id p20750 biography pure url yes From allmusic profile ref His replacement as Blue Cheer s lead guitarist was Randy Holden . Stephens went on to form Silver Metre in 1969, with Pete Sears and Micky Waller , releasing one album, Silver Metre on National General Records. References Reflist External links http leighstephens.net Leigh Stephens official website http leighstephens.com Leigh Stephens fan site by http www.birdsongguitars.com Birdsong Guitars Blue Cheer Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stephens, Leigh ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stephens, Leigh Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category American rock guitarists Category Lead guitarists Category Protopunk musicians Category Blue Cheer members cs Leigh Stephens ... more details
selfref For use of GLAM in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia GLAM . wiktionary GLAM glam Glam is a shortened form of the word glamour presentation glamour . Glam or GLAM may also refer to GLAM industry sector , an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums, the cultural heritage institutions Glam Media , a life style related Web company Groupe de Liaisons A riennes Minist rielles , a unit of the French Air Force, between 1945 and 1995 People Moshe Glam born 1970 , Israeli footballer and a football manager Rami Glam born 1978 , former Israeli footballer Glamourina born 1988 , fashion stylist Music Glam album Glam album , by Mouse on Mars Glam rock , a style of rock and pop music Glam metal , a sub genre of heavy metal music Glam punk , a genre that mixes elements of glam rock with protopunk or punk rock Glam , a song by Christina Aguilera from Bionic Christina Aguilera album Bionic See also Glamorous disambiguation Glamour disambiguation disambig es Glam fr GLAM gl Glam pt Glam ... more details
Don t Tread on Me or Dont Tread on Me may refer to Music Don t Tread on Me album Don t Tread on Me album , a 2005 alternative rock album by 311 Don t Tread on Me 311 song Don t Tread on Me 311 song , eponymous song from the album Don t Tread on Me Metallica song Don t Tread on Me Metallica song , a 1991 heavy metal song by Metallica The Reckoning song The Reckoning song , a 2003 power metal song by Iced Earth A 1960 s protopunk song by Kit and the Outlaws A 1986 hardcore punk song by Cro Mags on The Age of Quarrel A 1992 hard rock song by Damn Yankees on Don t Tread Flags Gadsden flag , with a yellow field First Navy Jack , with a striped field A flag with a white field used by united Albanian clan of Europe. the Culpeper Minutemen Other uses A chapter in John Adams TV miniseries Part III Don t Tread on Me John Adams , a TV miniseries disambiguation Category Mottos ... more details
Kit and the Outlaws were an United States American garage rock Garage Protopunk band music band , active in the mid 1960s. Their music was typical of the era, using familiar riff s, not unlike those used by more well known bands such as The Rumours , The Lollipop Shoppe The Weeds , or The Vibrations . Their most famous song is Don t Tread on Me Kit and the Outlaws song Don t Tread on Me . A anthem of rebellion, the song is adapted from a classic ruff used by numerous garage bands, taken from the song Hang on Sloopy . It was later covered by punk band The Cramps , albeit with different lyrics, as Nest of the Cukoo Bird . It was later called one of the greatest punk singles ever recorded. ref http ilx.wh3rd.net thread.php?msgid 1538093 Best punk single Bot generated title ref References Liner notes for Songs the Cramps Taught Us Volume 3 . Hicks, Micheal Dustin. Sixties Rock Garage, Psychedlic, and Other Satisfactions , pg. 37. ISBN 0 252 06915 3. Footnotes reflist Category American punk rock groups US rock band stub ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Gary and the Hornets was a Franklin, Ohio based band that consisted of three brothers Gary Calvert vocals, guitar , Greg Calvert bass and Steve Calvert drums . Gary was eleven, Greg was fourteen and Steve was seven at the time they recorded their best known material in 1966. The band s first single was a version of There s a Kind of Hush titled Kind of Hush on their version that was a local and regional hit in 1966. The brothers recorded three more singles between 1966 and 1968. They also appeared on Johnny Carson s in 1967 Tonight Show singing a cover of Devil With a Blue Dress On . Discography Singles Kind of Hush b w That s All for Now Sugar Baby Smash Records 1966 Baby It s You b w Tell Tale Smash Records 1967 Hi Hi Hazel b w Patty Girl Smash Records 1967 External links http launch.groups.yahoo.com group garyandthehornets Gary & The Hornets discussion group on Yahoo Category American rock music groups Category Musical groups from Ohio Category Protopunk groups US rock band stub ... more details
refimprove date April 2012 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Kenny And The Kasuals image caption image size background group or band alias origin Dallas, Texas , United States genre Rock and roll br Garage rock br Proto punk years active 1962 1967, 1979 Present label Mark, Ltd associated acts website http www.kennybdaniel.com current members Kenny Daniel br Lee Lightfoot br past members Kenny and the Kasuals are a Dallas area garage rock band originally formed in 1963, whose LP record records are considered among the most collectable LPs of the 60s ref http www.allmusic.com artist kenny the kasuals p18648 biography ref . Reflist Category Musical groups established in 1963 Category Garage rock groups Category Rock music groups from Dallas Category Protopunk groups ... more details
Gizmos were a proto punk band that formed in Bloomington, Indiana in 1975. Both leading members, Eddie Flowers and Rich Coffee would move to Los Angeles in the late 1970s and become active in the post punk , underground rock scene there. Flowers would start Crawlspace with ex members of the Lazy Cowgirls in 1985, starting out in a punk rock vein but increasingly growing more experimental as time went on. By the early 1990s Crawlspace s music was free improvisation inspired by John Cage and Derek Bailey guitarist Derek Bailey . Coffee sang and played in Thee Fourgiven and The Tommyknockers , influenced by late 1960s pre punk hard rock bands like the MC5 and The Doors as well as more recent acts like The Cramps , The Gun Club , and Billy Childish The bands of both Coffee and Flowers were associated with the Sympathy for the Record Industry record label. External links http web.archive.org web 20091027050351 http www.geocities.com iamrichcoffee Coffee s website http www.slippytown.com Flowers website DEFAULTSORT Gizmos Category American punk rock groups Category Protopunk groups Category Sympathy for the Record Industry artists Category Musical groups from Indiana US punk band stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Live In Detroit Type live Artist The Stooges Cover The Stooges Live in Detroit.jpg Released March 23, 2004 Recorded 2003 Genre Hard rock , protopunk Length 100 minutes Label Producer Reviews Last album Open Up and Bleed br 1995 This album Live in Detroit br 2003 Next album Telluric Chaos br 2005 Live in Detroit a 2003 release of a live performance by the band The Stooges . Track listing All songs written by Iggy Pop , Ron Asheton , Scott Asheton , and David Alexander except where noted. Loose Down On the Street 1969 I Wanna Be Your Dog TV Eye Dirt Real Cool Time No Fun 1970 Funhouse Skull Ring Not Right Little Doll I Wanna Be Your Dog Bonus Live In New York Intro Loose Down On the Street 1969 I Wanna Be Your Dog Real Cool Time TV Eye No Fun Dead Rock Star Pop Asheton Asheton Skull Ring Pop Asheton Asheton Not Right The Stooges DEFAULTSORT Live In Detroit The Stooges Album Category The Stooges albums Category 2003 live albums 2000s punk album stub it Live in Detroit The Stooges nn Live in Detroit av The Stooges ... more details
Bethnal were a United Kingdom British punk rock punk band formed in 1972. In 1978, they released two album s on Vertigo Records Dangerous Times , produced by Kenny Laguna ref cite web url http www.discogs.com Bethnal Dangerous Times release 423605 title Discography accessdate 2007 04 15 ref and Crash Landing ref cite web url http rateyourmusic.com artist bethnal title Discography accessdate 2007 04 15 ref produced by Jon Astley and Phil Chapman, ref cite web url http www.discogs.com Bethnal Crash Landing release 1948020 title Discography accessdate 2007 04 15 ref with special thanks to Pete Townshend . They supported Hawkwind on their 1977 UK tour and, after disbanding, went on to form Hawkwind frontman Robert Calvert s backing band for his 1981 album Hype album Hype . Key members were George Csapo vocals, keyboards, violin , Pete Dowling drums , Nick Michaels guitar and Everton Williams bass . References Reflist Category British punk rock groups Category Musical groups established in 1972 Category Protopunk groups UK band stub ... more details
About American beat music group Dutch rap formation D Men Image The D Men 1964.JPG right thumb The D Men 1964 . Merge to The Fifth Estate band discuss Talk The Fifth Estate band Merger proposal date October 2011 The D Men were an United States American beat music group. They began in Stamford, Connecticut , in 1963. They played continuously around the United States US and in many New York City New York clubs, including Trude Heller s and The World, and in many Greenwich Village clubs such as The Bottom Line and The Downtown . They appeared on Hullabaloo TV series Hullabaloo in 1965, where they performed their garage rock track, I Just Don t Care. ref Billboard talent section , section one, August 6, 1966. ref In 1966, The D Men became The Fifth Estate band The Fifth Estate . References Reflist External links http www.myspace.com TheDMenINFO MySpace http www.60sgaragebands.com fifthestate.html 60sgaragebands.com http www.TheFifthEstateInfo.com The Fifth Estate Official website DEFAULTSORT D Men, The Category Rock music groups from Connecticut Category Beat groups Category Garage rock groups Category Musical groups established in 1964 Category American pop music groups Category Protopunk groups ... more details
unreferenced date December 2011 notability music date December 2011 Song infobox Name Loose Cover Type Song Artist The Stooges Album Fun House The Stooges album Fun House Released July, 1970 in music 1970 track no 2 Recorded Elektra Sound Recorders , Los Angeles LA May 10 May 24, 1970 Genre Hard rock , heavy metal music heavy metal , protopunk Length 3 33 Writer Iggy Pop , Dave Alexander , Ron Asheton , Scott Asheton Label Elektra Records Elektra Producer Don Galluci prev Down On The Street Down on the Street prev no 1 next T.V. Eye next no 3 Loose is the second song on rock group The Stooges second album, Fun House The Stooges album Fun House . It features a simple guitar line using the common E to G to A progression, used in countless other rock songs. Iggy Pop repeats a vocal, I ll stick it, deep inside . An alternate version of the song used this line to refer to a penis. On 1970 The Complete Fun House Sessions , there are 22 takes of this song. On one, a voice can be heard suggesting sarcastically that the band should release an entire album filled with takes of Loose . The song has been covered by The Birthday Party band The Birthday Party and The Blake Babies . Category The Stooges songs Category 1970 songs Category Songs written by Iggy Pop it Loose The Stooges ru Loose ... more details
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