Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement. A retrospective label, the musicians involved...

played in a style that influenced early punk rock—such as garage rock and protopunk—but never played punk rock themselves, should not be on this list. Bands...

played in a style that influenced early punk rock—such as garage rock and protopunk—but never played punk rock themselves, are not on this list. Bands who...

Death is an American band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1971 by brothers Bobby (bass, vocals), David (March 19, 1952-October 9, 2000) (guitar), and Dannis...

death metal band 1914 (band) on album Where Fear and Weapons Meet A 1960s protopunk song by Kit and the Outlaws A 1986 hardcore punk song by Cro-Mags on The...

genre) Group Sounds (Japan) List of garage rock compilations Nederbeat Protopunk Punk rock Pub rock (United Kingdom) Rock and roll Surf rock Uruguayan...

"Ghost Rider" is a song by the protopunk band Suicide appearing on their debut album. The song is based on the Marvel Comics character. 1979: Danish punk...

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/ BOH-ee), was an English singer, songwriter, musician...

for their album Working My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits. The protopunk band ? and the Mysterians recorded it in 1967 for their second album Action...

American musician, best known as the original bassist for influential protopunk band The Stooges. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and radio broadcaster...

re-establish the reign of "true" rock & roll. The album begins with the driving protopunk of "Circuit Breaker," by the Pastels, from Pasco, Washington. The High...

The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, and also known as Iggy and the Stooges, were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan...

Up (2009 film), an animated feature by Disney/Pixar The Up, a Detroit protopunk band Up (ABC album), 1989 Up (Right Said Fred album), 1992 Up (Great Big...

Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, and author whose 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential...

and "Something Better Beginning", to the more influential proto-metal, protopunk, power chord-based hard rock of the band's first two hit singles, "You...

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965...

John Davies Cale OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet...

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for...

Black Sabbath, the Stooges and the New York Dolls, now known as seminal protopunk bands. The Ramones' style was in part a reaction against the heavily produced...

often treated as the phenomenon's U.S. parallel. The later work of Ohio protopunk pioneers Pere Ubu is also commonly described as post-punk. One of the...

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by the English musician David...

Laughner and Gene O'Connor (known as Cheetah Chrome) and performed by their protopunk band Rocket from the Tombs. The song was first released by O'Connor's...

The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend...

he was a busker in the London Underground. Mick Jones played guitar in protopunk band London SS, who rehearsed for much of 1975 but never played a live...

critics in the early 1970s. In the late 1960s, music now referred to as protopunk originated as a garage rock revival in the northeastern United States...

The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Velvet Underground and the German singer Nico, released in March...

Kingdom. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s...

Origin West Berlin, West Germany Genres Folk rock, blues, German rock, protopunk Years active 1970–1985 Labels David Volksmund Produktion [de] (DVP)...

Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups. Since their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many...