early punk...?

Question

tell me about early punk. bands, facts, etc.

Answer 1

The first ongoing music scene that was assigned the "punk" label appeared in New York in 1974-1976 centered around bands that played regularly at the clubs Max's Kansas City and CBGB. This had been preceded by a mini underground rock scene at the Mercer Arts Center, picking up from the demise of the Velvet Underground, starting in 1971 and featuring the New York Dolls and Suicide, which helped to pave the way, but came to an abrupt end in 1973 when the building collapsed[3]. The CBGB and Max's scene included The Ramones, Television, Blondie, Johnny Thunders (a former New York Doll) and the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell and The Voidoids and the Talking Heads. The "punk" title was applied to these groups by early 1976, when Punk Magazine first appeared, featuring these bands alongside articles on some of the immediate role models for the new groups, such as Lou Reed, who was on the cover of the first issue of Punk, and Patti Smith, cover subject on the second issue.

At the same time, a less celebrated, but nonetheless highly influential, scene had appeared in Ohio, including The Electric Eels, Devo and Rocket from the Tombs, who in 1975 split into Pere Ubu and The Dead Boys.

During this same period, bands that would later be recognized as "punk" were formed independently in other locations, such as The Saints in Brisbane, Australia, The Modern Lovers in Boston, and The Stranglers and the Sex Pistols in London. These early bands also operated within small "scenes", often facilitated by enthusiastic impresarios who either operated venues, such as clubs, or organised temporary venues. In other cases, the bands or their managers improvised their own venues, such as a house inhabited by The Saints in an inner suburb of Brisbane. The venues provided a showcase and meeting place for the emerging musicians (the 100 Club in London, CBGB in New York, and The Masque in Hollywood are among the best known early punk clubs).

While the London bands may have played a relatively minor role in determining the early punk sound, the London punk scene would come to define and epitomize the rebellious punk culture. After a brief stint managing the New York Dolls at the end of their career in the US, Englishman Malcolm McLaren returned to London in May 1975. He started a clothing store called SEX that was instrumental in creating the radical punk clothing style. He also began managing The Swankers, who would soon become the Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols soon created a strong cult following in London, centered on a clique known as the Bromley Contingent (named after the suburb where many of them had grown up), who followed them around the country.

Answer 2

Lou Reed is known as the Godfather of punk. I think he was in the Velvet Underground. The punk era was between 1975 and 1979 I think with bands like the Sex Pistols and The Clash. But I personally think the Ramones were the perfect definition of punk.

Answer 3

read a book about chrissy hines or the interveiws from any mags she was into the scene in england and worked in a record store that the punk bands went to to hang and so she would know about the bollocks and the sex pistols and the black death the clash

Answer 4

you want facts?
Pre-punk, starts with the hippies, MC 5
(KICK out the JAMS M-Fers!!)
Iggy (POP) and the Stooges
you know, the angry stuff, but not pretty (CSNY would NOT count!)
Then the Ramones(!!!)
you could count New York Dolls, too
It was a NYC and London thing
Then the Pistols and Clash
then its all fractured
stay away from drugs, Sid taught me that!

Answer 5

if u wanna hear some early punk search the kinks,the ramones the misfits anything like that,also go to pandora.com,if u put them on ur band list it will play bands like that

Answer 6

pick up the sound track to the movie SLC Punk, its good. movie isn't to bad either now that I think about it.

also check out http://rantradio.com and then on the left click on the punk station, its free, no ads, and good (some times its alittle heavy on ska for my tastes though)

Answer 7

Here's a video you can watch on early punk. Enjoy!!! Also, search the sex pistols on youtube.com



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aONHVVSPazA

Answer 8

i am so punk!
actually i'm a cross b/w a punk and a wangster
lol
have a nice day! : )

Answer 9

Tuff Darts... Mink DeVille...

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk