Who is considered to be the first punk rocker or punk sound?

Answer 1

Well, i could tell you the first famous ones, but no one knows the first ones....thats like saying who is the first scientist? woudnt it be that caveman that rubbed two sticks together and ****? and who came up with that?? its impossible to say.

it depends on your definition..
if you mean the first form of anti-estabilishment. it would probobly be the Sex Pistols

if you mean in terms of rythym and musical style...
It would probobly be the New York Dolls

if you mean the first forn of punk attitude..
Probobly the Stooges but you might even go as far as the Velvet Underground.

punk rock is so broad you got crust, ska, glam, horror, hardcore, and various deviations and hybrids of the above that you cant really ask a question like that anymore.

about the whole sex pistols/NYD thing>>>>>>>>>>>
sex pistols were out in the late 70s about 77. NYD were around since about 73. theres a 4 year gap but they hardly predate one another. it was the same era, the same issues the world frustrated itself with.

I dont really know if you can consider MC5 a punk band. they are more rooted in hard rock and bluegrass more in the vein of Blue Oyster Cult and really didnt aid in beginning the punk movement. MC5 is a great band of the 60s - but certainly is not punk.

To learn more about punk you have to understand that it was conctructed out of hatred for the pop culture of the era in which it resided. pre punk was set off in response to disco music. hardcore of the 80s was in response to the popularity of new wave. We see a sharp decline of notable underground punk in the 90s and in the millenium because that was when punk became the same pop culture that it rebelled against in earlier years. it became a musical contradiction.

Answer 2

Don't believe the rest of the kids here. I like the youngster that suggests that Green Day was the first punk band. The real first punk band that ever released an album was "The New York Dolls", you can still find them in some nicer shops. The next real band to be considered punk was "MC5", and the guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith is perhaps the greatest punk guitarist of all time. Both of these bands way way way predate "The Sex Pistols", and "The Clash". I hope this real answer helps, and I hope you can find a New York Dolls album, or MC5 because the kids these days have no idea how good punk was.

Answer 3

Depending on your way of looking at things, it might fairly be said that Elvis Presley was the first punk rocker...if you consider punk to be a matter of attitude as well as sound, Elvis certainly fits the bill...Otherwise, I'd agree fully with the answerer who noted the garage band sound (Seeds, Sonics, etc.) as the earliest pure punk sound...the Velvet Underground being a huge influence on punk in general. The New York Dolls are one of the earliest punk groups, followed in quick succession by the Ramones, and the rest of the early New York scene...the Pistols, Clash, and the entire British scene started after the NYC stuff started to be heard

Answer 4

Iggy Pop is largly considered to be a punk rock pioneer. That could put punk into the 60s since that's when his first album came out. However he reveres the New York Dolls (and that band is from the early '70s). It is self titled "Iggy & the Stooges" and includes the classic "Search and Destroy" which has a and his 1973 album has a very "New York Doll" sound. That would put punk rock into the early 70's. I havn't heard his 1969 album to be able to judge it. Another candidate for early punk would be the Standells from the mid-1960's. There are many music critics who consider them to be early punk. I personally would go with the Standells and they seem to have all the earmarks of a punk band.

Answer 5

Punk originated in in the 70's. The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The New York Dolls,etc.

Answer 6

From Wikipedia:

The phrase "punk rock" (from "punk", meaning a beginner or novice) was originally applied to the untutored guitar-and-vocals-based rock and roll of United States bands of the mid-1960s such as The Standells, The Sonics, and The Seeds, bands that now are more often categorized as "garage rock".

So I guess one of those three bands.

Then came along the Clash and the Sex Pistols who popularized punk rock.

Answer 7

Here's another two cents. How about Jonathan Richman? He was hanging out with the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol in his teens, just sitting on the couch watching. Soon after, he launched his own musical career, and became a "proto-punk icon", to quote Wikipedia.

Answer 8

I'm not sure but I'd say the Sex Pistols.
To whoever said that Green Day was the first real punk band- are you kidding me? Hahahahahaha, right.
Oh, thanks Ellis D. I always thought it was Sex Pistols or whatever. Thank you for correcting me (and everyone else here, for that matter).

Answer 9

the damned was the first punk band to release a record

Answer 10

eco-friendly Day were round for a at the same time as - longer than some human beings recognize i imagine. back contained in the day i could've classed them as punk, yet in recent times i could actual bypass with pop-punk. they have replaced lots for my section...