The Stooges were like, the prototype but the Ramones are the first band that really embodies punk, even though they always really just self-identified as rock 'n' roll. There was also this band of African American brothers in a Detroit based band called Death (not to be confused with the later metal band of the same name) that made some truly ...

Mar 2, 2024 · The First punk band Suicide- 1970 The first to use the term punk on themselves and also a radical Sonic departure from the rest of the rock sound as opposed to simply supercharging garage rock This is history and not a debate Still go listen to the Stooges, Los Saicos, or anyone of the Nuggets

I see MC5 playing the riot outside of the 1968 Democratic Convention as the first big moment, even though the dynamics were there with Little Richard, and some of the subject matter was there with Velvet Underground (or even Jazz music, Cab Calloway.) Ramones are labeled the first punk band because they were the first covered by Punk magazine.

Nov 9, 2018 · The first "punk" band could be the ramones, of course they came long after the stooges and the mc5 but was there punk back then and did it have the same attitude? How about the who's first single i cant explain- no punk attitude in that one but the music is certainly as punk rock as anything.

It depends on what you mean. They could be considered the first band that was actually called punk and they are common cited as the first "true" punk band. They certainly came before the Sex Pistols and any of the UK bands. However, the punk "sound" had been around since earlier. The Sonics were punk AF and they were from the mid-60s.

Sep 13, 2022 · The ramones especially influenced a lot of future pop punk bands, but they’re largely regarded as punk…probably for the simple fact that various sub genres of punk didn’t really exist at the time. The Descendants are definitely one of the contenders for what a lot of people consider the first pop punk band.

May 24, 2022 · Suicide was the first punk band, identifying with the term "punk rock" in 1971. Not sure what the first song they played was, but they didn't record until way later when other punk bands and artists in their NYC scene had already released albums. But …

The first punk band was probably a bunch of 17 year olds in the middle of buttfuck nowhere in the first half of the 70s who had no idea what they were doing. The Ramones are the ones that we know of, but there’s no way they’re the first

Apr 28, 2020 · I also dont see that as the cultural milieu to which they make the biggest contribution nor is it where they currently have the most relevance. Ditto the pistols tbh. I would say they are a punky mainstream band before they are a mainstreamy punk band - I would say NOFX is more that. Maybe Billie Mike and Tre still identify as and with punk.

May 11, 2022 · The Sonics are the oldest band I’ve ever heard called a punk rock band. Here’s what discogs says about them: ‘American rock and roll group, formed 1963 in Tacoma, Washington, counting as the pioneers of “proto-punk” and “garage rock”.