I am reading a Rolling Stone magazine from January 4, 1973 and there is a review of "Nuggets: Original Artifacts From The First Psychedelic Era". the headline reads "Punk Rock: The Arrogant Underbelly of Sixties Pop". So the first punk rock would have to be bands like The Sonics, The Seeds, The Blues Magoos, The Standells, Count Five & The Monks.
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