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Originally Posted by Jedey
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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That label was applied retrospectively. Garage Rock was the first Punk Rock but they didn't know it and neither did record companies. You could even go back and say that the Hamburg years of The Beatles was 'punk Rock' I.E delivering sets fueled by amphetamines with no record company dictating what was played and when and therefore a big F.U to the the mainstream but then they cut their hair and made bland derivative music for 4 years.
Punk music was sown through amateur bands but still lacked identity for good or bad until the ginger minger (MM) came up with the most audacious marketing ploy ever.....and it worked!