Proto-punk

Proto-punk is a raw, energetic, and often rebellious music genre that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, laying the groundwork for the punk rock explosion. It is characterized by its gritty, garage rock sound, stripped-down instrumentation, and a defiant, anti-establishment attitude. Bands like The Lewd and Feederz infused aggressive guitar riffs with politically charged lyrics, while others like Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band injected a sense of spontaneity and experimentation into their performances. Proto-punk embodies a blend of rockabilly energy, psychedelia influences, and a DIY ethos, pushing musical boundaries and setting the stage for punk's later evolution.

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Composition Book
Album - 11 Tracks - Released February 7, 2025

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84 Flesh
A Passing Fancy
Angel Face
Artistic Decline
Bad Idols
Boom Boom Band
Bowels
Calcinator
Chris Smith
Cloak/Dagger
Controle
Coward
Diet Blood
Doggy
Dow Jones And The Industrials
Electric Callas
Fantomes
Feederz
Geza X
Gudibrallan
Guilty Razors
Hard Meat
Haunted Horses
Hawkwind Zoo
Hubble Bubble
Intense Molecular Activity
It's All Meat
Leather Jacuzzi
Legal Weapon
Little Bob Story
Lou Reed
Lou's
Mac The Knife
Material
Metal Boys
Mick Ronson
Moral Lepers
Métal Urbain
Night People
Passive
Patti Smith
Private Vices
Problem Children
Protex
Q65
Really Red
Rockin' Ramrods
Rudi
Serqet
Shakin' Street
Skyhooks
Soggy
Southside Stranglers
Staring Problem
Stiff Little Fingers
Stinky Toys
Swamp City Rockers
T. Rex
TOUTS
The Cheifs
The Chessmen
The Haunted
The Heavy Dwarfs
The Kinks
The Lewd
The Liverbirds
The Moles
The Nerves
The Outcasts
The Pagans
The Painkillers
The Phantom
The Piniellas
The Radiators From Space
The Smirks
The Steve Adamyk Band
The Troggs
The Ugly Ducklings
The Undertones
U.S. Chaos
Wayne Kramer
Willie Alexander
Wolf X Piss
Lou Reed
The Kinks
T. Rex
Patti Smith
The Troggs
The Undertones
Stiff Little Fingers
Skyhooks
The Nerves
Q65
Mick Ronson
Chris Smith
Haunted Horses
Mac The Knife
Rudi
The Ugly Ducklings
The Moles
Wayne Kramer
Protex
The Outcasts
The Liverbirds
Feederz
The Lewd
The Haunted
Rockin' Ramrods
Métal Urbain
Geza X
Stinky Toys
The Radiators From Space
Hawkwind Zoo
The Steve Adamyk Band
It's All Meat
The Pagans
Little Bob Story
Legal Weapon
The Phantom
Shakin' Street
Really Red
TOUTS
Dow Jones And The Industrials
The Chessmen
Cloak/Dagger
Hard Meat
Gudibrallan
The Cheifs
Hubble Bubble
Guilty Razors
Bad Idols
Soggy
A Passing Fancy
Leather Jacuzzi
Problem Children
U.S. Chaos
Electric Callas
Metal Boys
Diet Blood
The Piniellas
Intense Molecular Activity
Lou's
Doggy
Calcinator
Wolf X Piss
Fantomes
Willie Alexander
Night People
The Painkillers
84 Flesh
Moral Lepers
The Smirks
Artistic Decline
Southside Stranglers
The Heavy Dwarfs
Boom Boom Band
Serqet
Staring Problem
Swamp City Rockers
Bowels
Material
Coward
Private Vices
Controle
Passive
Angel Face