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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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Under a Plastic Bag
Real Sickies
Album - 14 Tracks - Released March 14, 2025

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A Passing Fancy
Angel Face
Antimaniax
Bad Idols
Boom Boom Band
Bowels
Browntooth
Charm
Chris Smith
Cloak/Dagger
Coward
Diet Blood
Doggy
Dow Jones And The Industrials
Dr3am Eater
Drugs Dragons
Feederz
Flamin' Groovies
Flat Duo Jets
Geza X
Gudibrallan
Hackamore Brick
Hard Meat
Haunted Horses
Hawkwind Zoo
Intense Molecular Activity
It's All Meat
James Williamson
Jonnata Doll e os Garotos Solventes
Lady First
Leather Jacuzzi
Legal Weapon
Little Bob Story
Los Sedantes
Lou Reed
Lou's
Mac The Knife
Marc Bolan
Material
Mick Ronson
Moral Lepers
NEU!
Night People
O Bisonte
Oscar & The Majestics
Passive
Patti Smith
Problem Children
Protex
Q65
Ralph Carney
Real Sickies
Really Red
Rockin' Ramrods
Ron Thompson
Rumours Follow
Serqet
Shakin' Street
Skyhooks
Slag Queens
Slumberland
Soggy
Southside Stranglers
Stiff Little Fingers
Swamp City Rockers
T. Rex
TOUTS
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
The Barbians
The Cheifs
The Chessmen
The Damned
The Deviants
The Dirtbombs
The Haunted
The Kinks
The Litter
The Liverbirds
The Moles
The Nerves
The Outcasts
The Painkillers
The Phantom
The Piniellas
The Pink Fairies
The Quests
The Radiators From Space
The Rationals
The Smirks
The Steve Adamyk Band
The Stoics
The Troggs
The Ugly Ducklings
The Undertones
The Urges
U.S. Chaos
Vee Dee
Wayne Kramer
Wild Youth
Wolf X Piss
Lou Reed
The Kinks
T. Rex
Patti Smith
The Troggs
The Damned
The Undertones
Stiff Little Fingers
Skyhooks
NEU!
Flamin' Groovies
Ralph Carney
Marc Bolan
The Nerves
The Dirtbombs
Q65
The Litter
Mick Ronson
Chris Smith
The Pink Fairies
Flat Duo Jets
The Third Bardo
Haunted Horses
James Williamson
Mac The Knife
Syndicate Of Sound
Real Sickies
The Ugly Ducklings
Rudi
Wayne Kramer
The Moles
The Barbarians
Protex
The Rationals
The Outcasts
The Deviants
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
The Liverbirds
The Haunted
The Lewd
Feederz
Rockin' Ramrods
Jonnata Doll e os Garotos Solventes
The Quests
Métal Urbain
Stinky Toys
Geza X
The Radiators From Space
Hawkwind Zoo
The Steve Adamyk Band
Michael Yonkers Band
It's All Meat
The Pagans
The Stoics
Oscar & The Majestics
Legal Weapon
Little Bob Story
Browntooth
Dow Jones And The Industrials
Really Red
Shakin' Street
The Urges
The Palace Guards
Debris'
The Phantom
TOUTS
Cloak/Dagger
Hubble Bubble
The Cheifs
Antimaniax
Guilty Razors
Hard Meat
Gudibrallan
The Chessmen
Los Sedantes
Soggy
The Barbians
Thomas A. Edison Electric Band
Bad Idols
O Bisonte
Ron Thompson
The Omens
Slag Queens
Slumberland
Electric Callas
U.S. Chaos
Leather Jacuzzi
Hackamore Brick
Problem Children
Notekillers
Vee Dee
A Passing Fancy
Wild Youth
Rumours Follow
Lance Fox & The Bloodhounds
Intense Molecular Activity
Southside Stranglers
The Heavy Dwarfs
Coward
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