List of forerunners of punk music
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List of Pre-Punk Bands or Proto punk groups (ca. 1968-1976) that were influential on the development of punk rock;
- Big Star
- Blue Cheer
- David Bowie
- The Edgar Broughton Band
- John Cale
- Captain Beefheart
- Chocolate Watchband
- Leonard Cohen
- The Cramps
- The Damned
- Demons
- The Deviants
- Devo
- The Dictators
- The Doors
- Ducks Deluxe
- Eddie & The Hot Rods
- Dave Edmunds
- Electric Eels
- Roky Erickson
- The Exploited
- The Eyes
- The Faces
- Mick Farren
- Dr. Feelgood
- The Flamin' Groovies
- The Fugs
- Generation X
- The Godz
- Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
- Alex Harvey
- Hawkwind
- Richard Hell & the Voidoids
- Love
- Nick Lowe
- MC5
- Mott the Hoople
- New York Dolls
- Yoko Ono
- Graham Parker & the Rumour
- The Pink Fairies
- Plasmatics
- Iggy Pop
- Lou Reed
- Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
- The Rolling Stones
- Mick Ronson
- The Runaways
- The Ramones
- Rocket From The Tombs
- Roxy Music
- Brinsley Schwarz
- Screaming Lord Sutch
- The Seeds
- Sinister Dane
- Patti Smith
- The Sonics
- Chris Spedding
- The Standells
- Steel Pulse
- The Stooges
- T. Rex
- Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers
- Steve Took's Shagrat
- The Troggs
- The Velvet Underground
- The Who
- Witches Brew
- Niel Young
- Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
See also
| Punk rock | Punk genres |
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| Anarcho-punk - Anti-folk - Crust punk - Gothic rock - Hardcore - Horror punk - New Wave - No Wave - Oi - Pop punk - Post-hardcore - Post punk - Riot grrrl - Ska punk - Death rock - Psychobilly - Two Tone |
| Other topics |
| DIY - Punk pioneers - First wave - Second wave - Punk cities - Punk movies - Skinhead - Skinhead films - Ska |