Rock branch
Proto-punk
Rock › Rock and roll › Garage rock › Proto-punk
- Emerged
- 1967
- Origin
- Detroit / New York, USA
- Subgenres
- None
Garage rock turned hostile and repetitive, with noise and nihilism. Nobody called it punk yet, but everyone at CBGB copied from it.
- Heaviness
- 5
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 5
Key acts
- The Stooges
- MC5
- The Velvet Underground
- New York Dolls