Proto-Punk or Post-Punk?

TockTockTock · 07-27-2011, 10:24 PM

It's pretty obvious what you need to do.... just choose which one is your favorite: proto-punk or post-punk.

Now, I realize that proto-punk isn't technically a genre, but just a term used to refer to musicians who were influential in the making of punk rock, but just roll with it... To be honest, I'm not entirely sure if post-punk is a complete genre either...

Some examples of proto-punk: The Monks, The Stooges, MC5, Death, The Sonics, The Velvet Underground, The Deviants, New York Dolls, etc.

Some examples of post-punk: Joy Division, Magazine, Swell Maps, Wire, The Pop Group, Tuxedomoon, The Raincoats, etc.

**Janszoon** · 07-27-2011, 10:31 PM

Post punk for me.

Howard the Duck · 07-28-2011, 02:55 AM

equal measures

Sneer · 07-28-2011, 07:44 AM

That's a tough one, I love a lot of bands from both brackets. At a push I'd go for proto-punk, but I get a lot of satisfaction from each of them.

The Monkey · 07-28-2011, 08:41 AM

Good poll. Very different genres, despite their mutual connection to punk. I guess I respect post-punk for having higher artistic aspirations a lot of the times, but I think I've listened more to proto-punk, especially the Stooges, VU and the Sonics.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 07-28-2011, 11:25 AM

Post-punk 4evs.

swim · 07-28-2011, 01:24 PM

Post punk is everything I love about music.

LoathsomePete · 07-28-2011, 01:27 PM

While I enjoy both genres of music, I listen to far more post-punk then proto-punk, however that said Raw Power (1973) by The Stooges is in my top 5 favorite albums of all time.

Buzzov*en · 07-28-2011, 03:03 PM

Proto-punk

jackhammer · 07-28-2011, 07:47 PM

Post Punk because of the sheer diversity. Proto punk was setting down the rules without really knowing it and Post Punk tore them apart and reassembled them.

View Poll Results: Which one do you prefer?
Proto-Punk	7	20.00%
Post-Punk	17	48.57%
Both	11	31.43%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

07-27-2011, 10:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Proto-Punk or Post-Punk? It's pretty obvious what you need to do.... just choose which one is your favorite: proto-punk or post-punk. Now, I realize that proto-punk isn't technically a genre, but just a term used to refer to musicians who were influential in the making of punk rock, but just roll with it... To be honest, I'm not entirely sure if post-punk is a complete genre either... Some examples of proto-punk: The Monks, The Stooges, MC5, Death, The Sonics, The Velvet Underground, The Deviants, New York Dolls, etc. Some examples of post-punk: Joy Division, Magazine, Swell Maps, Wire, The Pop Group, Tuxedomoon, The Raincoats, etc.

07-27-2011, 10:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Post punk for me. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

07-28-2011, 07:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	That's a tough one, I love a lot of bands from both brackets. At a push I'd go for proto-punk, but I get a lot of satisfaction from each of them. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

07-28-2011, 08:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
The Monkey Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 803	Good poll. Very different genres, despite their mutual connection to punk. I guess I respect post-punk for having higher artistic aspirations a lot of the times, but I think I've listened more to proto-punk, especially the Stooges, VU and the Sonics. __________________ Now another stranger seems to want you to ignore his dreams as though they were the burden of some other My Last.fm

07-28-2011, 11:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Post-punk 4evs.

07-28-2011, 01:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Post punk is everything I love about music.

07-28-2011, 01:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	While I enjoy both genres of music, I listen to far more post-punk then proto-punk, however that said Raw Power (1973) by The Stooges is in my top 5 favorite albums of all time. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

07-28-2011, 03:03 PM	#9 (permalink)
Buzzov*en Anxiety Hangover Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gardenia Posts: 501	Proto-punk __________________ Save the environment, shoot yourself in the head. And when there is no hope I'll smoke some crack I'll shoot some dope.

07-28-2011, 07:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Post Punk because of the sheer diversity. Proto punk was setting down the rules without really knowing it and Post Punk tore them apart and reassembled them. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”