i said several pages ago that The Kinks and The Who invented punk

nobody took me seriously much

I would debate it simply on the basis that at the time The Who did my genration, punk did not exsist. It was not even in the back of any minds, so they would not be sitting around saying "let's write a punk song"...

If looking at people I think might of been the early inspirations for the punk ethos, I could say Wood Guthrie was one, This Machine Kills Facists. Johnny Cash, his attitude could be seen as punk as well... Blues and Folk artists are like punks.

However, saying any of those people invented punk is no more true than saying it was The Who or The Kinks.

Punk and Punk Rock are different I feel, Johnny Cash did not play punk rock, but he embodied what could be labeled as punk. Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs... writing protest songs... this could be an inspiration for punk, but that is still folk.

Really not easy to say who invented punk... Punk was almost born unto itself.


The answer depends on you define punk, and each one may be different...

also, listen to this album:
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If anything I would suspect punk rock would of taken more influence from Garage Rock even before "My Generation".




Come on "Surfin' Bird" is more in debt to punk.

Than after that you get "My Generation" and British Invasion.

I was gonna say Iggy Pop or Lou Reed

They had a part as well. MC5 as well... though none of them "Invented it", but they did help it move forward.

the kinks might have invented hard rock but not punk. you really got me is a love song, my generation is a punk rock song. it's the attitude

The Modern Lovers

i'm thinking of musically and not lyrically

You Really Got Me is a basic 2-chord song with some gnarly distortion

I Can't Explain is the same 4-chords repeated over and over again

Let's see

Anti Hippy - Check
Anti establishment - Check
Recorded in 1967 pre-dating both the MC5 and the Stooges - Check
Actually called a 'Punk' band at the time they were around, not just some band that just had 3 chords or had a bit of guitar feedback thus sounding a 'bit' punkish - Check


I win the thread.

You continually amaze me with your poor taste. :thumb: