Most would argue punk is a question of attitude. Anyone can make music that sounds like punk rock. And whether you succeed in getting money is beside the point, they were still money-grubbing whores.
OMFG what a dumbass. If you had researched this the slightest bit, you would have found out it was probably bands like the Stooges and MC5, but what would you care if you did find out...
well there was a guy that had a guitar in 1942.... and he strummed it rather harshly... i think it was him.
Okay, first of all, I'm with SelfControl on the whole attitude thing. Punk isn't about the sound of the music. Sure theres a sound thats usually connotated to punk rock, but I believe its more of an attitude thing. Some consider that bands like VU and the Stooges started it, cause what they were doing was different at the time. I think they helped to contribute to the punk "sound", and many other bands who were doing something against the norm of music in their respective eras I consider punk. Oh and by the way, the sex pistols were basically a boy band, put together by record execs. Not very punk if you ask me.
jesus god man how could you even suggest that avril lavine or blink 182 invented punk?!?!? i fucking hate punk but i know that the original bands were like the sex pistols and others that i dont know the names of. ahhhhhhh
they were put together by a sex shop owner, not an exec at sony....plus they were street punks prior to being in a band.... The sex pistols are punk, why is anyone even arguing this...they weren't the best punk band, but they made punk music, lived punker lives, smashed people in the face with basses....punk.
Oh ok, my cats name is Celeste, I thought she was posting again Anyway,my cat Celeste believes that The Sonics may have been the first punk band.
I read that Captain Beefheart also influenced multiple punk bands, but I wouldn't call him a "punk inventor" or anything. I agree with the people who said The VU, The Stooges, and MC5, though.
it wasnt any of the bands who invented punk. it was the music journalists. the term "punk" in relation to music had been used informally, although not too commonly in the late 60s to refer to the garage bands like The Standells etc. Frank Zappa parodied these kinds of bands in his song "Flower Punk". In the early 70s people like Lenny Kaye and Lester Bangs used the term more often and termed themselves punks, punk being a slang word for someone who got done up the ass in jail. they figured liking the garagey stuff was much better than the Middle of the road proggy stuff or whatever. The word punk features on the liner notes to the original Nuggets album, which came out in 1971. Then of course bands like the Ramones and many of the new york bands started using the term, until it spread to England when The New York Dolls went over there. ...Well thats what i reckon anyway.
