Punk Pioneers
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1. Master Race Rock | The Dictators |
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2. I Wanna Be Sedated | The Ramones |
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3. Lust For Life | Iggy Pop |
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4. Because The Night | Patti Smith |
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5. I Got You Babe | The Dictators |
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6. Blank Generation | Richard Hell |
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7. Rapture | Blondie |
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Blondie were one of the
first bands to make their
punk credibility
commercially viable. Debbie
Harry had a minor part in...
A performer whose career
flagrantly defies convention
with such finesse that fans
not only forgive him, they
worship him. It seems like...
Electric Eels were a seminal
pre-punk no-talent band in
early '70s Cleveland, Ohio.
They took negativity to new
extremes. Friends with Pe...
Combining mind-blitzing jazz
with red-blooded,
combative rock 'n' roll, the
MC5 were the musical
equivalent of a B-52 bomb...
Trashy, sloppy and
revolutionary, their
anarchic rock and roll
helped lay the groundwork
for punk. No other band s...
Nico was a musician, model
and actor born in Cologne,
Germany. Nico's avant pop
has made her an icon among
punks, indie rockers and...
Arguably Australia's first
and best punk band, Radio
Birdman brought the vicious
bludgeoning sounds of
Detroit rock to Oz.
Classic NY Punk. Hell's
strangely affecting wail and
darkly poetic lyrics
clattered against Robert
Quine's guitar seizures.
Television may not have
found mainstream success
in the '70s, but in terms of
influence they rank behind
very few.
With pure style that only a
band from the Bronx could
muster, the Dictators
espouse red-blooded,
American rock 'n' roll. De...
The Heartbreakers were
originally Johnny Thunders,
Jerry Nolan, Walter Lure
and Richard Hell. Richard
Hell left early on, howeve...
Leader Jonathan Richman
later renounced both his
teen angst and his band's
stark, Pre-Punk sound, but
the debut LP is superb.
The Ramones were the first
punk band. Period. Their
simple, catchy and raucous
sound is an unmistakable
keystone. The Ramones f...
Originally a snarling Punk
outfit, the Saints matured
rather quickly into a
thoughtful, layered,
guitar-based pop group.
Also known as Iggy and the
Stooges, this was the
greatest rock band ever
produced by the United
States. The Stooges forme...
At once arty and utterly
primitive, these visionaries
blended noise, decadent
subject matter, and the
barest hints of melody. Th...
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