List of forerunners of punk music
This is a list of protopunk bands and individuals who were influential in the development of punk rock.
Protopunk bands (circa 1964-1974)
- 13th Floor Elevators
- Big Star
- Black Randy & the Metrosquad
- Blue Cheer
- Cheap Trick
- Count Five
- Doctors of Madness
- Dr. Feelgood
- Figures of Light
- Graham Parker & the Rumour
- Hawkwind
- John's Children
- Los Saicos
- Love
- MC5
- Mirrors
- Mott the Hoople
- Neon Boys
- Neu!
- New York Dolls
- Question Mark & the Mysterians
- Radio Birdman
- Rocket From The Tombs
- Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
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- T. Rex
- The Dictators
- The Edgar Broughton Band
- The Electric Eels
- The Flamin' Groovies
- The Fugs
- The Godz
- The Kinks
- The Modern Lovers
- The Mothers of Invention
- The Monks
- The Pink Fairies
- The Red Krayola
- The Residents
- The Saints
- The Seeds
- The Sonics
- The Standells
- The Stooges
- The Troggs
- The Velvet Underground
- The Who
- Third World War
- Ton Steine Scherben
Protopunk individuals
- Syd Barrett
- Marc Bolan
- David Bowie
- Arthur Brown
- John Cale
- Captain Beefheart
- David Peel
- Alex Chilton
- Eddie Cochran
- Alice Cooper
- Dave Edmunds
- Roky Erickson
- Mick Farren
- Peter Hammill
- Alex Harvey
- David Johansen
- Nick Lowe
- John Lennon
- Iggy Pop
- Lou Reed
- Jonathan Richman
- Mick Ronson
- Brinsley Schwarz
- Patti Smith
- Chris Spedding
- Screaming Lord Sutch
- Link Wray
- Frank Zappa