Detroit PUNK City? - Bilge

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 3:38 PM On 2005-08-22 15:06, donhonyc wrote: The one thing I'd say though about the Stooges & the 5, is that I think punk may have happened more as a consequence of listening to them than maybe listening to The Sonics or The Troggs. Not to take anything away from them mind you. But yeah... I'm sure Jim Osterberg was listening to both of those bands while he was drumming in The Iguanas a good few years before he became Iggy Pop and was singing/destructing for The Stooges. Not only Iggy, but The Ramones were big fans of 60s AM radio (as reflected in the songs they covered). I'm sure they heard the Troggs and Sonics before they heard the MC5. Most folks in American mid 70s punk bands grew up with the british invasion and American garage bands in the 60s blasting out of their transistor radios (and many were doing their own version of that music).

On 2005-08-22 15:06, donhonyc wrote:
The one thing I'd say though about the Stooges & the 5, is that I think punk may have happened more as a consequence of listening to them than maybe listening to The Sonics or The Troggs. Not to take anything away from them mind you. But yeah... I'm sure Jim Osterberg was listening to both of those bands while he was drumming in The Iguanas a good few years before he became Iggy Pop and was singing/destructing for The Stooges.

Not only Iggy, but The Ramones were big fans of 60s AM radio (as reflected in the songs they covered). I'm sure they heard the Troggs and Sonics before they heard the MC5. Most folks in American mid 70s punk bands grew up with the british invasion and American garage bands in the 60s blasting out of their transistor radios (and many were doing their own version of that music).

Post #181201 by thejab on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 3:38 PM