Detroit PUNK City? - Bilge

UT Urban Tiki Member The Tropical Isle of Manhattan Joined: Aug 18, 2004 Posts: 529	UT Urban Tiki Posted posted on Fri, Aug 26, 2005 9:11 AM On 2005-08-22 13:34, thejab wrote: I tend to agree with TikiGardener that it started before 1968. The Who's My Generation album surely was an influence on 60s punk bands (of which there are too many to name; listen to "Bad Girl" by Zakary Thaks from Texas for just one example: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005TQ7M/103-6114315-8825441?v=glance). The Who, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Troggs, and some others were more influential than the Beatles on punk. No, nuKKe, it doesn't really matter, but when the topic comes up sometimes people might find out about some bands they didn't already know about, so I don't see any harm in such a discussion. [ Edited by: thejab 2005-08-22 13:35 ] Musically, I think you can hear some of the early roots in some of the surf guitar from the early 60s. You get a little of it in Dick Dale, but even more so with the more obscure surf bands. I have a series of cds of rare surf guitar music and I can hear some of the punk guitar riffs in this stuff. Of course, the leap to punk would require tortured, angst ridden vocals, but instrumentally there is a connection.

On 2005-08-22 13:34, thejab wrote:
I tend to agree with TikiGardener that it started before 1968. The Who's My Generation album surely was an influence on 60s punk bands (of which there are too many to name; listen to "Bad Girl" by Zakary Thaks from Texas for just one example: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005TQ7M/103-6114315-8825441?v=glance).

The Who, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Troggs, and some others were more influential than the Beatles on punk.

No, nuKKe, it doesn't really matter, but when the topic comes up sometimes people might find out about some bands they didn't already know about, so I don't see any harm in such a discussion.

[ Edited by: thejab 2005-08-22 13:35 ]

Musically, I think you can hear some of the early roots in some of the surf guitar from the early 60s. You get a little of it in Dick Dale, but even more so with the more obscure surf bands. I have a series of cds of rare surf guitar music and I can hear some of the punk guitar riffs in this stuff. Of course, the leap to punk would require tortured, angst ridden vocals, but instrumentally there is a connection.

Post #182091 by Urban Tiki on Fri, Aug 26, 2005 9:11 AM