List of proto-punk bands

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• ? and the Mysterians{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=David|title=Interpreting Popular Music|date=2000|publisher=University of California Press|url=https://archive.org/details/interpretingpopu00brac|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/interpretingpopu00brac/page/164 164]|isbn=9780520225411 |quote=? and the mysterians proto-punk.}}
• The 101ers{{cite book|last1=Knowles|first1=Christopher|title=The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll|date=2010|publisher=Cleis Press|isbn=9781573444057|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rLGAgAAQBAJ&q=%22101ers%22+%22proto-punk%22&pg=PA213}}
• The 13th Floor Elevators
• Alice Cooper{{cite book|last1=Abjorensen|first1=Norman|title=Historical Dictionary of Popular Music|date=2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538102152|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZyrDgAAQBAJ&q=%22alice+cooper%22+%22proto-punk%22&pg=PA14}}{{cite book|last1=Waksman|first1=Steve|title=This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk|date=2009|publisher=University of California Press|url=https://archive.org/details/thisaintsummerof0000waks|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/thisaintsummerof0000waks/page/75 75]|quote=alice cooper proto-punk.}}
• The Amboy Dukes{{cite web|last1=Folgar|first1=Abel|title=Top Twenty Proto-Punk Bands: An Incomplete List|url=https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/top-twenty-proto-punk-bands-an-incomplete-list-6425606?storyPage=6|website=Broward Palm Beach New Times|access-date=3 August 2017}}
• Blue Cheer{{cite web|last1=McIntyre|first1=Ken|title=Cult Heroes: Blue Cheer - the band who invented heavy metal|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-04/cult-heroes-blue-cheer-the-band-who-invented-heavy-metal|website=Team Rock|date=4 November 2016 |access-date=15 August 2017}}
• Captain Beefheart{{cite magazine|title=The reign of Captain Beefheart and how he changed rock music forever|magazine=Far Out Magazine|date=January 2021|first=Drew|last=Wardle}}
• The Chocolate Watchband{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-chocolate-watchband-mn0000774791/biography|title=The Chocolate Watchband - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=7 May 2017}}
• Crushed Butler{{cite book|last1=Strongman|first1=Phil|title=Pretty Vacant: A History of UK Punk|date=2008|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=9781556527524|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1hV4OIlBakC&q=%22crushed+butler%22+%22proto-punk%22&pg=PA52}}
• David Bowie{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=David|title=David Bowie: The Music and The Changes|date=2015|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=9781783236176|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lboSCgAAQBAJ&q=%22the+spiders%22+%22protopunk%22&pg=PT57}}
• Death{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/death-mn0001043986|title=Death - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=7 May 2017}}
• Destroy All Monsters
• The Dictators{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-dictators-mn0000787757/biography|title=The Dictators - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=7 May 2017}}
• Doctors of Madness{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/19/doctors-of-madness-punk|title=Doctors of Madness, the band that prophesied punk – and then disappeared|author=Simon Reynolds|date=19 May 2017|website=guardian.com}}
• Dr. Feelgood{{cite book|last1=Snow|first1=Mat|title=The Who: Fifty Years of My Generation|date=2016|publisher=Race Point Publishing|isbn=9781627887823|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3wmCwAAQBAJ&q=%22the+who%22+proto-punk&pg=PA219}}

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• The Droogs{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=droogs|title=TrouserPress.com :: Droogs|author=|date=|website=www.trouserpress.com|access-date=28 March 2018}}
• Eddie and the Hot Rods{{cite book |last1=Wardle |first1=Ben |title=Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence |date=2024 |publisher=Rocket 8 Books |location=London |isbn=9781915156167 |page=22 |edition=2nd |chapter=Chapter 2 (1962–1975): One Thousand Eddie}}
• Electric Eels{{cite news|last1=Warwick|first1=Kevin|title=In Jaguar Ride, Brian McMahon of the Electric Eels makes the band's story as defiantly unmarketable as their music|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/04/13/in-jaguar-ride-brian-mcmahon-of-the-electric-eels-makes-the-bands-story-as-defiantly-unmarketable-as-their-music|access-date=3 August 2017|agency=Chicago Reader|date=April 13, 2017}}
• Flamin' Groovies
• The Fugs{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Randall|title=L.A. band Wand plugs into retro-futuristic psychedelia; Carole King's City revisited|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-ca-ms-essential-tracks-20150927-story.html|access-date=3 August 2017|agency=Los Angeles Times|date=September 26, 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Felsenthal|first1=Julia|title=Give the Gift of Throwback Collectible Zines|url=http://www.vogue.com/article/throwback-zine-gift-guide|website=Vogue.com|date=11 December 2015 }}
• Woody Guthrie{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/music/dropkick-murphys-on-proto-punk-woody-guthrie-who-wrote-shipping-up-to-boston-15353643|title=Dropkick Murphys on "Proto-Punk" Woody Guthrie, Who Wrote "Shipping Up to Boston"|website=westword.com|date=November 1, 2022|first=John|last=Bear|quote=He’s sort of like the proto-punk}}
• Hawkwind
• The Hangmen{{cite news|last1=Freed|first1=Benjamin|title=Windian Records Founder Travis Jackson Killed in Collision|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/01/16/windian-records-founder-travis-jackson-killed-in-collision/|agency=The Washingtonian|date=January 16, 2014}}
• The Hollywood Brats{{cite book |editor-last=Bovey |editor-first=Seth |title=Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2019 |location=London |isbn=978-1-789-14065-1 }}
• John's Children{{cite web|url=http://dangerousminds.net/comments/orgasm_dig_the_wild_60s_pop_art_proto_punk_of_johns_children|title=Orgasm: Dig the wild 60s pop art glam rock proto-punk of John's Children|author=|date=5 September 2017|website=dangerousminds.net|access-date=28 March 2018}}
• Kilburn and the High Roads{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kilburn-the-high-roads-mn0000095956/biography|title=Kilburn & the High Roads, Biography & History|author=Steve Huey|date=12 June 2015|website=allmusic.com}}
• The Kingsmen{{cite book|last1=Weingarten|first1=Marc|title=Station To Station: The Secret History of Rock & Roll on Television|date=2000|publisher=Gallery Books|isbn=9780671034443|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwXYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22kingsmen%22+%22proto-punk%22|access-date=3 August 2017}}
• The Kinks{{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Mark|last2=Chappell|first2=Jon|title=Guitar For Dummies|date=2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118237588|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u8ei7Vx65k4C&q=kinks+%22proto-punk%22&pg=PA107}}
• MC5{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/mar/03/john-sinclair-rock-revolutionary-mc5-interview | title=John Sinclair: 'We wanted to kick ass – and raise consciousness' | work=The Guardian | date=March 3, 2014 | access-date=July 22, 2015 | author=O'Hagan, Sean}}
• The Modern Lovers{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-modern-lovers-mn0000570825 |title=The Modern Lovers | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links |website=AllMusic |access-date=2017-04-12}}

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• The Monks{{cite web|url=http://www.openculture.com/2016/10/the-monks-sow-chaos-on-german-tv-1966.html|title=Watch the Proto-Punk Band The Monks Sow Chaos on German TV, 1966: A Great Concert Moment on YouTube|website=Openculture.com|access-date=7 May 2017}}
• The Music Machine{{cite magazine|first= David |last= Fricke |authorlink= David Fricke |title= The Music Machine: Where Are They Now? |date= September 11, 1986 |access-date= October 29, 2016 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/music-machine-19860911}}
• Neu!
• New York DollsWard, Ed, Stokes & Geoffrey & Tucker, Ken. ROCK OF AGES: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll. New York: Rolling Stone Press/Summit Books. 1986. (Quoted in Waldrep, Shelton (Ed.)The Seventies: The Age of Glitter in Popular Culture. Routledge. 2013. p131){{cite journal |last=Gross |first=Joe |title=Retro Active: The Twinkeyz and Suicide |journal=Spin |url={{GBurl|PeGUjNqTnGcC|p=139}} |volume=14 |issue=8 |date=August 1998 |pages=139 |issn=0886-3032 }}
• The Night Walkers
• John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0412/954027-john-otway-musician/|title=The Alternative Sound Of John Otway 1983|author=|date=12 June 2015|website=rte.ie}}
• Pink Fairies{{cite web|last1=Spice|first1=Anton|title=Proto-punk: 10 records that paved the way for '76|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/proto-punk-10-records-that-paved-the-way-for-76/|website=Vinyl Factory Magazine|date=31 August 2016 |access-date=3 August 2017}}
• Paul Revere & The Raiders{{cite book|last1=Eddy|first1=Chuck|title=Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism|date=2011|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822350101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wl0rlx7DoeIC&q=%22kingsmen%22+%22protopunk%22&pg=PA13}}
• Rocket from the Tombs{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rocket-from-the-tombs-mn0000291481/biography|title=Rocket from the Tombs - Biography & History - AllMusic|author=|date=|website=AllMusic|access-date=28 March 2018}}
• Los Saicos{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=John|title=You'd have to be crazy not to love Los Saicos, proto-punks from 1960s Peru|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/youd-have-to-be-crazy-not-to-love-los-saicos-proto-punks-from-1960s-peru/2017/08/02/5738e832-7623-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|agency=Washington Post|date=August 2, 2017}}
• Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs{{cite web|last1=Folgar|first1=Abel|title=Top Twenty Proto-Punk Bands: An Incomplete List|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/top-twenty-proto-punk-bands-an-incomplete-list-6425606|website=Broward Palm Beach New Times|access-date=3 August 2017}}
• The Shadows of Knight{{cite book|last1=Dean|first1=Maury|title=Rock and Roll|date=2003|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875862071|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6RMBAAAQBAJ&q=%22shadows+of+knight%22+proto-punk&pg=PA438}}
• The Shaggs{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/02/17/515775669/the-best-or-worst-band-of-all-time-is-back|title=The Best — Or Worst — Band Of All Time Is Back – NPR|author=Anastasia Tsioulcas|date=February 17, 2017|website=npr.org|access-date=27 July 2023}}
• Simply Saucer{{cite web|url=http://www.eternalcavalierpress.com/product/heavy-metalloid-music-the-story-of-simply-saucer/|title=Heavy Metalloid Music: The Story of Simply Saucer – Eternal Cavalier Press|author=|date=|website=www.eternalcavalierpress.com|access-date=28 March 2018}}

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• Patti Smith{{cite web |last1=Mendelsohn |first1=Jason |last2=Klinger |first2=Eric |title=Counterbalance 19: Patti Smith -'Horses' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/patti-smith-horses-counterbalance-2496084830.html |website=PopMatters |date=15 June 2020 |access-date=23 March 2023}}
• The SonicsBlecha, Peter. Music in Washington: Seattle and Beyond. Arcadia. 2007. p94
• Chris Spedding{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Steve |title=The A to X of Alternative Music |date=2006 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |page=104 |isbn=978-0-8264-8217-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KPOsu8JOHO8C&dq=proto+punk&pg=PA104 |access-date=23 March 2023}}
• The Spiders from Mars
• The Standells{{cite book|last1=Cogan|first1=Brian|title=Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=9780313333408|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQcKAQAAMAAJ&q=standells+%22protopunk%22}}
• The Stooges{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-stooges-mn0000562304/biography | title=The Stooges biography | website=Allmusic | access-date=July 15, 2015 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}
• SuicideThe Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion. Canongate. 2007. p394
• Television{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Noel|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/60-minutes-music-sum-art-punk-pioneers-wire-219113 | title=60 minutes of music that sum up art-punk pioneers Wire | newspaper=The A.V. Club | date=May 28, 2015 | access-date=October 28, 2015 }}
• Thee Midniters{{cite book |last1=Avant-Mier |first1=Roberto |title=Rock the Nation Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock Diaspora |date=May 6, 2010 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |page=77 |isbn=978-1-4411-6797-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-ioAwAAQBAJ&dq=cannibal+headhunters+%22proto-punk%22&pg=PA77 |access-date=23 March 2023}}
• Them
• Third World War{{cite web|url=http://vivelerock.net/third-world-war-declared-again/|title=THIRD WORLD WAR DECLARED (AGAIN)! - Vive Le Rock Magazine|author=|date=|website=vivelerock.net|access-date=28 March 2018}}
• The Troggs{{cite book|last1=Shuker|first1=Roy|title=Popular Music: The Key Concepts|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317189541|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iIlDwAAQBAJ&q=the+kingsmen+%22proto-punk%22&pg=PA143|access-date=3 August 2017}}
• The Tubes{{cite web | url=https://triblive.com/aande/music/the-tubes-to-play-jergels-in-january/ | title=The Tubes to play Jergel's in January | author=Paul Guggenheimer | date=November 22, 2019 |website=|access-date=7 April 2025}}
• The Up{{cite web|author=Jason Ankeny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-up-mn0000570660/biography |title=The Up | Biography & History |website=AllMusic |access-date=2017-04-12}}
• The Velvet Underground{{cite web|title=Proto-Punk|url=https://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/proto-punk-ma0000005021|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-09-25}}
• The Wailers
• Ton Steine Scherben
• Zakary Thaks

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