Pre-Punk Bands

• 13th Floor Elevators
• Big Star
• Blue Cheer
• David Bowie
• John Cale
• Chocolate Watchband
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
• The Dictators
• The Doors
• Dr. Feelgood
• Dave Edmunds
• Ducks Deluxe
• Electric Eels
• Roky Erickson
• The Faces
• The Flamin' Groovies
• Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
• Alex Harvey
• Richard Hell & the Voidoids
• MC5
• Mott the Hoople
• Love
• Nick Lowe
• New York Dolls
• Graham Parker & the Rumour
• The Pink Fairies
• Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
• Mick Ronson
• The Rolling Stones
• The Runaways
• Seeds
• Patti Smith
• Chris Spedding
• The Troggs
• Rocket from the Tombs
• Roxy Music
• Brinsley Schwarz
• The Stooges
• Suicide
• T. Rex
• The Velvet Underground
• The Who
• Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention

See also

• Mod
• Glam rock
• Early Punk Bands (ca. 1976-1980)
• Some Later Punk Bands (ca. 1980-present)
• Punk Films
• Punk Cities

• Related genres:

*post punk

*New Wave

*Anarcho-punk

*Grunge

*Skate punk

*Oi!

*Hardcore punk

*Straight edge

*Ska punk

*Emo

*Nu metal

*Queercore

*Gothic rock

*Cassette culture

*Pub rock (UK)

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