proto-punk

A form of protopunk — Collectively, the music (of various genres and backgrounds) that influenced the later punk movement in the 1970s.

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Meanings

nounproto-punk (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of protopunk.

    One of the most iconic bands to emerge from the proto-punk landscape was The Stooges, hailing from Ann Arbour, Michigan.

    2023, Jac Hustle, PUNK: Loud Guitars, Louder Statements, Sheldon Hampstead
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    Vega, one half, with Martin Rev, of pioneering electronic proto-punk duo Suicide, may not have died on stage, but came close over the years.

    2017 July 18, Daniel Dylan Wray, “‘It was like going into the trenches’: how Suicide rioted against plastic punk”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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APA

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Chicago

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