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Protopunk is the music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s that influenced punk rock. Typically, proto-punk artists are not always themselves classified as punk, and proto-punk is not a distinct musical genre as it includes a wide range of musical backgrounds and styles, including much garage rock.
Numerous artists are commonly cited as some of the most noteworthy that would ultimately influence punk.[1][2][3][4] American examples include The Stooges, MC5, Death, The Seeds, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Monks, The Sonics, Shadows of Knight, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Alice Cooper, The Trashmen, Suicide, ? and the Mysterians, The Standells, The Kingsmen, The Modern Lovers, New York Dolls, The Dictators, Lou Reed, Big Star, The Fugs, Television, Captain Beefheart,Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Rocket from the Tombs, and Love. Also included are German acts such as Ton Steine Scherben, Neu!and Can; Australian band Radio Birdman; and performers from the United Kingdom including Them, The Kinks, The Troggs, The Animals, The Move, The Who, David Bowie, T. Rex, Faces, Mott the Hoople, Roxy Music, Peter Hammill, Doctors of Madness, and Hawkwind.
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