What is considered the first punk rock rock band?

This question is way deeper and more contentious than you might think, but I can narrow it down to a couple of solid answers, and I'll list several other possible responses as well. read more

Rock critics in the early 70's have labelled mid-60's garage bands such as the Stooges and MC5 as "punk rock" but now those bands are known simply as garage rock or protopunk. Bands who emerged in 1974 - 1978 are considered as punk rock. read more

From 1977 on, punk rock crossed lines with many other popular music genres. Los Angeles punk rock bands laid the groundwork for a wide variety of styles: the Flesh Eaters with deathrock; the Plugz with Chicano punk; and Gun Club with punk blues. read more

Bands who created a new genre that was influenced by (but is not a subgenre of) punk rock—such as alternative rock, crossover thrash, metalcore, new wave, and post-punk—but never played punk rock, should not be listed either. read more