Before 1976: How Punk Became Punk

Few genres have had the lasting impact of punk. 1976 is one of those seismic dividing lines in popular music. A history destroying year zero. The point after which everything changed. It was the year that The Ramones debut was released, the year that the first singles from the UK Punk scene were set loose upon a unprepared public. And while the punks wanted to remove themselves from the past, burn all that had come before, nothing happens within a vacuum. These bands didn t appear out of nowhere with the key principles of the genre locked in place. This innovative minimalist, threechords and the truth, turbopowered music had to have precedent. There were other artists that lead up to this eradefining moment in music that are either forgotten, ignored or not given credit. This is how Punk became punk. This video delves in everything from Louie Louie, Rumble and Surfin Bird, through The Sonics Psycho, Sister Ray by Velvet Underground, qu