Avant-punk

Avant-punk
Stylistic origins	Punk rock
Cultural origins	1960s, United States
Other topics
Art punk avant-rock avant-pop avant-garde music

Avant-punk refers to a wave of American punk bands characterized by screeching experimentation.^[1] It originated with the rock band the Velvet Underground, who themselves were predicated by the Yardbirds, the early Kinks, and garage band one-shots collected on the Nuggets series of compilation albums.^[2]

List of artists

• The Dictators^[2]
• Dog Faced Hermans^[3]
• The Ex^[4]
• Fugazi^[5]
• Goes Cube^[6]
• Pere Ubu^[1]
• Iggy Pop^[2]
• The Stooges^[2]
• The Velvet Underground^[2]

References

1. Smith, Chris (2009). 101 Albums that Changed Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-19-537371-4.
2. Christgau, Robert (October 24, 1977). "Avant-Punk: A Cult Explodes . . . and a Movement Is Born". Village Voice.
3. Strong, Martin C.: "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-913-1
4. "Holland's Avant-punk Heroes" Archived January 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
5. "Pinnacle of Punk" article from The Brooklyn Paper
6. Dolan, Casey (May 5, 2007). "Downloads." Los Angeles Times