List of proto-punk bands

This is a list of notable proto-punk artists and bands.

List

 * ? and the Mysterians
 * The 101ers
 * The 13th Floor Elevators
 * Alice Cooper
 * The Amboy Dukes
 * Blue Cheer
 * Captain Beefheart
 * The Chocolate Watchband
 * Crushed Butler
 * David Bowie
 * Death
 * Destroy All Monsters
 * The Dictators
 * Doctors of Madness
 * Dr. Feelgood


 * The Droogs
 * Eddie and the Hot Rods
 * Electric Eels
 * Flamin' Groovies
 * The Fugs
 * Woody Guthrie
 * Hawkwind
 * The Hangmen
 * The Hollywood Brats
 * John's Children
 * Kilburn and the High Roads
 * The Kingsmen
 * The Kinks
 * MC5
 * The Modern Lovers


 * The Monks
 * The Music Machine
 * Neu!
 * New York Dolls
 * The Night Walkers
 * John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
 * Pink Fairies
 * Paul Revere & The Raiders
 * Rocket from the Tombs
 * Los Saicos
 * Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
 * The Shadows of Knight
 * The Shaggs
 * Simply Saucer


 * Patti Smith
 * The Sonics
 * Chris Spedding
 * The Spiders from Mars
 * The Standells
 * The Stooges
 * Suicide
 * Television
 * Thee Midniters
 * Them
 * Third World War
 * The Troggs
 * The Up
 * The Velvet Underground
 * The Wailers
 * Zakary Thaks