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- noun Collectively, the
music (of variousgenres andbackgrounds ) thatinfluenced the laterpunk movement in the 1970s.
Etymologies
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Examples
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An âelectronic protopunk musical duoâ (their words, not mine), they actually took their name from a Ghost Rider comic book.
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E.g., there is plenty that Arctic Monkeys sounds like that I really love — like a lot of protopunk — but I think Arctic Monkeys are deathly boring and shitty.
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My description of Clémenti as “the picture perfect protopunk” above is sincere.
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Clémenti is the picture perfect protopunk with the soul of a decadent 19th century French poet.
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Clémenti is the picture perfect protopunk with the soul of a decadent 19th century French poet.
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I dunno, I'm kind of into starting a new genre... protopunk, or maybe caveman punk.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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John was/is also a protopunk when it comes to music.
Boing Boing: November 3, 2002 - November 9, 2002 Archives 2002
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Sounds very good: "a monthly club night in London playing indie pop, post-punk, C86, jangle pop, Sarah, Postcard, new wave and protopunk."
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In Detroit in the late '60s, Franks had a friendly association with John Sinclair, leader of the revolutionary and anti-racist White Panther Party and manager of the protopunk band MC5.
Baltimore City Paper 2010
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Dwyer digs into old-timey sounds and AM radio pop while staying rooted in 60s protopunk, and no matter what influences he's kicking around from one song to the next, his melodies have a new strength that helps them hold up to the band's trashy energy.
Chicago Reader 2010
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