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proto-punk (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of protopunk
2017 July 18, Daniel Dylan Wray, “‘It was like going into the trenches’: how Suicide rioted against plastic punk”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:Vega, one half, with Martin Rev, of pioneering electronic proto-punk duo Suicide, may not have died on stage, but came close over the years.
2023, Jac Hustle, PUNK: Loud Guitars, Louder Statements[2], Sheldon Hampstead:One of the most iconic bands to emerge from the proto-punk landscape was The Stooges, hailing from Ann Arbour, Michigan.