List of 1970s punk rock musicians

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This is a list of notable first wave punk rock musicians (1971–1979).

Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 0-9

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* 4 Skins
* 45 Grave
* 999

## A

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* Abrasive Wheels
* Adam & the Ants
* The Adicts
* Adolescents (band)
* The Adverts
* Agent Orange (band)
* Alex Harvey (musician)
* The Alley Cats (Los Angeles)
* Alternative TV
* Amazorblades
* Amebix
* Angelic Upstarts
* Angry Samoans
* Anti-Nowhere League
* Anti-Pasti
* Au Pairs
* The Avengers
* Art Attacks

## B

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* The B-52s
* Bad Brains
* Bags[1]
* Big Balls and the Great White Idiot
* Big Boys
* Big in Japan
* Black Flag
* Black Randy and the Metrosquad
* Blitzkrieg Bop
* The Blockheads
* Blondie
* The Boomtown Rats
* The Boys
* Bush Tetras
* The Business
* Buzzcocks

## C

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* Catholic Discipline
* Cardiac Kidz
* Channel 3
* Charged GBH
* Chelsea
* The Cheifs
* Cherry Vanilla
* China White
* Christian Death
* Chrome
* Chron Gen
* Circle Jerks
* Circus Mort
* The Clash
* Cock Sparrer
* Cockney Rejects
* James Chance and the Contortions
* The Controllers
* The Cortinas
* The Cramps
* Crass
* Crime
* Crime & the City Solution

## D

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* The Damned
* Darby Crash
* The Dead Boys
* Dead Kennedys
* Death (protopunk band)
* Defunkt
* Descendents
* Desperate Bicycles
* Devo
* The Dickies
* The Dictators
* The Dils
* The Diodes
* Discharge
* Disorder
* DMZ
* DNA
* D.O.A.
* The Dogs
* Destroy All Monsters
* The Drones
* Ian Dury

## E

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* The East Coast Angels
* Eater
* Ebba Grön
* Eddie and the Hot Rods
* The Electric Eels
* Elvis Costello and the Attractions
* The Exploited
* Elton Motello

## F

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* The Fall
* Fang
* Fatal Microbes
* The Fast
* Fastbacks
* Fear
* The Feederz
* Flamin' Groovies
* The Flesh Eaters
* The Fleshtones
* The Flowers of Romance
* Flyboys
* Forgotten Rebels
* Flipper
* The Flys (UK band)
* The Freeze

## G

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* Gang of Four
* Generation X
* The Germs
* GG Allin
* The Go-Gos
* The Gun Club

## H

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* The Heartbreakers
* Hüsker Dü
* The Hollywood Squares

## I

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* Iggy Pop
* The Innocents

## J

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* The Jam
* Jayne County
* The Jerks
* Joan Jett
* Johnny Moped

## K

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* The Killjoys
* Kommunity FK
* KSMB
* The Kids (Belgian band)

## L

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* Leisure Class
* LiLiPUT
* London
* London SS
* The Lurkers
* The Last
* Lydia Lunch

## M

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* Magazine
* The Mau-Mau's
* MC5
* The Mekons
* The Mentally Ill
* The Members
* The Membranes
* Mentors
* Métal Urbain
* MDC
* Middle Class
* Milk 'N' Cookies
* Mink DeVille
* Minutemen
* Misfits
* Misspent Youth (band)
* Mission of Burma
* The Modern Lovers
* Jon Moss
* The Mutants

## N

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* Necros
* Negative Trend
* Neon Boys
* Neon Hearts
* Nervous Gender
* The New Order (band)
* New York Dolls
* Nina Hagen Band
* The Nipple Erectors
* The Now
* The Nosebleeds
* The Nuns
* Neo (British band)

## O

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* The Offs
* The Only Ones
* The Outsiders
* The Outcasts (Belfast band)

## P

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* The Pagans
* Patti Smith
* The Partisans
* Pere Ubu
* Penetration
* Peter and the Test Tube Babies
* The Plague
* Plasmatics
* Poison Idea
* Poison Girls
* The Police
* Pork Dukes
* The Prefects
* Public Image Ltd
* Punishment of Luxury
* Pure Hell
* The Punks
* Pylon

## Q

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* ? and the Mysterians

## R

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* Radio Birdman
* Radio Stars
* Ramones[2]
* The Reactionaries
* Really Red
* The Replacements
* The Rezillos
* Rhino 39
* Riff Regan
* Rikki and the Last Days of Earth
* Rocket from the Tombs
* The Ruts
* The Radiators from Space
* The Runaways

## S

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* The Saints
* Scars
* The Screamers
* Sex Pistols
* Sham 69
* The Shapes
* Shattered Faith
* The Shirts
* Siouxsie and the Banshees
* The Sillies
* Skids
* Skrewdriver
* The Skulls
* Slaughter & The Dogs
* The Slits
* Sniper
* Social Distortion
* Sonic's Rendezvous Band
* The Specials
* Special Duties
* The Spitfire Boys
* Spizzenergi
* Splodgenessabounds
* SS (Japanese band)
* Steve Bjorklund
* Stiff Little Fingers
* Stinky Toys
* The Stooges
* The Stranglers
* Subhumans (UK)
* Subhumans (Canada)
* Suburban Lawns
* Suburban Studs
* Subway Sect
* Suicide
* The Suicide Commandos
* Swell Maps

## T

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* T.S.O.L.
* The Table
* Teenage Head
* Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
* The Teen Idles
* Television
* Talking Heads
* Toy Dolls
* Toxic Reasons
* The Tubes
* Tubeway Army
* Tuff Darts
* Tuxedomoon

## U

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* U.K. Subs
* The Undertones
* Ultravox
* Urinals

## V

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* The Vandals
* The Varukers
* Venus and the Razorblades
* The Vibrators
* Vice Squad
* The Viletones
* Void
* (Richard Hell and) the Voidoids
* VOM

## W

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* Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
* The Weirdos
* Wipers
* Wire

## X

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* X (American band)
* X (Australia)
* XTC
* X-Ray Spex

## Z

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* Zero Boys
* The Zeros (UK)
* The Zeros (US)
* Zolar X
* Zounds

## References

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1. ^ "On Alice Bag's new album, 'Blueprint,' an original L.A. punk sets out to correct the historical record". Los Angeles Times. 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
2. ^ "Iggy and the Stooges' Raw Power Created the Blueprint for Punk Rock". 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

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Punk rock

Precursors|

* Garage rock
* Proto-punk

Subgenres and
fusion genres|

* Afro-punk
* Anarcho-punk
* Crust punk
* Crack rock steady
* Crustcore
* D-beat
* Art punk
* Avant-punk
* Biker metal
* Christian punk
* Christian hardcore
* Cowpunk
* Dance-punk
* Dark cabaret
* Egg punk
* Emo
* Emo pop
* Emo rap
* Emo revival
* Folk punk
* Anti-folk
* Celtic punk
* Gypsy punk
* Garage punk
* Glam punk
* Hardcore punk
* Beatdown hardcore
* Crossover thrash
* Digital hardcore
* Krishnacore
* Melodic hardcore
* Metalcore
* Deathcore
* Electronicore
* Crunkcore
* Nintendocore
* Mathcore
* Melodic metalcore
* Progressive metalcore
* Queercore
* Riot grrrl
* Taqwacore
* Thrashcore
* Horror punk
* Latino punk
* Nazi punk
* New wave
* Oi!
* Street punk
* Pop-punk
* 2 tone
* Skate punk
* Post-hardcore
* Emo revival
* Post-punk
* Ultra
* Progressive punk
* Psychobilly
* Punk blues
* Punk funk
* Punk jazz
* Punk metal
* Punk pathetique
* Punk rap
* Emo rap
* Reggae punk
* Ska punk
* Third wave ska
* Street punk
* Surf punk
* Synth-punk
* Visual kei

Related genres|

* Alternative rock
* Gothic rock
* Grebo
* Grunge
* Industrial
* Noise rock
* Scene
* Speed metal
* Thrash metal

By country|

* Australia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Estonia
* List of bands
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Basque Radical Rock
* Sweden
* Könsrock
* Trallpunk
* United Kingdom
* Celtic punk
* Scottish Gaelic punk
* United States (California)
* Yugoslavia

People and groups|

* First wave punk musicians
* Second wave punk musicians
* List of punk bands
* #–K
* L–Z
* Punk filmmakers
* Women in punk rock

Related articles|

* List of punk compilation albums
* List of punk rock festivals
* Animal rights and punk subculture
* Conservative Punk
* Death of Brian Deneke
* DIY ethic
* Moshing
* Poseur
* Punk subculture
* Punk fashion
* Punk ideologies
* Punk visual art
* Punk literature
* Punk zine
* Puntala-rock
* Straight edge
* Punk films (List of punk films)
* Timeline of punk rock

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