Were The Doors, the first punk band?

[hXc]

I just read this article about Jim Morrison/The Doors and the writer says he believes that The Doors were the first punk band. What are your opinions?

I personally think, no. Punk is rebellion -yes, and The Doors certainly rebelled against a lot, but they're still not punk. Punk had a certain type of rebellion about it that I can't really describe. Any true music fan will know that punk is not all about the music, more so about the attitude.

Those are just my thoughts. Here's the article here for those interested. What are your thoughts?

[Finn]

The Ramones!

[Deano]

No way were the Doors punk.

Black Flag was the first USA punk rock band.

[MSTRS:Me]

Doors were in a genre of their - hard to pigeonhole...perhaps poetry, mixed to blues and stirred with psychodelia

[Deano]

Are you guys in separate rooms, communicating via KB forum ???

Is this 'modern parent/child communication' ?? LOL

[Finn]

Doors were in a genre of their - hard to pigeonhole...perhaps poetry, mixed to blues and stirred with psychodelia

Not to forget a shit load of mind altering drugs.

[MSTRS:Me]

Are you guys in separate rooms, communicating via KB forum ???

Is this 'modern parent/child communication' ?? LOL

Yep we in separate rooms (his feet smell for a start)...
you could be right there

[SARGE]

define ' Punk'

i think the Beatles were one of the first punkers..

[hXc]

Yep we in separate rooms (his feet smell for a start)...

Well that's the pot calling the kettle black. Although, seeing as it's you, it's more like the BLACK pot, calling the kettle black

[MSTRS:Me]

Well that's the pot calling the kettle black. ,....

like roses....

[hXc]

define ' Punk'

A type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior. A style or movement characterized by the adoption of aggressively unconventional and often bizarre or shocking clothing, hairstyles, makeup, etc., and the defiance of social norms of behavior, usually associated with punk rock musicians and fans.

There's a meaning, but I don't really know. Defining music styles isn't something I'm good at

[Maha]

Never rated the doors, never really use to hear their music till the 'DOORS' movie came out staring Val Kilmer i think?....then it was...OMG this band is fucken' great, 'Break on thru' and 'Riders' are ok songs but it stops there with me...as for being punk?..........

[yungatart]

Its the lyrics that made The Doors, more so than the music, in a lot of ways.
Morrison was a gifted poet, but I'm not sure that I would call them punk

[hXc]

Its the lyrics that made The Doors, more so than the music, in a lot of ways.
Morrison was a gifted poet, but I'm not sure that I would call them punk

Yeah, Jimmy boy was indeed gifted writer. He did have a few problems, but he sure made the pen and paper fall in love many times.

RIP buddy

[Dai]

If one were to research the history of music one would find that there are a large number of instances where it is found to be rebellious and not mainstream.

I do not profess to be in any way an expert or even knowledgable in this field but somewhere in my dim past I seem to recall reports of the very same discussion in the days of Mozart, who was at the time considered rebellious and contrary to all acepted musical norms of the time.


On another note I have been a Doors fan for a very long time and was in London in the punk era. There is no way that I could compare the two.

I saw the Sex Pistols and a lot of other punk groups there and to compare the two genres is imho an exercise in futility.