Were The Doors, the first punk band?

[The_Dover]

I think the doors are vastly over rated but did have a couple of catchy numbers.

That dude could play the organ pretty well but it was a bit like pop idol. Based on teh hype and the drugs more than the music.

I think the Monkees were much better musicians.

[HDTboy]

The Doors aren't punk. The sex pistols and the ramones are punk

[yungatart]

But music from the UK is sooooo different to what comes out of the US anyway, even within the same genre, so to compare The Doors to the Sex Pistols is like comparing Yamahas to HD's....

[yungatart]

. The sex pistols and the ramones are punk

So are Greenday, apparently!

[Maha]

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RIP buddy

He wouldn't want to rest in piece...he will be trying to get into Joplin's pants...

[SARGE]

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

ok.. using that definition..the Beatles.. David Bowie, Rolling Stones.. Steppenwolf, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash.. Little Richard, Joan Baez, Jackie Wilson..

during the 50's and 60's.. Rock n Roll was a new music style that pissed off post war big band parents.. Elvis' performances were banned from some cities, the Beatles were too..the Stones had a knack of pushing the envelope at the best of times ..the psychedelic movement and the flower children in San Fran and such were way outside the social norm.. Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, the Grateful Dead and Iron Butterfly were all deemed "socially unacceptable" by the older generation

i lived 30 miles from Woodstock when it was going on .. saw all the hippies in the micro-buses and converted school buses .. Mom had the presence of mind to grab a poster for it and i still have it framed to this day


my first ' mosh pit' was the Ramones.. last was Metallica

[James Deuce]

No. The Doors were a pack of softcocks with no Bass Player and good chunk of their success came from lyrics written by people other than Jim Morrison.

I think Black Flag probably signalled the start of the Punk movement. Too much artifice to the Ramones, and the Sex Pistols did a lot to kill the first wave of punk.

[Big Dave]

Malcolm Mclaren devised 'Punk' as a marketing ploy.

[Big Dave]

I think the Monkees were much better musicians.

Some of them couldn't actually play when the TV studio put the band together. They were actors who learnt to play for the gig is wot I read.

[thatHurt]

the stooges, mc5, new york dolls

[MSTRS:Me]

I guess it would be fair to say that any new, anti-establishment music style could be termed punk...but it never takes long to be copied/duplicated by lots of wannabees - at that point, it becomes 'mainstream' and is no longer punk

[The_Dover]

Some of them couldn't actually play when the TV studio put the band together. They were actors who learnt to play for the gig is wot I read.

Yeah right, next you're gonna tell me that Milli Vanilli were fake.........

[skelstar]

Ive heard that the Talking Heads are generally regarded as a punk band, or at least started as one.

[riffer]

Damn. As I was typing MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges I noticed thatHurt's post. You're spot on mate.

As an aside, I scored mp3's of Discharge's "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing", "Why?" and "Never Again" albums the other day. Very pleased, as my records were rooted. Always good to hear that first crossover punk metal stuff again.

[James Deuce]

Some of them couldn't actually play when the TV studio put the band together. They were actors who learnt to play for the gig is wot I read.

Except Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. Both were performers and songwriters prior to the Monkees.

Micky Dolenz couldn't play drums when he started, but added a few new concepts to the drum kit lexicon by the time he'd finished.

The less said about Davy Jones, the better.