Latest proto-punk tracks
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane +1 remix
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Pere Ubu - Heart of Darkness
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Jonathan Richman - Night Fever
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Iggy Pop - (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Lust for Life, the title track of the 1977 album by Iggy Pop, wasn’t released as a single back in…” on May 5th, 2025 →
Pink Fairies - Resident Reptile
Pop LibFollow “Time for some pre-punk history. Before there was punk and then post-punk there was PRE-PUNK! Prior to 1976 there were…” on Apr 24th, 2025 →
The Stooges - Tv eye
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Diggin’ through the debris of daytime TV so you don’t have to. I’ve been unwell and off work last week…” on Mar 31st, 2025 →
Lou Reed - Heroin
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Television - Friction
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Iggy Pop - Sixteen
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Lou Reed - Sweet Jane
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Alex Chilton - Johnny Too Bad
27 LeggiesFollow “Normally in this series we finish off with a Mandatory Reggae Version (MRV) of whichever song it is we are…” on Nov 10th, 2024 →