Protopunk

Subgenre of rock music. Emerged 1965. Wikipedia

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77 artists with 2.2M combined listeners. 56% of them sit in the Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock community on the map. It shares the most artists with Garage Rock.

Where Protopunk sits on the map

• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 43 artists (56%)
• Punk / Socal Pop Punk / Power Pop · 18 artists (23%)
• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 2 artists (3%)
• Psychobilly / Rockabilly / Horror Punk · 2 artists (3%)
• Mellow Gold / Baroque Pop / Sunshine Pop · 2 artists (3%)
• French Pop / Variete Francaise / French Rock · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Protopunk

Protopunk artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. The Velvet Underground & The Stooges · 17 shared playlists
2. The Stooges & New York Dolls · 16 shared playlists
3. The Velvet Underground & New York Dolls · 14 shared playlists
4. The Stooges & MC5 · 10 shared playlists
5. The Stooges & Iggy & the Stooges · 10 shared playlists
6. Iggy & the Stooges & New York Dolls · 9 shared playlists
7. The Seeds & The Electric Prunes · 9 shared playlists
8. The Sonics & The Electric Prunes · 9 shared playlists
9. The Seeds & The Standells · 8 shared playlists
10. New York Dolls & Television · 8 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Protopunk, for their size.

• Garage Rock · 9 shared artistsBoth: The Sonics, Them, The Creation
• Acid Rock · 9 shared artistsBoth: MC5, The Seeds, The Electric Prunes
• Swedish Garage Rock · 5 shared artistsBoth: The Wailers, The Litter, The Sparkles
• Proto-Metal · 5 shared artistsBoth: Hawkwind, MC5, Roky Erickson
• Canadian Punk · 2 shared artistsBoth: The Action, Jurassic Punk
• New Wave · 6 shared artistsBoth: The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Damned
• Art Rock · 3 shared artistsBoth: Patti Smith, Television, Tylee
• Psychedelic Pop · 2 shared artistsBoth: The Monks, The Strangeloves

Artists

77 artists tagged Protopunk, ranked by listeners.

1. The Wailers903.3K listeners · Roots Rock
2. The Velvet Underground410.9K listeners · Mellow Gold
3. Patti Smith245.0K listeners
4. The Stooges109.7K listeners
5. Images88.8K listeners
6. Joey Ramone49.8K listeners · Ska Argentino
7. The Damned42.4K listeners · New Wave
8. Iggy & the Stooges36.8K listeners
9. New York Dolls33.3K listeners · New Wave
10. Hawkwind23.6K listeners
11. The Sonics22.2K listeners
12. The Mothers of Invention21.7K listeners
13. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band21.0K listeners
14. MC520.5K listeners
15. Television19.8K listeners
16. Neu!14.3K listeners · Krautrock
17. Suicide12.7K listeners
18. Them6.9K listeners · British Invasion
19. The Saints6.7K listeners · Australian Pop
20. The Warlocks5.4K listeners
21. Flamin' Groovies5.3K listeners
22. The Seeds5.3K listeners
23. Los Saicos5.1K listeners
24. The Modern Lovers4.9K listeners · New Wave
25. Bold4.8K listeners
26. The Electric Prunes4.7K listeners · Acid Rock
27. Jonathan Richman4.6K listeners
28. Silver Apples4.4K listeners · Psychedelic Rock
29. Roky Erickson4.3K listeners
30. Radio Birdman4.0K listeners
31. Paul Revere & The Raiders4.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
32. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers3.8K listeners
33. Richard Hell & The Voidoids3.7K listeners · New Wave
34. The Dictators3.5K listeners
35. Fallen Angels2.5K listeners
36. The Creation2.5K listeners · Garage Rock
37. The Monks2.3K listeners
38. Count Five1.9K listeners · Garage Rock
39. The Standells1.5K listeners
40. The Shadows of Knight1.4K listeners
41. The Uniques1.4K listeners
42. Nomads1.3K listeners
43. Komety1.3K listeners · Rockabilly
44. The Action1.2K listeners · Baroque Pop
45. The Blues Magoos1.2K listeners
46. The Music Machine1.1K listeners · Garage Rock
47. ? and the Mysterians1.0K listeners · Baroque Pop
48. Antonio1.0K listeners · Chalga
49. John Doe1.0K listeners · Yacht Rock
50. The Lyrics1.0K listeners · German Pop
51. César Pérez1.0K listeners · Psychedelic Rock
52. The Litter1.0K listeners
53. The Chocolate Watch Band1.0K listeners
54. Dr. Feelgood1.0K listeners
55. The Third Bardo1.0K listeners
56. The Sparkles1.0K listeners
57. The Midnight Special1.0K listeners · Album Rock
58. Brothers and Sisters1.0K listeners · Swedish Garage Rock
59. Fill The Gaps1.0K listeners
60. Kostas1.0K listeners
61. Bunker Hill1.0K listeners · Rockabilly
62. The Deviants1.0K listeners
63. The Gentlemen1.0K listeners · Psicodelia Brasileira
64. The Bad Roads1.0K listeners · Garage Rock
65. The Brogues1.0K listeners · Garage Rock
66. The Del-Vetts1.0K listeners
67. Wyld1.0K listeners
68. The Strangeloves1.0K listeners · Australian Psych
69. The Blues Project1.0K listeners
70. Jurassic Punk1.0K listeners · Glam Rock
71. The Illusions1.0K listeners
72. Tylee1.0K listeners · Art Rock
73. Wae1.0K listeners
74. Gentlemen1.0K listeners
75. The Barons1.0K listeners
76. Crushed Butler1.0K listeners
77. Suburban Lawns1.0K listeners