# The 10 best punk songs from the years before punk existed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-10-best-punk-songs-from-the-years-before-punk-existed/
- Published: 2026-11-12T08:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T09:24:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-best-punk-songs-from-years-before-punk-existed/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Punk’s sound had roots years before its 1970s breakthrough.
- Hollywood Brats, Electric Eels and Dr Feelgood helped shape its early language.
- Their songs challenged rock’s polished, sprawling sound.

## Summary

The article traces punk’s roots to a run of earlier artists who stripped rock back to its electric foundations and challenged the bloated sound of 1970s rock. It argues that punk’s arrival was the culmination of years of simmering discontent, rather than a sudden break in 1976.

The examples in the supplied text include Hollywood Brats’ confrontational 1973 recording “Sick on You”, Electric Eels’ abrasive “Agitated”, recorded in 1975, and Dr Feelgood’s R&B-driven “Roxette”, released in 1974. The article links these songs to glam, Cleveland’s underground scene and British pub rock, while noting that the Ramones and Sex Pistols were already playing before 1976. The supplied article text ends partway through the list.

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