Proto Punk & Pub Rock Live Albums
Proto Punk is a phrases that has developed after the event to describe the bands that influenced the creation of punk and new wave.
If the punks were rebelling against the excesses and music flatulence of prog rock groups like Emerson Lake & Palmer and blues rock groups like Led Zeppelin, what were their influences?
Early songs by The Who were an obvious source but by the mid seventies The Who had well and truly ruined their reputation with their rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia.
After all what is punk rock all about?
Attitude, aggression, speed and the motivation to get out there and just do it.
Sources of inspiration can be traced back to The Velvet Underground, MC5, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Flamin’ Groovies, Patti Smith and the New York Dolls provided the attitude. In Britain, Mott the Hoople and Slade provided a hard edge to glam rock
The Modern Lovers provided a DIY spirit.
Speed came from Dr Feelgood, Eddie & The Hot Rods and The Ramones. In Britain.
Pub rock developed in the UK in the early 1970s with a back to basics approach to music with an emphasis on R&B, funk and country rock.
There was nothing flashy about the music created by the pub rock groups. That was the entire point.
Groups included Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, Kursaal Flyers, Kokomo, Dr. Feelgood and Kilburn & The High Roads.
Graham Parker and the Rumour caught the end of pub rock as it was overwhelmed by punk and new wave music.
But pub rock had done an important job. It had provided an alternative to the flashiness of prog rock and hard rock and made live music a viable alternative in many pubs around London. This gave the punk rockers small venues to appear in at the beginning of their careers.
Pub rock also supplied some of the proto punks that influenced punk rock and Joe Strummer of The Clash played with the 101ers and Ian Dury led Kilburn & The High Roads. The Strangers were effectively a pub rock group with a punk rock attitude.
For a music genre that thrived live, it’s said that many of the best pub rock groups don’t have their own live albums.
Eddie And The Hot Rods – Live In Concert 1977 & 1978
MC5 – Kick Out The Jams 1968
Graham Parker – The Parkerilla 1978
Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground Live 1969
Live at The Whiskey A Go-Go is a live album by Iggy And The Stooges.
It was recorded in Los Angeles on September 16, 1973.
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In The U.S.A ’79 is a live album by the Flamin’ Groovies.
It was recorded at Keystone in Palo Alto, CA in August 1979 and originally broadcast on KSJO-FM. It has been released on the Echoes label as a CD and on Reverb as an mp3 download.
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Le Bataclan ’72 is a live album featuring Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico.
It was recorded at the Bataclan club in Paris, on January 29, 1972.
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The David Johansen Group Live is a live album by the former lead singer of The New York Dolls.
According to Wikipedia it was recorded at The Bottom Line in New York on 21 of July 1978 but Amazon refer to the album as Live 1977.
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Seven Day Weekend is a live album by the New York Dolls.
It was recorded at the Planet Studios in New York City in 1973.
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The Flamin’ Groovies In Person is a live album by the band.
The first ten tracks are from a show that was one of the last ever gigs to take place at the Fillmore West in San Francisco on June 30, 1971. It was a live KSAN-FM broadcast.
The album ends with two tracks, “I’m a Man” and “Headin’ for the Texas Border” from a Matrix show from a year earlier.
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The BBC Sessions 1973 to 1978 is a compilation of live in the studio recordings made by Dr Feelgood for thexample BBC between 1973 and 1978. It therefore features both Wilco Johnson and John Mayo on guitar.
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Red Patent Leather Live In NYC 1975 is a live album by the New York Dolls.
It was recorded live on May 2, 1975 at the Little Hippodrome Club in New York City.
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Live In Paris is a live album by the New York Dolls.
it was recorded for a radio broadcast on Radio Luxembourg in December 1973. This concert is featured on other live albums by the band and is often attributed to the following year.
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Raw Power: Live In the Hands of the Fans is a live album and DVD by Iggy And The Stooges.
It was recorded at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in New York on September 3, 2010.
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