Detroit as a Proto‑Punk Capital

In this episode Tony traces Detroit’s mid‑‘60s‑early ’70s scene—how factory workers, cheap rehearsal spaces, and a restless youth pushed the MC5, The Stooges and their peers to create loud, minimal riffs that would ripple through punk history. He explores the city’s venues like Gritty’s, the DIY pressing and mail‑order networks, the early independent labels, and the social forces of industrial decline that shaped the sound and ethos of a proto‑punk movement.

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