The Roots of Punk: How 1960s Garage Rock Forged the Sound

This episode traces how raw, fuzz‑laden recordings from the 1960s garage scene—bands like the Sonics, The Kingsmen and The Standells—created a DIY ethos and sonic blueprint that would later be adopted by punk. It explores the musical textures, recording practices, and cultural conditions that turned bedroom experiments into a national underground force, laying groundwork for punk’s emergence.

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