Tag: First Punk Song

April 17, 2018January 17, 2019

Is “Be My Baby” the first punk song ever?

By Annie Fell / History / ramones, First Punk Song Ever, First Punk Song

To paraphrase Kim Gordon—England didn't invent punk rock, girl groups did. In the early 1960s, teenage sisters Veronica and Estelle Bennett and their cousin, Nedra Talley…

April 16, 2018January 17, 2019

Is “Train Kept A-Rollin’” the First Punk Song Ever?

By Miles Raymer / History / First Punk Song Ever, First Punk Song, Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' Roll Trio

Pinning down the first song written in any particular musical style is an impossible task. Genres don’t emerge fully formed from the mind of a…