I've been thinking about the development of New York punk, and it seems like it happened in 6 waves (comment if you can contribute to what happened after the 6th).
1st wave: Rock bands influenced by Beat Poetry, as well as the protests and social issues happening in New York and around the country, like Stonewall. Very influenced by the art scene of the 60s. The Velvet Underground, The Fugs. Involved Andy Warhol.
2nd wave: after the hippie era died and the art scene was in decline, people were continuing subversive art without the backing of the larger art world. New York Dolls, Suicide, figures connected with the art scene like Deborah Harry (Warhol groupie, formed Blondie) and Wayne County (Warhol drag queen, formed the Electric Chairs).
3rd wave: Attracted by bands like the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls, a new scene forms from kids wanting to set up their own new artsy music scene, inspired by what came before. Ramones, The Dictators, Television, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Dead Boys, Talking Heads, Mink DeVille, Patti Smith, Jim Carroll. Involved Anthony Bourdain
4th wave: bands from previous wave either found success and went on tour, or fell apart from heroin addictions, so the scene declined. People left over want to make more radical, abrasive, experimental music. James Chance, DNA, Rosa Yemen, Mars, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Theoretical Girls, ESG. Involved Steve Buscemi and Jim Jarmusch.
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