RE: https://sfba.social/@historyofpunkrock/117550453156551503
rock is, and always has been, Black diaspora music.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was actually way more popular in the UK and Europe than the US. so a Black woman taught them what she could do with an electric guitar and the rest is history.
55 years ago
A band called 'Death' was punk before punk was punk
Formed in November 1971 by the 3 Hackney brothers, they were influential pioneers of the genre and, along with Pure Hell, the first all-black proto-punk/punk band.
