Proto-Punk: Dolls, Dictators, Thunders

The pre-CBGB groundwork: New York Dolls at Max’s, the Dictators’ CBGB promo film, Johnny Thunders’ glory and wreck.

Playlist by @cbgb_punk_explained

9 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. How the New York Dolls created punk — Sound of History
2. The Rise & Fall of The New York Dolls — From Rebels to Rock Casualties — Vinyl Historian
3. New York Dolls - Live (upstairs) at Max's Kansas City August 1973 — palotie
4. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls | The Midnight Special — The Midnight Special
5. Johnny Thunders The Tragic & Mysterious Death of the New York Dolls, Heartbreakers Musician — Rock N' Roll True Stories
6. The History of Proto-Punk — Jukebox History
7. The Dictators - CBGB promotional film - 1977 — Farkle Berry
8. THE DICTATORS (1981) - New York's Original Punk Band, by Paul Tschinkel — Paul Tschinkel
9. How David Johansen Started the Punk Movement | Late Night with Conan O’Brien — Conan O'Brien