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                                             April 13, 2025


Modern research continues on the first usage of "punk rock",
and I'm glad to see that Ed Sanders himself now seems to
be winning with a 1970 usage now cited at wikipedia:

  The first known use of the phrase "punk rock" appeared in
  the Chicago Tribune on March 22, 1970, when Ed Sanders,
  co-founder of New York's anarcho-prankster band the Fugs
  described his first solo album as "punk rock – redneck
  sentimentality".

Further it's nice to see Lester Bangs winning out again over
Dave Marsh, with an influential usage of "punk" (talking
about Iggy Pop)-- which the band "Suicide" picked up on --
though Marsh got to the full phrase "punk rock" in 1971
before Lester Bangs.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock


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