This is a timeline of punk rock, from its beginnings in the early 1960s to the present time. Bands or albums listed before 1974 are of diverse genres and are retrospectively called by their genre name that was used during the era of their release. Protopunk 1950s 1953 Songs "Love My Baby" by Little Junior's Blue Flames 1954 Songs "Cotton Crop Blues" by James Cotton 1956 Songs "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio 1957 Songs "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry 1958 Bands formed The Fabulous Wailers Paul Revere & the Raiders Songs "Rumble" (instrumental) by Link Wray & His Ray Men "Love Me" by Jerry Lott (as the Phantom) 1959 Bands formed The Kingsmen 1960s 1960 Bands formed The Sonics Songs Rollin' Rock by the Tielman Brothers 1961 Bands formed Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs Les Blousons noirs Songs Eddie Sois Bon 1962 Bands formed ? and the Mysterians The Standells Songs "The Girl Can't Dance" 1963 Bands formed The Kinks The Iguanas The Rockin' Ramrods Songs Surfin' Bird 1964 Bands formed The Who The Troggs Them The Bad Seeds The Hangmen The Shadows of Knight The Mothers Of Invention Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band The Fugs The Velvet Underground Alice Cooper Amboy Dukes MC5 The Haunted The Monks Los Saicos Songs You Really Got Me All Day and All of the Night "The Witch" (song) 1965 Bands formed Small Faces Stack Waddy Love The Chocolate Watchband The Seeds The Flamin' Groovies The 13th Floor Elevators Evil The Night Walkers Songs My Generation Demolición El Entierro de los Gatos The Train Kept A-Rollin' Albums The Sonics – Here Are the Sonics The Fugs - The Fugs First Album 1966 Bands formed John's Children The Deviants The Music Machine The Squires The Moving Sidewalks The Zakary Thaks Blue Cheer Albums The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Question Mark & the Mysterians – 96 Tears Love – Love The Monks – Black Monk Time The Music Machine – (Turn On) The Music Machine 1967 Bands formed T. Rex David Peel & The Lower East Side Band The Stooges The Up Albums The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico 1968 Bands formed Edgar Broughton Band The Dogs Can (band) Black Sabbath Albums Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat The Deviants