Antedating of "Punk Rock"

Tue Aug 16 02:50:08 UTC 2005

punk rock (OED 1971)

1970 _Chi. Tribune_ 22 Mar. G4 (ProQuest)  Self-honesty entails an
admission of one's heritage, even if that heritage has been rejected.
[Ed] Sanders does this particularly well in his first solo album for
Reprise records, "Sanders' Truckstop," which he describes as "punk rock --
redneck sentimentality -- my own past updated to present day reality."

Fred Shapiro

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