The Birth of All and Everything

Everyone says that punk was created by the Ramones, The Sex Pistols et al, but Crow Jane by pre-war blues artist Skip James is, in my opinion, one the first punk songs ever recorded. Sure, it may resemble a typical blues song in structure, but with lyrics such as:
Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane, don't you hold you head high
Someday, baby, you know you got to die
it bears a striking similarity to the ethos behind the punk movement — and over 30 years before Johnny Rotton first screamed "I am an anarchist" into the microphone.

But this is only the half of it. You could justifiably argue that Vivaldi created punk back in the 18th Century with his composition: The Four Seasons which was booed off stage when first premiered in Paris; echoing the reaction the conservative population would have to punk in the '70s.

The Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll, however, dates back to the tribal thumpings of primitive man (all recordings of which have since deteriorated) which was revolutionary in its day and considered "noise pollution" by the more articulate Cro-Magnons — just like Rock 'n' Roll!

This information was correct at the time of writing but the writer understands that it may change considerably as soon as he puts the finishing touches on his time machine.