5 Facts About the First Printed Use of 'Punk Rock'
- Lenny Kaye’s 1972 liner notes for the Nuggets compilation contain one of the earliest printed uses of the term ‘punk rock’.
- This use predates the genre’s official naming by several years.
- The term appeared as a description before the punk rock movement fully formed.
- Kaye’s notes serve as a time capsule, capturing the term before it became a genre label.
- The Nuggets compilation itself is a landmark collection of 1960s garage rock.