[Cosmo Electrolux]

Originally Posted by Pharaoh

Cosmo Electrolux, punk can be traced back to the '60s with garage punk bands like The Sonics, Count 5, The Seeds and The 13th Floor Elevators, and even back to Elvis & Rock 'n' Roll.
The Stooges, MC5 and Velvet Underground came after '60s garage punk and were followed by the New York Dolls, but, as I said, it was the Ramones that started the punk explosion in 1976.

punk77.co.uk is an excellent British punk website by an original '70s punk, there's a good punk history section on it.

Link here

just passing along info, dude. looks to me that the wave was already rolling when the Ramones decided to surf.