Punk rock did not begin in New York City in 1975 any more than it started in London in 1976. Punk was a spontaneous eruption of fans of outsider American rock 'n' roll bands - The Velvet Underground, MC5, The Stooges, New York Dolls - forming the band they heard in their heads because they weren't hearing it in the outside world. These scenes emerged nearly simultaneously before the movement became impossible to ignore: Ramones, Patti Smith, and Richard Hell in New York; Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Damned in London; Buzzcocks in Manchester; The Saints in Brisbane; Radio Birdman in Sydney. Writers like Legs McNeil at Punk magazine and Caroline Coon at Melody Maker helped brand the music using a term Creem critic Lester Bangs had previously applied to '60s garage rock: "punk rock." Anarchy In The Studio: Punk Music 1970-1979 - The Rise of Punk Rock is veteran punk journalist, historian, and musician Tim Stegall's comprehensive history of the genre's first decade. Built around more than 140 essential punk albums of the 1970s, it is a rare punk book that avoids a single-city or single-country focus. The protopunk era encompasses not only American pioneers like The Stooges and New York Dolls, but also British forebears including Third World War, Pink Fairies, Mott the Hoople, and The Hollywood Brats. All of punk's major figures are represented - Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Dead Boys, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Buzzcocks, Generation X - alongside vital regional scenes and overlooked innovators such as DMZ, The Weirdos, Pure Hell, Death, The Bags, Avengers, The Dils, and The Dishrags. Australia receives overdue recognition through The Saints, Radio Birdman, Victims, and Boys Next Door. Art-punk and post-punk acts including Suicide, DEVO, Screamers, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Public Image Ltd., and The Pop Group are explored, as are singular outsiders like Chrome, Metal Urbain, and The Cramps. Hardcore's earliest sparks appear with Middle Class, Black Flag, D.O.A., Bad Brains, and the Germs.