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When did Death (Proto-Punk Band)'s first album release?

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Death (Proto-Punk Band)'s first album ...For the Whole World to See released on February 17, 2009.


In 1964, an American Proto-Punk band formed in Detroit, Michigan called Death. Brothers Bobby, David, and Dannis Hackney started out as a funk band but then were inspired to switch to rock after they went to a concert of The Who and Alice Cooper.

Music critic Peter Margasak retrospectively wrote that-

David “pushed the group in a hard-rock... Read More
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