RedinTheSky:
Look up the D-beat, a punk drumming technique pioneered by Discharge that went on to be used by bands like Hellhammer and Venom.
Look up a band called "Motörhead", who sound very much like punk. Look up bands called "Metallica" and "Overkill" (guess where that name came from) who started a genre called "thrash metal" while being heavily influenced by "Motörhead".
Note that the violent speed and aggression prevalent in thrash metal is predated by violent speed and aggression in punk subgenres like Oi! and hardcore. Note the lack of violent speed and aggression in classical, blues and jazz.
Edit: Good call on GG Allin above, honestly it isn't that big of a jump from Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies to Dethrone the Son of God. Think about it.
While I acknowledge the absence of speed from most blues, you've got to be insane if you think anything in that time period even came close to how fast classical/jazz musicians manipulate their instruments. With that out of the way, I will acknowledge that Motorhead has a lot of punk in their sound, as well as danzig.
(My best friend used to listen to all manner of punk, with The Misfits/Samhain being some of his favorites)
However, as I stated earlier I believe the influence of punk to be relatively small, as the people in question who started thrash ( I guess that's the only genre we're talking about anymore) had already learned how to play and were forming their bands at the time these punk bands were innovating. Isn't it just as likely that the D-beat was learned from Diamondhead ? ( Who likely influenced Metallica much more than Motorhead... I won't even bring up Iron Maiden's influence)
As far as I can see the contributions these bands made were certainly apparent, just not as substantial as classical or blues. Let's take Metallica for instance... how many blues solos are there on Kill 'em all.... and how many solos are there on punk records ? (of any kind)
How many punk albums have long instrumentals with multiple solos and acoustic interludes ? Ok maybe Metallica learned a bit of their riffing style from Iron Maiden... but Iron Maiden's playing style didn't come from punk, they were already a band when 99 % of the punk bands in question were releasing material. Their singer liking punk music doesn't count. (Steve Harris was influenced by King Crimson IIRC)
Its a given that a few bands were greatly influenced by punk, but with the exception of Overkill, which I forgot about, and Motorhead, which is probably as much a punk band as a metal one, the thrash genre wasn't more influenced by punk than any other, especially not more than classical and blues. These artists learned classical & or blues style guitar from their teacher. (s) ( a few might have tought themselves while listening to the original heavy metal bands, who had originally learned from their teachers)
The certainly did not learn drumming technique from punk bands either. Just use your ears. Was punk around while they were forming their bands ? Yes. Did they form punk bands ? No. Did they listen to punk as a child and get inspired to play music ? No. Did they hear punk music, and say, we need to play fast ? Possibly. But they'd already heard the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rush, King Crimson, etc, who are heavily influenced
by classical, blues and jazz.
