Originally Posted by Forward To Death

All they had was a weird image. Good sound, but not punk in any way really, though it does have some attitude I guess. @cgw it sounds like you've not listened to a lot of The Offspring is that high on your list. Not trying to be snide, The Sex Pistols and The Clash are great and everything, but there's much better "punk" than that 90s pop-punk.
Listen to Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Bad Brains and that's a good place to start if you want to listen to good punk.