Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Television are nothing more than an art rock band really.
If you're going to call them punk you may as well call Roxy Music & Bowie punk too.

The fact is punk started with the Sex Pistols, you can argue influence, you can name 100 bands that sound 'punk rock like' that came before them. The fact is they were what kicked the scene off and made it known and if it hadn't been for them most of the stuff that came before wouldn't be half as important or known as it is now.