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Originally Posted by elphenor
I agree with that to a degree
But I think the fact that London Calling is considered an essential Punk album practically proves my point of how loose a genre sound wise punk by itself is
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My theory is that the Clash were just successful enough for people who don't listen to punk and who aren't confident enough to question genre classifications to deify
London Calling as a classic punk album. Not saying it isn't punk, though I'd call it new wave, but that's just why I think nobody questions it.