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Originally Posted by elphenor
punk pumped up the idea in the popular sphere that there could be such a thing as the non-mainstream
that you could be in pop music and be broke and/or a ****ing weirdo
leading to an explosion of all these exciting individuals who wouldn't have ever thought of themselves as musically inclined
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Lol. The classic prog-rock bands had already proven that experimental, even alien sounding music could sell and build audiences independent of whatever pop flavor of the month was charting. Punk was a reaction to that and disco.