CRASS came out in '77.
Nevermind the Bollocks was released in '77 and The Ramones s/t was '76.
Unlike groups like Black Flag and The Circle Jerks though, they created themselves based on their own opinions, not from a pre-conceived notion of punk.
When The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones began to get really popular, they saw it as a complete paradox, punk was originally supposed to rebel against mainstream music, not become it.
Their attitude towards the success of some of the early "punk" bands is why I consider those bands "popular punk" and not just plain punk.
You could see it your way too, I'm not saying it's wrong, technically you're correct, those bands did originate a definite sound for the industry (which is what genres are based off), I'm just saying that I consider The Sex Pistols and The Ramones popular punk, and acts like CRASS plain punk.
I see subgenres like hardcore and anarcho punk being true punk, not punk that first became popular.
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