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Originally Posted by ADELE
I will give you this concession. Maybe the Ramones were the first punk band. I love the Ramones so I can sleep with that fact but the Ramones saw the Dolls and McClaren and were inspired to a great extent but also I don't know if we would be calling it punk today if the pistols had not then inspired the Clash (by far the best punk band, possibly the best band ever) and the era was born. The Ramones were only known by a handfull of people in CBGB's and benefited from the wave of punk from the UK. The band made the music I agree so the pistols deserve credit along with Malcolm.
I mean, someone has to take it to the masses around the planet and Never Mind The Bollox did that. Malcom orchestrated the whole media plan and hype that got punk rock it's definition in modeern times.
Got to go now Malcy is coming round for a pint!!!!
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Punk would've happened with or without the Sex Pistols, seeing as it was already happening. They made it popular and certainly inspired a bunch of bands to get started (I'm still waiting to see some links on this Clash thing...) but that doesn't mean they created it.