sleepy jack

I don't necessarily think it's so much a recognition thing as the image and attitude the Sex Pistols had. The Ramones, as great as they were, had a quirky comic book charm and while their songs about sniffing glue were off kilter they weren't as dissident as the Sex Pistols. They were rarely political and you never saw them on television with their mock-Beatles haircuts and leather jackets cursing. I think what right-track is getting at, is even though the Sex Pistols were fabricated on many levels it was their persona and rise to fame that promulgated the punk movement - not the Ramones or any obscure garage rock bands prior to that.

Anyway, to restate part of what I removed. I think when people get into this discussions it's kind of silly. You can trace roots but genres aren't birthed, they evolve. It's very rare you can look at one artist and say they are objectively the first band of that genre.

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