My problem with punk is not simplicity--you can do artistic and original things with simple formats, as in the best of pop. And yes, you're right that post-punk did take its spirit and drive from punk, but that has no bearing on the actual quality of punk music. Maybe I was wrong to say that Never Mind the Bollocks had a negative effect on music, but that does not change its content: slick, safe hard rock based on fat, glossy power chords, with by modern standards little energy or intensity, with artless, machoistic, and politcally unintelligent lyrics.
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