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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
I always considered Blondie to be new wave, myself.
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There's something in that, but when Blondie were becoming popular the term 'New Wave' hadn't really become common currency. Or at least that's how I remember it.
Other bands had a similar sound that we would consider too lightweight now to be a true punk band - Boomtown Rats, Adam & The Ants, perhaps Generation X - but at the time 'punk' was the only label available for these bands. I could be wrong, but my memory is that 'New Wave' was only a contraction of 'New Wave of Punk Rock' anyway?
Punk wasn't a sound, it was an attitude and a statement. It was about sex more than music. It was a sound for a disgruntled subsection of society.
Now it's a sound, a cliche, an expression for largely commercialised youth.
Sorry, it's not punk. Blondie were punk, Towers Of London most certainly aren't.