Not me, I'd rather listen to several other punk bands - SLF, Dead Kennedys, Exploited, Anti-Nowhere League, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Damned - before The Clash, but their impact on the political side of punk can hardly be ignored.
The Ramones? Barely understandable lyrics and a three chord thrash. They may have been in there early - earlier than The Clash - but that doesn't stop them from being pretty overrated. The Sex Pistols? All hype, put together by a shrewd business man with an eye for popular culture. Look at 'The Great Rock & Roll Swindle'. The lessons in that film are a pretty accurate depiction of how he made the Pistols popular. With unwitting help from Bill Grundy of course.
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