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Originally Posted by jackhammer
What? Punks and those generally into Alternative music especially in London listened to Reggae a lot as it had the same spirit of independence, social class and lyrical themes of Punk at times.
It was also underground enough to be played back to back in many clubs in the mid 70's.
The Ruts, The Clash and The Slits were all into Reggae music as much as other forms of music and no I just didn't throw it out there. I read interviews, watch documentaries and all those bands have commented on their love of Reggae.
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I think boobs means that, with the whole SEX shop thing, there was a "punk" trend created, so everyone in the scene would know how to dress accordingly. But as someone said, he just bottled it and made it marketable.
And if I remember correctly from docs and reading Please Kill Me, Legs McNeil claimed to have coined the term "punk" to describe the scene.