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Originally Posted by -:mantra:-
Shit man, a lot of those bands aren't punk
I know I'll get flamed for this but I don't even think Blondie was.....
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Well, at the beginning, punk and new wave were the same thing. See
New Wave music - Wikipedia:
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Originally, Seymour Stein, the head of Sire Records needed a term by which he could market his newly signed CBGB's veteran bands. Because radio consultants in the US had advised their clients that punk rock was a fad (and because many stations that had embraced Disco had been hurt by backlash), he settled on the term "new wave." ... Thus, the term "new wave" was interchangeable with punk rock.
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So, it really depends on what you mean by 'punk'. Blondie was one of those first punk bands to be marketed as 'new wave'.