VanGoghsEar asked this question on the artcone forums: None of this American stuff like Green Day and the Offspring: how can you be punk if you market yourself with dolls like Take That?

I was a Pistols fan but loved loads of the bands from that era. Some of whom carried on well after Punk was effectively dead. The Damned, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers – saw them all and they were all brilliant. Others from the period are no longer thought of as Punk or New Wave but certainly were at the time – Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Blondie and even The Police. A great period in musical history. Oh yeah – The Clash.