crosspost:who as punk

[snelson@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Sherry Nelson )]

I found this posted in alt.punk. Thought it might be of interest.
Sherry


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Subject: WHO was the first punk band?
 Sun Dec  7 12:29:54 PST 1997
Date: 3 Apr 1995 19:45:17 GMT
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The Who were belting out great punish songs way ahead of their time, and 
deserve all the credit for the birth of punk.  Songs like, "My Generation,
""I Can See For Miles,""Substitute,"and,"I'm a Boy" all contain the tight,
 kick ass drumming, hard playing, youthful, anti-society tunes that we 
consider the ingrediants of a great punk band.  But what made them unique 
was that musically they were far superior talent-wise to any of their 
contemporaries, and 
they weren't copying an established idea, they were making it up as they 
went along.  The essence of punk.
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