What is the history of punk music?
The Ramones were an influence on The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and The Banshees, X-Ray Spex, The Clash, The Damned, The Stranglers, Generation X and others in England. Many American punk bands actually branched out quickly and became more sophisticated, less “pure” — such as Television’s complex, extended guitar jams (more associated with progressive and stadium rock, the sworn enemy of punk) and Blondie’s progression into New Wave dance/pop.
