I've always been much more interested in the bands that were often credited as that genre's forefathers. Bands like The Velvet Underground, The MC5, and The Stooges. The original punk rock was...well, of course it was a lot better than The Eagles, Styx, and The Doobie Brothers. The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks, The Ramones: those are solid bands. Still, I am and have always been much more of a Moby Grape, Love, Buffalo Springfield, The Move, 13th Floor Elevators sort.
But I do feel that it has become something of a sacred cow since it's beginning that you dare not criticize with the cognoscenti, and the neo-punk music of the 90's and 2000's is, almost without exception, ...just....unspeakably.... bad. Even worse are some of these whining trendos who say " That's not punk" when the subject is breakfast cereals or frisbees or some other non- punk rock topic. " Richard Hell and Captain Sensible would not have used that toaster. It's not a punk rock toaster."...I'm tempted to reply "It will be when I stick your fucking hand in it, trendo."
