I think punk in the seventies was more about DIY recording and distribution and art.
Before then many bands wouldn't have gone down the right paths to recording deals.
I think many little labels were able to put out records and bands had fanzines etc.
Of course the record companies soon got hold of it and gained control and that is why the pistols split.
I would say that punk really was 76-79 and after that it was just back to normal record company control.
It was such an explosive creative few years both sides of the pond.
What followed was new romantics which took the art side of the music forward.
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