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Originally Posted by SBWNik
Other bands had a similar sound that we would consider too lightweight now to be a true punk band - Boomtown Rats, Adam & The Ants, perhaps Generation X - but at the time 'punk' was the only label available for these bands. I could be wrong, but my memory is that 'New Wave' was only a contraction of 'New Wave of Punk Rock' anyway?
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I don't know that I'd put Generation X in that list. In a lot of ways their style is pretty similar to the Clash, though a lot less eclectic of course.