Why Is Blondie Considered Punk?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-26-2010, 07:56 AM

Blondie's first album is has a little bit more rock edge to it than their other stuff but it's nothing like punk.

It's also a load of rubbish as well.

Blondie were a good pop band, in fact i'd say one of the best ever to come out of the U.S.
I prefer to leave it at that.

SBWNik · 03-27-2010, 11:14 PM

No argument about either being punk bands, but when they broke through they were generally referred to as New Wave (in the New Wave of Punk Rock sense) rather than as Punk.
Gen X most certainly were a punk band, but were a couple of years too late, and their sound these days would be considered too 'light' to be a punk band, an impression I think The Clash would also give if they weren't upheld as one of the founding lights of the scene. Listen to what is now considered to be punk, and compare it to what was then considered punk - in the UK at any rate - back then and I'm sure you'll hear the difference.

At the end of the day though, it wasn't about the sound, it was about the scene.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	Blondie's first album is has a little bit more rock edge to it than their other stuff but it's nothing like punk. It's also a load of rubbish as well. Blondie were a good pop band, in fact i'd say one of the best ever to come out of the U.S. I prefer to leave it at that. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

03-27-2010, 11:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
SBWNik Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 67	No argument about either being punk bands, but when they broke through they were generally referred to as New Wave (in the New Wave of Punk Rock sense) rather than as Punk. Gen X most certainly were a punk band, but were a couple of years too late, and their sound these days would be considered too 'light' to be a punk band, an impression I think The Clash would also give if they weren't upheld as one of the founding lights of the scene. Listen to what is now considered to be punk, and compare it to what was then considered punk - in the UK at any rate - back then and I'm sure you'll hear the difference. At the end of the day though, it wasn't about the sound, it was about the scene.