Why are the Sex Pistols considered the founders of UK punk when the Damned released their album nearly 9 months before...

Why are the Sex Pistols considered the founders of UK punk when the Damned released their album nearly 9 months before Nevermind the Bollocks?

Because Sex Pistols > Damned

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because that is what's been decided by mainstream media who like to pretend they introduced punk to the masses and don't like to admit they were late to the party and very wrong

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The Saints released (I'm) Stranded a good month before The Damned released New Rose and nobody gives two fucks about them. It's just the mainstream media finding a marketable "punk" band to attach an interesting narrative to.

the New York Dolls came out nearly 47 months before the Damned.

he said uk punk

No one that knows anything considers the Sex Pistols founders of anything.

because the Sex Pistols was under a major label?

Only uneducated plebs would consider the Meme Pistols the founders of UK punk

Because of Bill Grundy.

The Sex Pistols had gained notoriety from their live shows a good year before Damned Damned Damned came out.

mate,

Because the Sex Pistols got famous

That's the answer is because one band became famous in the media and became much more popular surely quite an obvious answer.

Of course we all know they weren't the first but that's not the question, the question is why are they "considered" to be the first? Considered by who? Mainstream typical opinion. You know why? Because most normal people have heard of the Sex Pistols and not of the Damned.

Who really cares who started the punk scene in the UK? The only important thing is that The Clash were the best at it.

>Not stiff little fingers

>The Sex Pistols had gained notoriety from their live shows a good year before Damned Damned Damned came out.
Fuckin love the album

A difference is that The Damned actually got good with time. They got better and better up until Strawberries.

this

The Stranglers had been proto-punk for several years before 1977. Punk didn't start at any particular moment it was a slow development from glam and hard rock. Never Mind The Bollocks was just when it became mainstream and undeniably punk.

Damned, to obscurity...