Please, donāt give me anything, thereās nothing wrong with not having the faintest idea of what youāre saying; do you know how many times Iāve read bullshit up here? As I already told you, the first Clash album (s/t) is a
cornerstone and a fundamental of early punk, just like "damned damned damned" (Iāll let you guess the name of the band). Not that Iām particularly interested in convincing you of anything, but judging punk bands by their technical ability is so far from having any value that I advise you to avoid discussing with anyone in those terms in the future, also because if you think you notice any technical prowess in the early Clash, I have an idea that youāre pretty confused (or you got some fucking compilation, but then, my dear boy, thatās your fault).
Take the Damned, take the Clash records, not some shitty compilation thrown together by an idiot, take the Buzzcocks, take the Avengers, take the X-Ray Spex, take the Dickies, take the Stiff Little Fingers, take the Crass, in short, take the fundamentals, and after listening to them properly, you might have a more complete idea of early English punk. Maybe something a little deeper than Pistols-Clash-Ramones (considering that the Ramones are closer to surf than to punk, but who gives a shit, yabba yabba hey).
Then you can move on to what that period brought, from American hardcore to the whole wave, to dark, to that strange but wonderful thing that is Wire, and the rest. Ah, just to set the record straight, punk was born from the garages of the Stooges and MC5, from Pere Ubu and from a bunch of other stuff that I donāt feel like writing about. And your shift is broken; maybe you haven't noticed.