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From Bad Brains to Minor Threat, here are the top 10 punk bands to emerge from DC. The scene that grew up there paved the way for the future of punk. ....
Paul Simonon and drummer Topper Headon didn’t coin the phrase, they also refrained from protesting it. This act gained them enormous mistrust in certain quarters. True, there was a good deal of self-mythologizing to the Clash. Just listen to tracks such as “Clash City Rockers,”“Last Gang In Town” or “Four Horsemen.” It was a trait absorbed from glam heroes Mott The Hoople, one of Jones’ teenage obsessions. But the Clash truly were more than a mere punk band or even a rock ‘n’ roll band. They really seemed larger than life, especially if you were a teenager catching one of their first late ’70s U.S. tours. It felt like you were getting a cool, really loud soundtrack to lessons in how to walk, talk, dress and comb your hair. It’s as if they told you, “Maybe try wearing your belt buckle over your hip, like Paul. Oh, there’s this music called ....