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When I think of punk, I think of much more hardcore music than the Clash or the Ramones (two bands I like btw).

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Fine. But then you don't really know what punk music is. Google "history of punk" and those two bands will almost certainly be in the first paragraph of whatever you find.

I think of Green Day as much more "influenced" than "influential."

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I agree. My thoughts for including them here is that they are the band most likely (for better or worse) to influence what comes next.