re: 60's music: Better musicianship?

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The Police, I'm fairly certain they were influenced just as much by Reggae and Jazz as they were Punk, if not more.

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Reggae was a big influence on British punk in particular, but eventually made its way over here in the form of Ska.

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. I always thought of them more as New Wave with maybe a mix of Punk as well as a splattering of 60s invasion stuff

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I would agree they were new wave but coming out of the Punk tradition. They were better musicians and took the craft more seriously than bands like the Ramones or Sex Pistols.

Saw Crissie Hynde in Tulsa last year, she was amazing still.