But they inspired legions of PUNKS!
Who immediately adopted a new "uniform".
The snotty snearing attitude can be found in plenty of 60s US garage punk high schoolers who were imitating the Rolling Stones.
Lenny Kaye collected up a bunch of those singles as the 2 record set Nuggets (1972). He referred to the music as "punk".
Later John Holstrom stickered NYC with "PUNK is coming" logos to hype his new magazine.
Punk did not begin with the Sex Pistols, nor were they they best of the bands.
Originally punk was a reaction AGAINST leftist political correctness and now it is politically correct (just look at how many vegan gay feminist punk bands and fests there are).