The Dead Boys, the Damned, the Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Black Flag, and my hometown heros, the Replacements and Husker Du, are also all conspicuously absent. Given some of the bands considered punk by the list, I think Devo should be included as well. It also fails to mention the earlier bands - Stooges, MC5, Modern Lovers, etc.
modern lovers - my hometown heroes.
my friend's friend Jonathan Richman to his Thanks giving last year. According to my friend who spend several hours with him, Jonathan Richman has no idea how has affected music. He was very shy guy, who didn't really want to talk about music and when he did, he minimized his contribution. It must have been weird having him at the dinner table. I bet he ate with gusto damn you bet!