You're right, come to think of it, that does sound like Punk.
Never thought of that before. Then again, I haven't thought of The Who since high school.
When it comes to the “official” Punk genre, which began in the ‘80s if I’m not mistaken, I don’t really know much about it. Loud, angry, slam dancing in the audience. That’s the extent of what I know.
But it’s about the ‘angry young man’ state of mind and The Who embodied that theme pretty much from the start right through the ‘80s IMO.
Young Man Blues, Bell Boy, Sea and Sand, In A Hand or a Face, Slip Kid, ...