Is this punk?

new wave/power pop

>>71602745
I mean, yeah, but it's not really musically recognizable as "punk."

Genre is weird

>>71602774
I never thought power pop was a very good descriptor for music

>>71602745
Not really, but it came out the same times as punk so people called it that for some fuckin' reason.

Punk Billy Joel

One of those "you had to be there" albums desu

it's pop rock, it's just really good pop rock with some slight post-punk influence and sound. Idk how anyone could call it punk

>>71604374
Were you there bro? Tell me stories

He was somewhat influenced by 50s Rock n Roll musically and aesthetically, and a lot of Punks were influenced by that type of music too. He definitely had too much of Pop edge to him to be straight up Punk, but he's often associated with them since he debuted in 1977 when Punk started taking off.

>>71602745
The bassline on Pump it up is killer

Elvis mentioned once that Watching The Detectives was inspired by The Clash, so he did take a lot of inspiration from punk.

First two albums are legendary desu. Kind of their own genre.