How are the Sex Pistols so important to Punk Music?

Answer 1

ok well here goes. While many of this will be debatable, the facts are this. Timing, it was all about timing. the economic climate, the times in england and advertising. the sex pistols were against it all but the also benefited from it. the big bloated bands of the early 70's were all rich and disconnected. the youth of england had no connection to the hippies, artsy, ect crowd which had dwindle to nothing. music was due for an overhaul and leave it to the youth and some reggae djs to provide that. i could go on and on but the bottom line is this timing. any other time they probably wouldnt have been but the time was right for these guys and it produced so much more that we take for granted. rock t shirts, clothing, boots, piercings, mohawks, colored hair, leather, etc... they werent the best, but the first.