[kj] Pete Townshend, musical scholar and taxonomist: "The Police are punk rock"

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

[Maybe there are some very primitive mega-early demos
where the Police sound vaguely, vaguely punk, but come
on. I say: HAHAHAHA. Sting being in a punk mvoie or
two doesn't count. -B.]


http://www.nme.com/news/the-police/27287

During an interview on New York radio station WAXQ-FM,
Townshend said, "They're now calling The Police
'classic rock.' I don't think so. The Police are punk.
They're a punk band. They're not classic rock."

Townshend added: "You know, you've got the (Rolling)
Stones and The Who. Classic rock - finished. It's all
over after that...this is just music. It's not classic anything."