Ok...maybe I stretched things a bit.

And, yes change is constant. But, I think the central point that punk was a monumental shift in music and at least one of the biggest shifts of the 70s/80s holds true. And, The Ramones are ground zero for that.

Good point about prog tossing off one set of restraints, but to me they seemed to just trade in one set for another, perhaps more confining type of restraint with such complexities always expected.

Yeah those guys turned their back on punk after their first couple albums...but then they atarted to suck (pure opinoin on that one...just never liked nmore than the first couple from any of 'em)