Argh I wanna add an addendum to the shit I said about anarchopunk being the only authentic punk genre. Anarchopunk practices what it preaches, and typical punk bands of the time (before the dramatic shift happened) were hypocritical largely, which is one reason why the shift happened. The SHIFT i am speaking of, is many-pronged. Which I will explain each in detail. The establishment of the post-punk wave of music, hardcore punk, anarcho spirited punks retaliation, and the formation of pop punk as a subcultural identity. Essentially the hypocrisy of 70s punk and those inspired by it led to an upheaval, bringing more honest punk music.

Post-punk was by and large a reaction to the artistic aspects of punk music. To post-punk musicians, punk had the spirit, but also terribly formulaic, simple, and repetitive music of low quality. Through this motivation, bands experimented with sound more, took the punk ideology and brought it into an expansive range of expression. This is also where many huge subgenres came from, such as synth punk, gothic rock, jangle pop, no wave, and many others. This change effectively undermined the popularity of regular punk music and brought in a new period of "hey, I guess punk music doesn't have to sound unsophisticated or uncreative"