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While it's not really an obvious or very popular pick, I'd have to say The Clash. They may not have started punk, but they went way beyond what any other punk band ever went. You've got the earlier raw stuff, may not have been as much as a symbol of punk as the Sex Pistols or the Ramones, but those bands are icons because all their songs sound the same and represent a single genre. The Clash would write a song in any genre. Some is gritty punk rock, some is reggae, some is more country, and alot of it is a great mix of all of those. There's so many bands that came after them who sound like a certain Clash song. They may have heavy influence on a punk band, a ska band, a reggae band or even a hip-hop group. Remember that the first major hip hop tour was The Clash/Granmaster Flash. I don't think there's any other band who's done so much for so many other artists and whole genres of music.
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