Malcolm McLaren anoenderera mberi nekutaura: mugadziri uye aimbova maneja we Bonde Pistols akataura kuSpain kuti "punk yakaparadza kupfuura yayakagadzira, asi nekuti ndiyo yaive huzivi hwake".
Zvinokonzera? «Sosaiti yaitofanira kusiya chimiro chendangariro chokusateerera ndokuita chiito«. Nechikonzero ichi, McLaren anonzwisisa kuti musimboti we punk "uchiri kushanda mutsika yanhasi", kunyangwe zvakatora makore makumi matatu kuti anzwisise kuti mupiro wayo wakakosha "se cubism kana surrealism."
Izwi raMcLaren rakakosha nekuti akafunga punk sebhizinesi rakakura uye kwete mubatanidzwa wetsika, kunyangwe akataura zvakasiyana. Semunhu akanaka mercenary asi akakosha protagonist, akawana nzvimbo yake munhoroondo.