the DKs were hardcore punk. to argue otherwise is moronic. that girl - she's a moron, the Police were new wave. man there's a lot of morons out there. whats next, one of these downloading-know-it-all morons (i've downloaded 10,000 songs so I know everything) will assert the Beatles weren't a Sixties band?

Well, technically...

In March 1957, while attending Quarry Bank Grammar School in Liverpool, John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen. Lennon and the Quarrymen met guitarist Paul McCartney at the Woolton Garden Fête held at St. Peter's Church on 6 July 1957 and added him to the group a few days later. On 6 February 1958, the young guitarist George Harrison was invited to watch the group (who played under a variety of names) at Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool. McCartney had become acquainted with Harrison on the morning school bus ride to the Liverpool Institute, as they both lived in Speke. At McCartney's insistence, Harrison joined the Quarrymen as lead guitarist, after a rehearsal in March 1958, overcoming Lennon's initial reluctance because of Harrison's young age.

:p

the original wave of hardcore bands, as previously stated, were great musicians. bad brains were incredibly techniquely difficult. gregg ginn was a great guitarist, minor threat were so fast that most people couldnt play like that. husker du as well where fast as fuck...
but as usual the bands that came afterwards and instead of being innovative like their influences, decided to parrot them and play one dimensional music, and ruined it.
thats why a lot of the original bands stopped playing hardcore...

bad brains and minor threat were so tight that when i first heard them i stopped playing bass fast. no reason to try to play hardcore punk if you can't do it right and i knew i could never play like that.

aside from andy gill, greg ginn is my favorite guitarist. the sounds he makes and his solos are some of the most amazing shit i have ever heard.

i own the albums and i think the dead kennedys were hardcore punk and the police were just shit.