There are several revisions that date punk's origins earlier and place them in the U.S.‐in Detroit with the MC5 or the Stooges, or New York with the Ramones or Patti Smith. One could reach back to 60s California garage rock and early New York glam. It's mostly an academic question now. But in the late seventies, it was all about the Sex Pistols, their entourage, and hangers-on‐and punk rock was a British invention for export‐or so went the dominant narrative.