Can't have that music anymore

> RNZ stations are instructed not to play punk music, or songs by the band Queen during this period.

Part of the "London bridge down"-protocol for New Zealand

Punk was very much not a sign of prosperity, more like stagnancy. Source: was there.

Would you have preferred more prosperity, but soundtracked only by the Bay City Rollers, Pink Floyd, and Cliff Richard? Or the angry DIY spirit of punk to emerge?

Punk. 1000%.

Yes, that's my exact point.