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By 1975, punk was being used to describe acts as diverse as the Patti Smith Group, the Bay City Rollers, and Bruce Springsteen.

As the scene at New York's CBGB club attracted notice, a name was sought for the developing sound.

Club owner Hilly Kristal called the movement " street rock "; John Holmstrom credits Aquarian magazine with using punk " to describe what was going on at CBGBs ".

Holmstrom, McNeil, and Ged Dunn's magazine Punk, which debuted at the end of 1975, was crucial in codifying the term.

" It was pretty obvious that the word was getting very popular ", Holmstrom later remarked.

" We figured we'd take the name before anyone else claimed it.

We wanted to get rid of the bullshit, strip it down to rock ' n ' roll.

We wanted the fun and liveliness back.