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Don’t Call It Punk was a music marketing campaign promoted by Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein to encourage the use of the term "new wave" in place of "punk rock" in the United States. The campaign was launched in October 1977 and was developed in response to the negative associations the term "punk" had acquired through the popularity of the British punk subculture.

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  1. Ellis, Iain (2019-02-14). "New Wave: Turning Rebellion into Money » PopMatters". www.popmatters.com. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  2. Helmore, Edward (2016-04-08). "'They wanted to be as big as the Beatles': revisiting the Ramones' legacy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  3. Hughespublished, Rob (2023-04-03). "Sire Records: the albums you should definitely own". Louder. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  4. "Seymour Stein: Mogul who discovered some of music's greats". The Independent. 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2025-11-21.

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