He did say "the 30th anniversary of the emergence of the punk music scene in the mainstream culture", which didn't really happen until '77.
Left off the list, The Talking Heads, probably the most commercially successful of the early punk bands. Also The Dead Boys, one of the best.
He did say "the 30th anniversary of the emergence of the punk music scene in the mainstream culture", which didn't really happen until '77. Usually a music "emerges" when it breaks into the pop charts - as punk did in '76.
Talking Heads are hard to categorize as a "punk band", but if that's the standard then the list is also missing The Dictators, Devo, Rocket From The Tombs, The Zeros, The Heartbreakers, X-Ray Spex, Gang Of Four, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, The Cramps and, unbelievably, the Buzzcocks.