Punk turned the UK's mainstream music market on its head. It was followed by the rise of new musical styles which went on to form the New Music of the 1980s and a situation where numerous bands were vying for attention.
龐客音樂把英國主流市場攪得章法大亂，之後新興樂派紛呈並起，並不斷成長，進而形成了英國八○年代百家爭鳴的「新音樂」時代。