TMBG punk?
One of the most formative bands of my life is They Might Be Giants. I just scored three floor level center tickets to see them in Milwaukee with my kid. I mentioned to somebody's we were going, and one of them said "that's punk as fuck!"
I've heard folks call them punk before. Each time I'm conflicted. While they strike me as underdog non-conformists who are highly experimental and don't give a fuck about formulas, if I'm calling them punk as a genre of music, it doesn't work for me. Philosophically, I guess it fits. I've never been one for hard and fast labels, but I'm curious as to what you guys think. If someone asks you what kind of music they do, would you include punk as one of the genres or not?