When he says 'killing punk' I think he's more thinking of GOOD CHARLOTTE MORE LIEK BAD CHARLOTTE AMIRITE!?
Also, lets be honest here. The Dead Kennedies were good, but seriously. Anti-Nowhere League, Cock Sparrer, UK Subs, The Damned, X-Ray Spex...the incandescent punk torch we gave you guys was pretty much returned sodden, blackened and smelling of teenaged piss. Not even The Dead Kennedies and Black Flag could do anything about it.
Oh, and Straight-Edge? WHAT THE HELL? Yeah, great idea America "Hmmm...punk...that's a bit subversive...sex and drugs and rock and roll...I KNOW! Let's remove the sex and drugs, but what to replace them with...Ah, of course, mindless violence!".
Yeah, great going.