Come on TSOL were goth shit and not even worthy of being mentioned in the same company of BF and Bad Brains. Except for the 'lefty' rich kid like Mackay most of those in the American punk scene were open about their love of 70s hard rock. Darby and Pat Smear met trying to meet Queen. It was the anglophile poseurs who shit talked rock n' roll and pretended they were above it. Neil Young was a big influence on loads of bands from that era too, just check Meat Puppets cover of I'm a Child on their EP.