Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): the year 1976 saw punk arrive on what some people perceived to be a stagnant music scene and nme , like other " specialist " publications , was slow to cover this new phenomenon.
Output (English): the year 1976 saw punk arrive on what some people sensed to be a stagnant music scene and nme , like other " specialist " publications , was slow to cover this new phenomenon.