Even if your taste gravitates in that direction are you seriously going to say music is better influenced by Punk than Classical, Jazz or even Country?
Yes, I would say that. But that's just personal taste.
You're throwing around the term "Minimalism," but I think that really, you just don't like punk. There's nothing wrong with not liking something, but why drag minimalism through the mud?
Country music is just as minimalistic as punk, really. So is blues, folk, and a lot of the best rock 'n roll. Just because something is minimalistic doesn't mean that it's not complex. It takes a lot of skill to express something big using less, just like it takes a lot of skill to deliver something grandiose. Hell, one of the most complicated genres of classical music is "Minimalism." Rubber Soul is minimalistic, Let it Bleed is minimalistic. Isn't part of the appeal of rock 'n roll the raw, stripped down attitude?
For my views on the subject of minimalism, I cite one of my favorite literary quips, by two authors I highly admire:
Faulkner: "[Hemingway] has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
Hemingway: "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
Less isn't exactly more...It's just that I think that less is better.