Genres: Punk, New York Punk, American Punk, College Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's Formed: 1974 in New York, NY
The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Phil Spector, New York Dolls, The Rolling Stones, T. Rex, Alice Cooper, The Stooges, The Rivieras, The Crystals, The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las Television, Blondie, Buzzcocks, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Johnny Thunders, The Dictators, Richard Hell, The Heartbreakers, L.E.S. Stitches, Green Day, Tuff Darts, Dead Boys, The Vibrators, The Mumps, The Undertones, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, The Damned Backyard Babies, Bash & Pop, The Hanson Brothers, The Queers, Big Black, B.A.L.L., Sick of It All, Motörhead, Puppies, Darlington, The Misfits, The Drunken Cholos, Helen Love, The Replacements, GABBA, The Celibate Rifles, The Donnas, Ben Weasel, Nikki & the Corvettes |  |
The Ramones are the first punk rock band. Other bands, such as the Stooges and the New York Dolls, came before them and set the stage and aesthetic for punk, and bands that immediately followed, such as the Sex Pistols, made the latent violence of the music more explicit, but the Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre. By cutting rock & roll down to its bare essentials -- four chords; a simple, catchy melody; and irresistibly inane lyrics -- and speeding up the tempo considerably, the Ramones created something that was rooted in early '60s, pre-Beatles rock & roll and pop but sounded revolutionary.
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Release: January 1, 2008
Label: EMI Europe Generic
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Release: October 2, 2007
Label: Rhino
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