Genres: Punk, Punk/New Wave, 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, The Sex Pistols, The Heartbreakers, Richard Hell, The Dictators, Johnny Thunders, Buzzcocks, Blondie, The Clash, Iggy Pop, The Dickies, L.E.S. Stitches, Tuff Darts, Green Day, Dead Boys, The Vibrators, The Undertones, Patti Smith, The Mumps Sweet Baby, The Rezillos, The Replacements, Redd Kross, The Donnas, Bash & Pop, The Hanson Brothers, The Queers, Motörhead, The Misfits, Puppies, Sick of It All, G.G. Allin, The Peawees, Nikki & the Corvettes, Urge Overkill, Cats & Jammers, The Adverts, Stiv Bators |  |
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: November 24, 2009
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Release: December 9, 2008
Label: Music Brokers, Music Brokers Arg
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