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. Since their breakthrough was theoretical as well as musical, they comfortably became the leaders of the emerging New York punk rock scene. Although some punk diehards -- including several of their peers -- would have claimed the band's long career wound up undercutting the ideals the band originally stood for, the Ramones always celebrated not just the punk aesthetic, but the music itself. In order to maintain this long career the Ramones employed a few of the worlds best subsitute punk rockers to fill their shoes from time to time...Jimmy, Dee-Jay, Marty, and Tony Ram-on are no longer the subsitutes; they are the real deal forging on with the tradition of the Ramones.
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Thanks for having us aboard!! Rat Scabies of the Damned returns to the studio w/ the Glass Heroes in June. To complete production of their new disc for TKO RECORDS.Watch for the release in early 2007.NEW CD "Liars, Cheats & Thieves" OUT ON TKO RECORDS FALL 2007!! Also featuring Segs Jennings of the RUTS on a cover of “Backbiter”!! Also catch MARKY RAMONES "Punk Rock Blitz" on Faction Channel Sirus Radio. He's playing the Glass Heroes!! call him up and request the Heroes!! GLASS HEROES WEB SITE for band news and info!!! Debut album still available through INTERPUNK or MALT SODA REC. cheers
The music of the Ramnones pretty much summed up my teenage years. I'll be there Saturday nite! I wanted to get "Too Tough To Die" tattooed on me when I was 15. Dee Dee Ramone was/ and is still my favorite Ramone.
Gabba gabba hey! Teddy.
