

We salute, Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy and their music with this collection of little-known facts. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Ramones, 1976) As the frontman for one of the most seminal bands of the ‘70s and certainly the most vital Joey Ramone became an unlikely poster-boy for the blank generation. When Joe Strummer, lead singer of the Clash, approached the Ramones after seeing them play live in London in 1976, he was worried that his band’s musicianship was still too rough for them to. Ramones Ramones Label: Rhino Vinyl RR1 6020, Sire RR1 6020, Sire 081227932756 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180 gram Country. The album’s reputation as a pioneering punk work grows with each passing year. The album sold poorly upon its release, but Ramones made rock stardom accessible to more than just a handful of virtuosos, and served as an invitation for generations of kids to grab a guitar and join the party. In 29 minutes, the Ramones stripped away two decades of musical experimentation and left behind the pure clarity of industrial-strength rock. Rocket To Russia (1977), their masterpiece. Blitzkrieg Bop stands as the anthem that woke up a slumbering generation. The opening salvo of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Beat on the Brat,” and “Judy Is a Punk” offered just a taste of what was to come. Inspired by New York Dolls and Dictators, Ramones (1976), a rapid-fire collection of brief songs that were intentionally demented and clownish, invented the most significant genre of the last quarter century of the 20th century. The spine looks excellent and the breathe holes are visible in the shrink wrap. Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk band Ramones, released April 23rd 1976 by Sire Records. The corners are sharp and there are no creases. There are no rips, tears, or split seams. Its factory sealed and in VG++ condition. Released two months later on April 23rd, their self-titled debut took three-chord simplicity and mixed it with New York City attitude, breakneck speed and a hell of a lot of amp wattage. Seller Notes: This beautiful album is a very rare first pressing of the Ramones debut album from 1976.

Though born two years earlier in the middle-class neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, the Ramones truly came of age when they entered the recording studio for the first time in early February 1976. The top single from that year is Paul McCartney embracing the criticism that he writes too. 1976.Whilst there are claims of where punk rock began,the Ramones self-titled debut really is Year Zero.This was the blueprint for millions of punk bands.14. If the Stooges and the New York Dolls were the parents of punk, then the Ramones were the wild, screaming infant - fresh, new, untamed and purely driven by primal instinct. The Ramones self-titled debut album was released in April 1976.
