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Ramones: Punks
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The Ramones may not have been as outrageous as the Sex Pistols or as smart as the Clash, but boy, they sure were fun! Filled with pinheads, cretins, and other assorted losers in need of medication, their version of the human condition wasn't pretty, or hopeful, or even cool. But that wasn't the point. Or rather, there was no point. Just two minutes, three chords, and attitude. Today punk rock, tomorrow the world.
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"If a clip of the Ramones meeting The Munster's Al "Grandpa" Lewis doesn't cause heart palpitations, maybe the priceless prime-era concert footage will entice you to pick up the O.G. punks' first authorized DVD release." -- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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After producer Phil Spector failed to puff up their punk into the Top Forty, the Ramones tried other sales pitches in the early 1980s. On Subterranean Jungle, it was the production team of Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin, who had just scored with Joan Jett.
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In 1992 the magazine Spin defined Ramones as one of the seven best bands ever, even Bob Guccione speaking of their arrival said: "Ramones invented punk, although Sex Pistols catalyzed this image. They are to punk what Grateful Dead are to the Sixties".
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Stein, a former schoolteacher, co-managed the Ramones with Danny Fields during the band's heyday, AP reported. Many credit her with bringing the Ramones to England for a concert on July 4, 1976, that contributed to the popularity of the punk scene in the UK, according to AP.
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That's the difference - the Stones managed to catch up with the times and rule the rock'n'roll scene again, but the Ramones never did. What could they do anyway? You can't reinvent punk rock every few years, especially not with the insane amount of people willing to do it. All you can do is, well, get tough; chances are, they'll hear you kicking ass and they'll at least stop crying about selling out. And the Ramones get together and get tough again - with mixed results.
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