THE RAMONES
Often referred to as the first Punk group, The Ramones, an American rock band, was formed in Forest Hills, New York by lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone and bassist Dee Dee Ramone.
The Ramones recorded their first album “Ramones,” a collection of fast and short songs, on a budget of just $6400. The albums had little commercial success and it was their live shows in the UK and Toronto that helped them become a popular live act on the punk scene. Their next two albums “Leave Home” and “Rocket to Russia” released in 1977 were well received by the critics but did badly commercially.
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After 1978, the band’s music started to included news sounds like the acoustic guitar and even some ballads and in 1980, Phil Spector produced the Album “End of the Century” which gave them their highest charts positions both in the US and the UK. Johnny Ramone made it clear that he always favoured the bands more aggressive punk style.
After releasing several more albums, the band toured, who had toured for 22 years, playing 2,263 concerts disbanded after a farewell show with the Lollapalooza music festival in 1996.
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Albums: (All albums are released under the label Sire, unless otherwise noted)
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