Doesn't everybody love the Ramones. They are the most lovable punks on the planet, well at least they were. Without the Ramones there wouldn't be punk, period. This is the album that everyone goes back to as the start of it. The simplistic idea. It wasn't the first, but it was the one that had the biggest impact. The Sex Pistols didn't come out for another year and a half. Up to that point it was these guys from CBGBs in New York. The Ramones are the quintesential idea of doing a lot with a little. They could barely play their instruments, but armed with a few (read 3) chords, a LOT of energy, and a bit of attitude and punk style, they created a band that is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and won a Grammy lifetime achievement award. The Ramones had a way of stripping down a song to it's bare essence and get the spirit of it, then take that spirit and turn it up to 11 and play it twice as fast. If you don't get it, you are seriously trying too hard. Just let go and sing along, "Hey Ho, Let's Go"
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