Artist artifact
Punk
Ramones
Queens band that compressed rock into leather-jacket velocity—two minutes, four chords, cartoon menace.
Biography
Queens band that compressed rock into leather-jacket velocity—two minutes, four chords, cartoon menace.
Influence
Gave punk its most exportable template; hardcore and pop-punk both begin from their stopwatch.
Historical context
Queens band that compressed rock into leather-jacket velocity—two minutes, four chords, cartoon menace. Gave punk its most exportable template; hardcore and pop-punk both begin from their stopwatch. They took the surname Ramone as uniform identity—band as gang, songs as chants.
Associated instruments
- Electric Guitar
- Bass
- Drums
- Vocals
Specimen note
They took the surname Ramone as uniform identity—band as gang, songs as chants.