50 Years Ago: The Ramones Took on The Punk Skeptics in Los Angeles

Despite enormous buzz in New York and London, the Ramones faced some resistance when they arrived in Los Angeles for a couple of gigs at the Roxy in August 1976 ...

50 years later, the Ramones’ debut still defines punk

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Ramones at 50: How a commercial flop became the foundation of punk rock

Hey! Ho! Let's go! Is there a more powerful clarion call in rock'n'roll? That catchy, four-word refrain opens Blitzkrieg Bop, the first song on Ramones's eponymous debut album, released 50 years ago ...
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It bombed in the charts, critics hated it – so how did the Ramones make one of the best debut albums ever?

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...