The Ramones

The Ramones were quite simply THE classic punk rock band. The brothers Ramone - Dee Dee, Joey, Tommy and Johnny armed with only a rudimentary musical knowledge provided a generation with beautifully simplistic, machine gun bursts of classic punk rock. Minimalist & raucous but each song was so goddamned catchy!

Criminally neglected by their own country it took us Brits once more to recognise class and take them to our hearts in 1976 & 1977. Single-handedly The Ramones gave a shot in the arm to the UK's nascent punk scene introducing speed and brevity and help kick-start a revolution..

Legs astride, guitars to their knees, ripped jeans, shouts of '1234', a blur of songs, 'gabba, gabba hey'...fu**ing brilliant. Sadly Dee Dee, Johnny & Joey are all dead now but The Ramones are up there with any of the greats of rock 'n' roll and their albums are timeless moments. God I miss them!