In the 1970s, a band's first album was a very big deal. It was nice to have some singles out there, and some demos floating around; but a band did not properly greet the world with just a single, and ...

The debut album by punk band The Ramones–creatively titled Ramones–has finally gone gold, with over 500,000 copies sold since its release in 1976. The Recording Industry of America certified the album ...

The Ramones never really considered themselves a punk band. The way they saw it, they were a pop group, playing basement-dwelling misfits' versions of the '60s beach and girl-group songs they loved.

Countless infatuated clones the world over may come and go, but there’s no topping the legendary long-lived Ramones. A category unto themselves, the prototypical pop-punk band exists asincomparable ...

In a tribute to Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, who died of cancer in New York last month, the legendary punk band's first four albums will be reissued by Rhino on June 19. Each set -- "Ramones,"… By ...

Imagine not only starting a revolution, but also creating an extraordinary work of art in the process. Imagine if Lenin could paint like Picasso. Ramones, released 40 years ago this month, is one of ...

A few months after Ramones put out their debut album, they played a couple of sets at West Hollywood’s famed outpost the Roxy. An energetic, never-before-released live version of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” ...

Nearly every tribute to the late Steve Jobs touches on one particular date: April 1st, 1976. On that day, he, fellow geek god Steve Wozniak and Atari employee Ronald Wayne officially formed a new ...

The year was 1976 and a new genre called punk was about to command the attention of music listeners, due in part to four shaggy looking lads who called themselves the Ramones. Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee ...

Roberta Bayley took this photograph in 1976 in a shoot for Punk Magazine. The Ramones then chose this photograph for the cover of their debut album in 1976, and it has become the best known and most ...

I never like to credit one band with starting an entire genre, and if I credited the Ramones with doing so, I wouldn’t even be right. The term may not have existed at the time, but bands like The ...