Decades later, Ramones by Ramones is now widely recognized as one of the most influential rock records ever made and was ranked the No. 1 punk album of all time by Rolling Stone.
That approach became the foundation of punk rock.
"Our music is an answer to the early Seventies when artsy people with big egos would do vocal harmonies and play long guitar, solos and get called geniuses," Tommy told Rolling Stone in 1976. "That was bullshit. We play rock & roll. We don’t do solos. Our only harmonics are in the overtones from the guitar chords.”
Meanwhile, guitarist Johnny Ramone stripped rock music down to aggressive, tightly controlled rhythm guitar patterns, while bassist Dee Dee Ramone filled the songs with lyrics about drugs, alienation and frustration delivered with dark humor and blunt simplicity.
The album became a blueprint for countless punk, alternative and indie bands that followed, influencing artists across multiple generations and helping ignite the global punk movement.
"Some people say our music all sounds the same," Tommy said, "but new kinds of music sound alike until you're used to them. We had the lyrics to our songs printed on the envelope because we were sick and tired of being called stupid mutants by people who weren't picking up on the words. We've finally found an outlet for our self-destruction."
Commercially, that may not have happened immediately. But culturally, the Ramones arguably became something even bigger.
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