If You Like the Ramones...: Here Are Over 200 Bands, CDs, Films and Other Oddities That You Will Love...

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Peter Aaron

If You Like the Ramones...

Here Are Over 200 Bands, CDs, Films and Other Oddities That You Will Love

Peter Aaron

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Backbeat Books
01 August 2013

Music; Punk, New Wave & Indie; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Series: If You Like

Ê 1-2-3-4! ÊÞWith that quick count-off

four hoppin' cretins from Queens who called themselves the Ramones launched the 1970s musical revolution known as punk rock. And ever since

popular music hasn't been the same. Perhaps the most imitated band of all time

the Ramones stripped rock 'n' roll down to its bare bones and beating heart and handed it back to the people

making it fun again and reminding everyone that

hey

they could do this

too.ÞBut

da brudders

didn't just influence their key comrades in the original punk explosion. Their raw

tough sound and divine gift of enduring

melodic songcraft has power-drilled its way into musical styles as divergent as college rock

power pop

hardcore punk

thrash metal

grunge

and the avant-garde

and continues to be felt in newer waves of young acts. And what about the music that influenced the Ramones themselves ä early rock 'n' roll

surf rock

British Invasion sounds

garage rock

girl groups

hard rock

bubblegum

proto-punk

and glam rock? Or the nonmusical stuff that also warped the skulls beneath those trademark bowl haircuts ä weird movies

cartoons

trashy TV shows

comic books

and other cultural jetsam? It's all here

just waiting for you to discover and dig. Hey Ho

Let's Go!

By: Peter Aaron
Imprint: Backbeat Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781617134579
ISBN 10: 1617134570
Series: If You Like
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 August 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PETER AARON is the music editor of Chronogram magazine and the front man of influential New York punk blues band the Chrome Cranks. His writing has appeared in the Village Voice, the Boston Herald, and other publications, and online at AllMusic and All About Jazz. In the 1980s he promoted early concerts by Nirvana, the Flaming Lips, White Zombie, and others.