The Ramones

The Ramones were an American rock band and are often cited as the first punk rock group despite achieving only limited commercial success. The band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom.

All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", though none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. In eight years after the breakup, the band's three founding members,lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, and bassist Dee Dee Ramone, had died.

Their only record with enough U.S. sales to be certified gold was the compilation album Ramones Mania, yet, recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now cited in many assessments of all-time great rock music. In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin magazine. On March 18, 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, in 2011, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Music Videos

 * Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
 * Rock 'n' Roll High School