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Originally Posted by korinna5555
I blame the Ramones for pop punk..
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In a way, you're absolutely right.
But then you can easily say the same about groups like the Buzzcocks or the Jam or even the Replacements (around the time of Hootenanny and beyond).
I think this says volumes about the Ramones: twenty years, over 2,000 gigs, sell-out crowds at stadiums and stuff and they never crossed over into mainstream success like the bands they inspired. Just looking at pictures of Johnny Ramone's Mosrite guitar tells anybody all they need to know about the band.
And plus, if pop punk they must be, the Ramones at least sounded like the bands that were their influences. I hear more of the Beatles, Beach Boys, and Ronettes in the Ramones music than I do in Green Day, which just sounds like everybody else trying to get in on the scene.