Ramones is the debut album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. Widely cited as the first punk rock group , the Ramones released the album on April 23, 1976 on Sire Records.
After Seymour Stein of Sire Records signed the band in the autumn of 1975, they started recording their debut album. Ramones was recorded quickly and cheaply at Plaza Sound, Radio City Music Hall, New York. The band recorded February 2 – 19, 1976 on a budget of only $6...
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Ramones is the debut album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. Widely cited as the first punk rock group , the Ramones released the album on April 23, 1976 on Sire Records.
After Seymour Stein of Sire Records signed the band in the autumn of 1975, they started recording their debut album. Ramones was recorded quickly and cheaply at Plaza Sound, Radio City Music Hall, New York. The band recorded February 2 – 19, 1976 on a budget of only $6,200. The template of guitar and bass in opposite channels with the drums in the middle was based on early albums by The Beatles and Cream.
Many radio disc jockeys were supposedly put off by the record's supposedly primitive, frantic music and often bizarre themes. The album did not receive heavy airplay, and it only peaked at number #111 on the Billboard's North American Pop Albums chart upon its April 23 release.
Despite this, the Ramones eventually established the reputation as being the godfathers of punk, and the album is highly...
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