| Ramones – Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| first off, no single band can be credited with starting punk. If you're going to go all the way back to the beginnings, then you'd have to start with influences like the Dada which was a movement in the early 1900's that supported anarchy and provocation and such. After that, you're shooting for the beatniks. Besides, bands that were influences to the movement were bands like the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls. They weren't punk rock, just influences. The New York Dolls were one of the reasons that the Ramones got together in the first place. And whoever said that Americans don't get punk has no idea what he's talking about. American punk predates British punk. even though the British had the attitude first, the music started in America. And it's because of the Ramones that members of the Sex Pistols and The Clash wanted to start a band. | |
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