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Here is a list of who and what the Ramones have influenced. You can go far with a perfect line of clean, sharp pop.
The Ramones have proven hugely influential, mostly on later musicians, but in other fields as well: In 1997 four species of trilobites were named after members of the band: Mackenziurus johnnyi, Mackenziurus joeyi, Mackenziurus deedeei, and Mackenziurus ceejayi.
While the origins of punk rock are the subject of debate, The Ramones are widely credited with popularizing the form. Several people often state that, when they first heard the Ramones, they felt that they could do the same, deciding to play instruments and form their own groups. The Ramones' first British tour is widely credited with inspiring the first wave of English punk groups: The Buzzcocks, The Damned, The Clash, the Sex Pistols and others.
Some bands are so taken by The Ramones as a whole that a subgenre dubbed "Ramones-punk" has appeared. These bands often dress up like the Ramones, and play instruments like theirs. The music is generally a little faster and heavier on the guitars with (often) tongue in cheek lyrics about girls and similar fare. Notable bands include Screeching Weasel and The Queers, both of whom recorded entire Ramones cover albums. However, many Ramones cover bands are flawed in the same respect: they sound better than the actual Ramones.
Longtime Ramones fan Henry Rollins appeared at a Ramones Thirtieth Anniversary Tribute concert September 12, 2004. The event was at Los Angeles' Avalon and hosted by Rob Zombie. The performers demonstrate the breadth of the Ramones' influence: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies and X played great sets and then CJ Ramone, Marky Ramone and long time producer Daniel Ray took the stage and played while different guitar and vocal teams came out and did Ramones songs.
For additional information on early Ramones history be sure to check out Arturo "Artie" Vega's website - it's thick on history and explains a lot of how the style of Ramones record covers and merch came together
www.officialramones.com
Other references, influence or tributes
At the beginning of the Clash's cover of "Police and Thieves," (originally performed by Junior Murvin) singer Joe Strummer ad-libs "They're going through a tight wind" which is a line from "Blitzkrieg Bop."
Notorious American radio personality Howard Stern was an avid Ramones fan, having them on both his radio and TV shows numerous times. He also named their song "Pet Sematary" the best song of 1989.
Horror novelist Stephen King was also a fan of the band, mentioning them in his books Danse Macabre (1979) and Pet Sematary (1983).
American and Iowa-bassed hardcore band modern life is war have recorded a song called D.E.A.D. R.A.M.O.N.E.S. , which can be heard on their second full-length album, witness.
Slash from Guns and Roses has stated that he learned to play guitar by listening to Road to Ruin.
Frank Black from The Pixies has a song on his first solo album called I Heard Ramona Sing that is a Ramones tribute song.
Lemmy Kilmister wrote a song called R.A.M.O.N.E.S..
The Human League song Things That Dreams are Made Of (from their platinum-selling 1981 album Dare) namechecks "Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee" in the lyrics.
When Joey died, The Misfits removed their own content from their website and replaced it with a picture of Joey. Social Distortion did likewise, displaying a photograph of Mike Ness and Joey Ramone as tribute.
On the following day, Bono from U2 made a speech about Joey and the Ramones. The band, which was on tour at the time, dedicated the song In A Little While to Joey Ramone for the rest of the tour, after learning that it was the last song he had listened to on his deathbed.
Jello Biafra has a track called "Joey Ramone" on one of his spoken word albums.
William Shatner mentions Joey Ramone in a song.
Ramones fans often try to look like their idols. The uniform often consists of a Perfecto leather jacket, ripped jeans, and Converse sneakers.
Swedish band Roxette included a tall thin puppet with long black hair, Perfecto leather jacket and red sunglasses in one of their video clips. By the end of the video, the puppet name is revealed as being "Joey".
The street behind CBGB was named after Joey Ramone after his death.
The Ramones made a guest apperance on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, wherein Space Ghost dismisses them as "punks".
Animation TV show Oggy and the Cockroaches featured a trio of cockroaches called "Joey", "Marky" and "Dee Dee".
Homestar Runner featured a character dressed up as one of the Ramones in the cartoon The House That Gave Sucky Treats.
Corin Tucker, lead singer and guitarist of Portland, Oregon-based rock band Sleater-Kinney, wrote a song titled 'I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone' (in reference to the Ramones song 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend') for their sophmore record, Call The Doctor. The song also appears in the soundtrack for the film All Over Me.
The Ramones once made a guest appearance on The Simpsons, during which they performed Happy Birthday for Montgomery Burns, who mistook them for The Rolling Stones.
Nueva Vision is the official Ramones Fan Club of Spain, and also a popular bar in Malasaña in Madrid.
Ramones concerts usually included a pinhead who held up a sign that read, "Gabba Gabba Hey" when they would play the song Pinhead. The pinhead was named Gabby Hey. This name was given to him by either Uncle Floyd or a member of the Uncle Floyd Show cast (The Ramones appeared on the Uncle Floyd Show on at least 15 occasions).
The members of the band "The Donnas" all adopt the first name Donna, as a tribute to The Ramones.
On a Episode of Dexters Laboratory in which Dexter goes to college, there is a group of 2 musicians playing in a bathroom one of which resembles Joey Ramone (his only line in the episode is "1,2,3,4!")
Countless bands dress and play like the Ramones in their own Ramone cover bands, including: The Cretins, Rockit To Russia, The Rydells, The Gabba Gabba Heys.
A Ramones fan stated on
www.songmeaning.com in his dicussion with others to the meaning of The Ramones 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend' that when he asked his soon to be girlfriend out, he put on and sang the Ramones song, only for the girl to say yes to him.
New York hardcore band, The Casualties, wrote a song called Made in NYC, in which they make several references to Ramones songs.
