Ramones

USA, 1974–1996

The band that set the punk rock template — fast, short, melodic.

Influenced by

• The Stooges
• The Beatles

Influenced

• Buzzcocks
• Bad Religion
• Descendents
• The Offspring
• NOFX
• The Queers
• Screeching Weasel
• The Strokes
• Bad Brains
• Sex Pistols
• The Clash
• Hüsker Dü
• Cheap Trick
• Green Day
• Pearl Jam
• Roxette
• The Hives
• Good Charlotte
• Ash
• L7
• The Presidents of the United States of America