The Ramones.

Hey ho, let's go

Hey ho, let's go

They're forming in a straight line

They're going through a tight wind

The kids are losing their minds

~The Blitzkrieg Bop.

Beat on the brat

Beat on the brat

Beat on the brat with a baseball bat

What can you do?

What can you do?

With a brat like that always on your back

What can you do? (lose?)

~ Beat On The Brat.

Hey, little girl

I wanna be your boyfriend

Sweet little girl

I wanna be your boyfriend

Do you love me babe?

What do you say?

Do you love me babe?

What can I say?

~ I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.

Jackie is a punk

Judy is a runt

They both went down to Berlin, joined the Ice Capades

And oh, I don't know why

Oh, I don't know why

Perhaps they'll die.

~ Judy Is A Punk.

"With just four chords and one manic tempo, New York's Ramones blasted open the clogged arteries of mid-'70s rock, reanimating the music. Their genius was to recapture the short/simple aesthetic from which pop had strayed, adding a caustic sense of trash-culture humor and minimalist rhythm guitar sound." ~ Ira Robbins and Scott Isler, Trouser Press.

The Ramones, original members consisted of bassist and principle songwriter Douglas Colvin aka Dee Dee Ramone (September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002), rhythm/lead guitarist John Cummings aka Johnny Ramone (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004) who is accredited with creating the highly influencial playing technique called "The Buzzsaw", the iconic lead singer and frontman Jeffrey Hyman aka Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001) and drummer (sometimes lead guitar on albums) Erdélyi Tamás aka Tommy Ramone (the only surviving member from the original lineup and wrote one of the best pop ballad I've heard = I wanna be your boyfriend). America first recognised punk rock group which managed to fused pure tangerine sweet pop with loud, fast, straightforward musical style. Their debut album, Ramones, was produced for just USD 6400 during that time (1976). Listening to that album (in fact the only album I owned on this seminal band, others were just overheard or shared by friends to me), it was a surprise to me why it failed to chart at all. It is catchy and simple, fast and went straight to the heart.