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    • Ramones - A mother holds her toddler wearing a Ramones t-shirt, as they attend an event where US drummer Marky Ramone (not in frame), signs autographs in Bogota, Colombia, on May 20, 2011. Marky Ramone will play today his first concert in Bogota with his current band.
    • Ramones - US drummer Marky Ramone (L), former member of the legendary punk rock band The Ramones, poses with fans while signing autographs in Bogota, Colombia, on May 20, 2011. Marky Ramone will play today his first concert in Bogota with his current band.
    • Ramones - US drummer Marky Ramone (Marc Bell), former member of the legendary punk rock band The Ramones shows a photograph as he signs autographs to his fans in Bogota, Colombia, on May 20, 2011. Marky Ramone will play today his first concert in Bogota with his current band.
    • Ramones - NEW YORK - AUGUST 25:  Drummer Marky Ramone of The Ramones visits the SIRIUS XM Studio on August 25, 2010 in New York City.
    • Ramones - NEW YORK - AUGUST 25:  Drummer Marky Ramone of The Ramones visits the SIRIUS XM Studio on August 25, 2010 in New York City.
    • Ramones - NEW YORK - AUGUST 25:  Drummer Marky Ramone of The Ramones visits the SIRIUS XM Studio on August 25, 2010 in New York City.
    • Ramones - NEW YORK - AUGUST 25:  Drummer Marky Ramone of The Ramones visits the SIRIUS XM Studio on August 25, 2010 in New York City.
    • Ramones - NEW YORK - AUGUST 25:  Drummer Marky Ramone of The Ramones visits the SIRIUS XM Studio on August 25, 2010 in New York City.
    • Ramones - NEW YORK - APRIL 30:  TV/radio personality Matt Pinfield, musician Tommy Ramone of The Ramones, musician Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads, director Mandy Stein and musician Jesse Malin attend a screening and panel discussion of "Burning Down The House: The Story Of CBGB" during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theater on April 30, 2009 in New York City.
    The Ramones are the first punk rock band. Other bands, such as the Stooges and the New York Dolls, came before them and set the stage and aesthetic for punk, and bands that immediately followed, such as the Sex Pistols, made the latent violence of the music more explicit, but the Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre. By cutting rock & roll down to its bare essentials -- four ...more


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