The Stooges were obviously the most influential having done it all 6 years before the Ramones kicked it up again, but who did it best? The Pistols were the embodiement of the attitude and turned out some of the top 10 best punk tracks ever, The Clash were as close to perfection as you could get and were musically diverse with a good political message, the Damned are just plain fun with some of the best songs out there, and nothing you said about the Ramones could be overstated. My favorite has to be the Clash, the rest are a toss up, I'd add the Heartbreakers, and the Velvet Underground too. Ugh such good music. ( I realize I left out tons of great essential bands but I wanted to narrow it down to the bare necesities).
2007-03-02 16:37:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It's funny, I knew a lot of metal heads because I was one of the onlt punks in my school and one of the only bands I could get my best metal head friend into was the Ramones. Must be the blistering fast heavily distorted riffs?
2007-03-02 16:44:03 · update #1
Normally I'm very opinonated and I'd report you all for disagreeing with me about the Clash being the best, but the Ramones are a close second and I love them all so much I can't blame anyone for liking one over the other.
2007-03-02 16:45:49 · update #2
People are always opinionated about the Clash, whether they love them or hate them. I think jerks like me build them up to be some magnificent statue of perfection that it pisses off the people who disagree. But sorry they're my favorite and I'd never call them overrated, the rest of that post was perfect though :)
2007-03-02 16:51:56 · update #3
The Ramones are getting some well deserved love here, I like it. I'm actually wear a Ramones presidential seal shirt right now.
2007-03-02 17:00:26 · update #4
The Clash, no doubt, why Joe, why!(Tear)
2007-03-02 16:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Damned is the best in my opinion. They were the most talented of the bunch. The Stooges invented punk, The Ramones popularized it in the USA, and Sex Pistols made it an epidemic. The Clash are just overrated. But The Damned. I love The Damned. One of my all time favorites. And I'm a huge punk fan.
2007-03-02 16:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by BloodyHell 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the sex pistols were a marketing ploy, the stooges are amazing (check out radio birdman if you like them) the ramones sound like the fifties and people just say they're great because they are supposed to...and the clash is by far the most talented...the damned are fun...but later in the career stuff is kinda whack...what about X!!?? hello!?
2007-03-02 18:58:29 · answer #3 · answered by Je suis american 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow....As for ground breaking- Ramones or Sex pistols. While the rest are great, they were the beginning.
2007-03-02 16:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sex Pistols. Maybe The Damned. I think they're all pretty good, except for The Clash...
2007-03-05 04:10:06 · answer #5 · answered by ! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Ramones...no contest
2007-03-02 17:19:26 · answer #6 · answered by Kathy J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the ramones the best =] the sex pistols are good too..
2007-03-02 16:42:31 · answer #7 · answered by gratisfaction. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ramones!! I'm a heavy metal guy but I saw the Ramones in the early eighties and they blew my mind!!!!
2007-03-02 16:40:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i love love love the ramones. but the clash is awesome too. those are prob. my top 2
2007-03-04 21:42:24 · answer #9 · answered by LoVeLY LaURa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ramones!!!!
2007-03-02 16:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by prozac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋