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Electrospecter aka Jack is a 26.09 year old boy, has been a member since January 19, 2006, has scored 237 submissions, giving an average score of 3.40, helping 8 designs get printed.

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Dec 22 '06 by Electrospecter
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RAMONES

So, having heard a coule Ramones songs on the radio and around town, I finally got around to picking up a "best of" CD, and I must say, I'm diggin' it quite a bit. But I noticed something I thought was kinda odd- the handful of songs at the end of the CD sound different than the others. I'm not really up-n-up on music classification, so I know I'm gonna put this wrong, but they sound more... American? Kinda AC/DC Metallica-esque, I guess. So here are my questions:

Did the Ramones' sound change over the time that they were playing, or were tracks like these intermittent throughout their discography, and for some reason this CD clumped them together at the end?

If their sound did change, which albums would you reccomend I pick up if I prefer songs like "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "I Wanna Be Sedated" to "Garden of Serenity" and "I Believe in Miracles?"

What other punk bands would you reccomend that are similar or not-similar-but-also-good?

Jewstice on Dec 22 '06 at 9:16am

Screeching Weasel is pretty close.

adam antium on Dec 22 '06 at 9:18am

Ramones are my fave band.

they changed a little their sound, but not the song concept.

i suggest you all first 4 albums.

Ramones, Rocket To Russia, Leave Home and Road To Ruin.

a little difference in sound you can find on Pleasant Dreams, Subterranean Jungle and Mondo Bizzarro.

adam antium on Dec 22 '06 at 9:19am

aw, and End of the century. Phil spector as a aproducer on that album.

adam antium on Dec 22 '06 at 9:19am

yeah Screeching Weasel or The Queers

Electrospecter on Dec 22 '06 at 9:28am

This is the CD I'm referring to, if that makes anything clearer.

Screeching Weasel huh?

Jewstice on Dec 22 '06 at 9:36am

Yes, buy thier cd "Kill the Musicians"

mezo on Dec 22 '06 at 9:39am

Don't blame America for AC/DC, my friend, they're Australian.

And comparing the Ramones to Metallica is considered an especially heineous crime.

Jo$h on Dec 22 '06 at 9:42am

screeching weasel is my fav. band. i suggest getting boogadax3 or my brain hurts first. or maybe get "weasel mania" if you just want a sample. its a 30ish song compilation of their "best" songs ever.

also the queers are one of my favs. they are more surf sounding, kinda like the beach boys. get "love songs for the retarded"

the lillingtons are great as well. i suggest getting "death by television"

just a few more, the buzzcocks, the bananas, the desecendants. THE ANGRY SAMOANS! nofx, rudimentary peni....

and so on...

Electrospecter on Dec 22 '06 at 9:44am

Shows how much I know, haha. I just found out the Ramones are fro New York.

And I prefaced that I with an "I know I'm gonna put this wrong, but..." :P

Jewstice on Dec 22 '06 at 9:46am

If you like punk, check out Propagandhi's - How to Clean Everything or Against Me's - Crime

Jo$h on Dec 22 '06 at 9:48am

how to clean everything is a great cd!

Jo$h on Dec 22 '06 at 9:49am

EVERYONE should check out Bomb The Music Industry.

they are really good, and both of their cds are free to download on their website!

mezo on Dec 22 '06 at 9:49am

Lagwagon....Decendents....No Use For A Name....Black Flag....Misfits

Jewstice on Dec 22 '06 at 9:51am

I used to really like that Descendents cd Somery, I think it was called.

Electrospecter on Dec 22 '06 at 9:52am

I think the thing I like most about the Ramones is that you can dance to them. I've got pretty broad musical tastes, but usually like stuff with a good beat. The way you described The Queers, Josh, sounded appealing.

mezo on Dec 22 '06 at 9:53am

Somery is their best album.

Want me to include it in our prezzies trade?

Jewstice on Dec 22 '06 at 9:55am

Surprise me ;).

And I still haven't had time to get your stuff together. I'll do it over this Christmas weekend and get it out next week. I think Kirsten's going to throw something in there for you too.

530 days later

Maltzmania on Jun 04 '08 at 2:28pm

Jackie is a punk

Judy is a runt

Torakamikaze on Jun 04 '08 at 2:30pm

i wish more blogs were about punk rock

i miss punk rock

remember punk rock?

andyg on Jun 04 '08 at 2:33pm

I love the Ramones!!! The first few albums are all great. End of the Century is probably my favorite. It's the most unique one and the version of Rock n Roll Higschool on it is awesome.

Maltzmania on Jun 04 '08 at 2:34pm

i tried to make a couple but they failed.

ladrones on Jun 04 '08 at 2:43pm

im bigger on the misfits, dont forget about them,

but there is so much good 80s punk.

what happened? :(

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