About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 215. Chapters: Ramones, Green Day, Dropkick Murphys, Rise Against, Blondie (band), The Offspring, Devo, Social Distortion, Yellowcard, Mink DeVille, The Replacements (band), Jawbreaker (band), MC5, The Vandals, Plasmatics, NOFX, The Stooges, Rancid (band), Less Than Jake, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, New York Dolls, Death by Stereo, Love Equals Death, The Suicide Machines, The Lawrence Arms, Anti-Flag, Rx Bandits, Broadway Calls, Sublime (band), Bayside (band), Against Me!, The Faction (band), The Gaslight Anthem, Black Lips, The Dirtbombs, The Lemonheads, Alkaline Trio, Murderdolls, Bad Brains, Pure Rubbish, X (American band), Leftover Crack, Minor Threat, Talking Heads, Pretenders (band), Germs (band), Pere Ubu, Jason & the Scorchers, Operation Ivy (band), Flipper (band), The Gits, Rocket from the Crypt, The Nervous Return, Sublime with Rome, Question Mark & the Mysterians, Close to Home (band), Flogging Molly, Hi-Fi and the Roadburners, The Ataris, Dwarves (band), Unwound, Hagfish (band), Pennywise (band), Latex Generation, Hogan's Heroes (band), The Embarrassment. Excerpt: The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement in both the United States and the United Kingdom. All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone," although none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. Little more than eight years after the breakup, all three of the band's founding members-lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, and...
