21. The Ramones
Native to Queens, New York, The Ramones were the antidotes to the era’s impending progressive and punk rock revolution. Lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, bassist Dee Dee Ramone, and drummer Tommy Ramone, are not actually related, but adopted pseudonyms with ‘Ramone’ as their last name in 1974.
The Ramones
The band mixed simple chords that were played quickly with high-energy making relatively short songs (usually around two and a half minutes), which were highly memorable and easy to emulate, and gave listeners catchy, straightforward, and often shocking, tunes such as “I Wanna Be Sedated” and “Blitzkrieg Bop”.
20. The Clash
The Clash are beasts at what they do best and that was an energy and commitment to rock n’ roll, to rocking n’ rolling. Plus they gave us a new way to say “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, that we can never say it in another way again.
The Clash
The Clash were one of the voices of British Punk but they also experimented with their sound, mixing punk and rock with reggae, or rockabilly, and they wouldn’t give a damn what anyone else thought of them or the way they made their music. They didn’t just experiment and get away with it, they absolutely killed it.
