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The Ramones' Ramones

By Nicholas Rombes
Series: 33 1/3
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The Ramones' Ramones by Nicholas Rombes delves into the punk history shaped by the iconic debut album Ramones. The book explores how the band's consistent style and attitude defined punk rock, inspiring a genre with their concise, energetic songs. Rombes provides an in-depth analysis of punk culture and the band's legacy, focusing on their influential recording while challenging popular myths about the band.
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This book is ideal for punk rock enthusiasts, music historians, and readers fascinated by cultural studies of subcultures and iconic albums. Fans of detailed yet accessible music analysis will find it especially rewarding.

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The dumbest band with the dumbest tunes - but still they transcend all other groups as the ground zero of rock, reduced to its crudest essence. This, their first album is a brutal combination of 60s pop and garage punk with adolescent tales of girls and sniffing glue.

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What could be more punk rock than a band that never changed, a band that for decades punched out three-minute powerhouses in the style that made them famous? The Ramones' repetition and attitude inspired a genre, and Ramones set its tone.

Nicholas Rombes examines punk history, with the recording of Ramones at its core, in this inspiring and thoroughly researched justification of his obsession with the album.

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Pitchfork praises Rombes for confronting prevailing myths about the Ramones with precision and genuine fan enthusiasm. Critical Angst highlights the book as a concise, thoughtful, yet fun exploration that offers new perspectives on punk culture and is a strong addition to the 33 1/3 series on seminal rock albums.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780826416711

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 121.0mm

Height: 165.0mm

Weight: 132g

Pages: 136

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Arts & Culture Nicholas Rombes Non-Fiction Series: 33 1/3

About the Author

Nicholas Rombes is a professor of English at the University of Detroit Mercy, USA. His books include Ramones (Continuum, 2005), New Punk Cinema (2005), and Cinema in the Digital Age (2017). He has written for Exquisite Corpse, McSweeney's online, and CTheory.

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