In the beginning was the Ramones. You can still hear impassioned barroom arguments about where punk-rock started--New York? London? the Stooges? any of a thousand obscure '60s garage bands?--but the Ramones indisputably codified the sound of the fury, a blitzkrieg of eighth-note guitar [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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