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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Sheena is a Punk Rocker - Ramones (1977)

Man, doesn't Joey Ramone look like Howard Stern?

The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group.
Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, in 1974, all members of the band used stage names with their surnames as "Ramone", though none of them are actually related

"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" first appeared on their third LP, Rocket to Russia, in 1977, and was also included on later pressings of the group's second album, Leave Home.

The song was written by lead singer Joey Ramone (Jeffry Ross Hyman), and is one of their more popular and enduring songs, showing the band's surf rock influences, and was one of the first songs to use the word "punk" in the title.

The song is ranked #457 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

1 comment:

ajm027 said...

I was always a casual Ramones fan. Always admired them because they always did what they wanted and stuck to their music.