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Ramones

Ramones (“Ramones”) — an American punk rock band formed in New York in 1974. Some of the very first punk rock performers, who had an influence both on this genre in general and on many other alternative rock movements. The band got its name from the pseudonyms they adopted ending in the surname Ramone, although biologically the members were not related. The origin of the surname Ramone is linked, firstly, to Paul McCartney, who in the early years of the band The Beatles (then The Silver Beatles) performed under the pseudonym Paul Ramone, and secondly, to the fact that in New York the surname “Ramone” was associated with members of Latino gangs.